back to school

A teacher photo bombs a photo of a group of students reuniting as they go back to school at the Bancroft Elementary School in Montreal, on Aug. 31, 2020. (Paul Chiasson/CP)

Back to school—and still not serious about COVID testing

Tim Sly: Any suspicion of a sore throat or a hint of wheeziness, and a parent is asked to peremptorily remove their hapless pupil who is then taken to a coronavirus testing centre. That’s where the tedium really begins.

Ontario’s back-to-school plan ignores a glaringly obvious problem

Kalli Anderson: ‘Our government is essentially telling all the parents who are already at the very end of their ropes that the past three months have been fine’

The Thrill: Peak TV, back to school, and ‘Netflix and chill’

This week on our culture podcast: Is there too much TV? What’s ‘Netflix and chill?’ Plus: Our favourite back-to-school shows and movies

Dorm room gift registries on the rise

Students are sick of hand-me-downs and are giving dorm gift registries the old college try

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CEGEP students must confirm plans by Friday

Students who don’t risk losing credits

Couches burn near University of New Brunswick

In Fredericton, furniture blazes are dangerous tradition

The French existentialism edition

What good is having a degree if I can’t pretend to know about philosophy?

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Back to school.

The three most hated words by students everywhere

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Back to School

You knew it had to happen, right?

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Schools fine-tune emergency plans in case of H1N1 outbreak

“The worst of part of any of these health crises is not the disease itself,” says doctor

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Nostalgia is for dummies

I’m trying to keep in mind all the nasty things childhood entails.

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Lifelong learning: Going back to university can be fun

One in five U.S. adults take a course out of personal, not professional, interest each year