Press Releases: 2004

Canadian Students are Among the Best in Mathematics, Science, Reading, and Problem Solving, Major OECD Study Concludes

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TORONTO, December 6, 2004 – A major international study released tonight in Paris shows that Canadian 15-year-old students rank among the top of forty-one countries surveyed in mathematics, science, reading, and problem solving.

The Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), conducted in 2003 by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), tested over 272,000 students in the countries part...

Launch of Pan-Canadian Designation Policy Framework for Student Financial Assistance

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Ottawa, November 17, 2004 – Provincial and territorial ministers responsible for postsecondary education and the federal minister of Human Resources and Skills Development are pleased to announce the launch of the Pan-Canadian Designation Policy Framework.

Designation is the process through which postsecondary educational institutions become eligible for government financial assistance programs for students, meaning that s...

First International Education Week in Canada: November 15–19, 2004

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Toronto, November 12, 2004 -- Ministers of education are pleased to support International Education Week (IEW), which will take place for the first time in Canada this year. The purpose of International Education Week is to raise awareness in participating countries of the benefits of international education. During the week of November 15–19, Canada, through provincial and territorial ministries and departments of education, will join 85 o...

Ministers of Education Release Major Report

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Toronto, October 25, 2004 -- The Council of Ministers of Education, Canada (CMEC) today released Pan-Canadian Results of Minority Francophone Students in the School Achievement Indicators Program (SAIP) – Analytic Report. This research report takes an in-depth look at how minority francophone students perform in mathematics, reading and writing, and science in the first and second cycles of the SAIP assessments.

“Thi...

86th CMEC Meeting: CMEC Copyright Consortium Calls On Federal Government To Allow Use Of Internet Materials In Education

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Orford, Quebec, September 29, 2004 -- Twelve Ministers of Education, members of the Copyright Consortium are seeking an urgent meeting with the federal ministers of Canadian Heritage and Industry Canada to press for an education amendment to the Copyright law. The Copyright Consortium includes all provinces and territories of Canada except Quebec. They wish to communicate strongly that payment for the educational use of free Internet materials is...

86th CMEC Meeting: Three Key Priorities For Ministers Of Education

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Orford, Quebec, September 28, 2004 -- Provincial and territorial ministers of education met today to define their national leadership role in education. The Council of Ministers of Education, Canada (CMEC) approved a new mandate: to work collaboratively to build the best education systems in the world where every learner succeeds.

The ministers agreed on three key priorities on which they will do joint work in the coming years: literacy,...

Copyright Proposal Threatens Future Internet Use in Classrooms

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Update copyright laws to allow use of Internet materials in education

 

Ottawa, September 22, 2004 -- Changes to copyright law recommended by the House of Commons Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage would seriously hinder the use of the Internet for teaching and learning purposes, warn six national education groups representing the K-12 and postsecondary sectors. The Association of Canadian Community Colleges...

85th CMEC Meeting: Ministers of Education Move Ahead on National Issues

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Toronto, March 4, 2004 -- At the recent meeting of the Council of Ministers of Education, Canada (CMEC), ministers of education agreed to work together to enhance cooperation between provinces and territories in education.

Quebec Education Minister and current CMEC Chair Pierre Reid stated: “We intend to put education at the top of the national agenda, to create better conditions for student success, and to improve our education sys...

Council of Ministers of Education, Canada to Take Leadership Role in On-Line Learning

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Montréal, March 4, 2004 -- Speaking at the Symposium on standards for on-line learning held at International Civil Aviation Organization headquarters in Montreal, Quebec Education Minister Pierre Reid, Chair of the Council of Ministers of Education, Canada (CMEC), stated that on-line learning is a key issue for all education ministers in Canada.

Minister Reid noted that CMEC has initiated a working group on the issue, led by Albert...