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British Columbia Teachers' Federation, 2018
Last August, teachers wholeheartedly welcomed Minister Fleming's announcement that tuition fees for adult learners, which had posed such a significant barrier to thousands of students, would be eliminated. As the Minister pointed out when making the announcement, "Tuition fees on Adult Basic Education (ABE) and English Language Learning (ELL)…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Students, Adult Learning, Educational Finance
British Columbia Teachers' Federation, 2019
British Columbia teachers are pleased to have an early opportunity to present their views on priorities for the 2020 provincial budget to the Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services. The British Columbia Teachers' Federation (BCTF) represents 43,000 teachers and associated professionals in public schools across British…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Finance, Financial Support, Funding Formulas
Canadian Association of University Teachers, 2019
Budget 2019 brings welcome investments for students. It does not address however, key challenges facing Canada's colleges and universities, resulting from stagnant government funding for core operating costs. Budget 2019 commitments to making post-secondary more affordable average around $650 million per year for five years and include investments…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Finance, Budgets, Federal Aid
British Columbia Teachers' Federation, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has upended life for students, teachers and everyone connected to public schools. The crisis has also exposed the fragilities of the economy in meeting the basic needs of all and highlighted the importance of the public sector, of community, and of care work. Schools are key public spaces of community and care. They must be…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Public Health, Economic Factors, Educational Finance
British Columbia Teachers' Federation, 2015
The British Columbia Teachers' Federation (BCTF) would like to express its appreciation for the recommendations made on funding for K-12 education in the past two reports of the Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services (the Committee). The BCTF does not like to be repetitive, but the situation with funding of public education…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Finance, Financial Support, Elementary Secondary Education
Human Resources and Social Development Canada, 2007
Internal Audit Services conducted an Early Implementation Review of the Understanding the Early Years (UEY) Initiative in 2006-07. This review is intended to provide assurance to senior management that program delivery has been established appropriately in order to meet its objectives and highlight any areas that require focused management…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Foreign Countries, Community Programs, Family Programs