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Peer reviewedWalker, Keith D. – Canadian Journal of Education, 1996
This contextual exposition of the Canadian Copyright Act (1988) offers background on the Act's development and content, and describes what it says about infringements of copyright and how the Act might be applied in school contexts. Several ethical constraints and rationalizations with respect to copyright infringement are explored. (SLD)
Descriptors: Copyrights, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethics, Fair Use (Copyrights)
Husby, Philip J. – 1979
This paper examines the legal questions involved in public financial support and resulting public control of private schools in both Canada and the U.S. Three factors are responsible for increased public interest in private schools in recent years, the paper states: increased educational costs, concern over the concept of equal education, and…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Regulation, Legal Problems, Private School Aid
Green, Duncan – 1980
At the moment, most of Canada is faced with the problem of dealing with declining enrollments. This decline necessitates consideration of two major issues: the role of the educational system in Canadian society and the structure of educational governance in Canada. Although by law education is the prerogative of the provinces, the federal…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Centralization, Declining Enrollment, Educational Administration
Levin, Dan – American School Board Journal, 1982
In Canada, no federal education agency exists, and local school systems traditionally rely on provincial ministries of education for most of their money and for educational direction. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Government, Federal Regulation, Foreign Countries
Ojanlatva, Ansa; Weeks, Charlie A. – 1990
During the energy crisis of the early 1970s, there was a drive to conserve energy in every segment of society. Citizens were encouraged to insulate their homes and tighten them up to avoid loss of energy. One of the products to emerge from this crisis was urea formaldehyde foam insulation. (Urea formaldehyde is a well-known agent for preserving…
Descriptors: Buildings, Cancer, Construction Materials, Consumer Protection
Download full textMacias, Cathaleene J.; Erickson, Donald A. – 1981
Consequences of the first allocation of public aid to independent schools in British Columbia in 1979 and 1980 were explored in this study. Interviews and questionnaires were used to query principals, education committee (or school board) members in private schools, and superintendents and presidents of teachers' associations in public schools.…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Catholic Schools, Declining Enrollment, Elementary Secondary Education
Levy, Daniel C. – 1986
Private education and comparisons between private and public education at the collegiate and elementary/secondary levels are discussed in 11 articles. Attention is directed to relationships between private choice and public policy as they affect the quality, finance, governance, mission, and division of labor in a cross-national, interdisciplinary…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Choice, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education
