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Canadian Association of University Teachers, 2022
Through teaching, training, research and service to the community, Canada's universities and colleges are essential to creating a more democratic and just society, driving the economy, and preparing for the future. Canadians need a strong commitment from their federal government to protect and preserve the public post-secondary education system.…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Foreign Countries, Federal Government, Federal Legislation
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Khair, Muhamad Helmi Muhamad; Hashim, Haswira Nor Mohamad – Asian Journal of University Education, 2020
Orphan works are works that are still protected by copyright and whose owners cannot be identified or located by prospective users for copyright clearance. Many countries have addressed this issue since the emergence of the problem, and it remains a legitimate subject of inquiry in this present day. However, Malaysia is yet to initiate public…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Copyrights, Authors, Laws
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Li, Xiaobin – Values and Ethics in Educational Administration, 2016
The purpose of this study was to understand the values reflected in the Chinese Higher Education Act and other related laws. To understand these values, I carefully read and analysed relevant sections on education in the Chinese Constitution. Then I scrutinized the Higher Education Act. I also perused Chinese laws and regulations related to higher…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Values, Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation
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Ahmed, Rashid; Diener, Alan; Bahri, Saad – Journal of School Health, 2019
Background: Ninety percent of smokers report having their first whole cigarette before the age of 19. Policies, such as youth access laws, are essential to prevent youth from becoming future smokers. In Canada, the Tobacco Act prohibits retailers from furnishing tobacco products to individuals under the age of 18. These laws can only be effective…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Retailing, Compliance (Legal), Smoking
Adlington, Alicia; Eaton, Sarah Elaine – Online Submission, 2021
Purpose: The purpose of this report is to provide background information to develop deeper awareness about contract cheating in Canada and generate conversations about possible legislative approaches to address this growing problem. Methods: A qualitative legal analysis of legislation from the UK, Ireland, New Zealand, Australia, and US (17…
Descriptors: Cheating, Contracts, Federal Legislation, Legal Problems
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Stonebanks, C. Darius – Journal of Beliefs & Values, 2019
From the assumed physical threat of a ceremonial Kirpan in an elementary school carried by a Sikh child, to the fictional possibility of rich, Arab, Muslim University students utilising their implicitly understood patriarchal power to subjugate all women from access to common swimming pools, Canada has become increasingly replete with examples of…
Descriptors: Arabs, Muslims, Terrorism, Foreign Countries
Darling-Hammond, Linda; Bae, Soung; Cook-Harvey, Channa M.; Lam, Livia; Mercer, Charmaine; Podolsky, Anne; Stosich, Elizabeth Leisy – Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education, 2016
This paper examines the options available to states to redefine their accountability systems as they begin to implement the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). The new law provides the possibility that states can create more balanced systems of support and accountability focused on educating young people so they can become productive, engaged…
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Program Implementation
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Broll, Ryan; Huey, Laura – Journal of School Violence, 2015
Increasing public awareness of cyberbullying, coupled with several highly publicized youth suicides linked to electronic bullying, have led lawmakers and politicians to consider new criminal legislation specifically related to cyberbullying. However, little is known about how the police currently respond to cyberbullying, and it is not clear…
Descriptors: Internet, Bullying, Consciousness Raising, Prevention
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Babushko, Svitlana – Comparative Professional Pedagogy, 2014
Today Ukraine is in the process of establishing an integral base for adult education and the system of employees' professional development. Hence, the research of the experience of the countries with a fixed, ramified, but integral system of normative and juridical documents in the above-mentioned fields can be of great use. Addressing to the USA…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Tourism, Employee Attitudes, Laws
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Stanton, Lauren; Beran, Tanya – McGill Journal of Education, 2009
In this article we review legislation and bylaws that relate to school bullying. This review focuses on the differences in how bullying is defined by researchers and legislators. It further examines how some laws identify bullying specifically, whereas others address more general acts of aggression. Some laws pertain to the school environment,…
Descriptors: Bullying, Educational Environment, Work Environment, Legislation
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Innes, Robert Alexander – American Indian Culture and Research Journal, 2010
In this study, the author focuses on how Cowessess First Nation band members have constructed their identities over time, and the link between their identities and notions of kinship. Specifically, the author examines how Cowessess band members' continued adherence to principles of traditional law regulating kinship has undermined the imposition…
Descriptors: American Indian Studies, Siblings, American Indians, Definitions
Crux, Sandra C. – Education Canada, 1989
Examines implementation procedures for Ontario's Bill 82 on special education: identification of exceptional children, educational placement mechanisms, review processes, and parental appeal procedures. Suggests that Bill 82, while well-intentioned, actually legalizes inequality and categories of deviance and excludes exceptional children from an…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Identification
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Veitch, Edward – Journal of Divorce, 1979
This paper comprises a survey of ten years of judicial interpretation of the 1968 reforming legislation and seeks to explain the demands for further change in the law of divorce and the acceptance of those demands by the federal and provincial governments. (Author)
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Divorce, Foreign Countries, Laws
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Bezeau, Lawrence M. – Canadian Journal of Native Education, 1984
Reviews the present constitutional and statutory basis for the education of North American Indians in Canada. Examines the complex jurisdictional problems raised in the 1867 Constitution Act in the context of provincial legislation. Presents recent developments, including the 1982 Constitution Act. (NEC)
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indians, Canada Natives, Constitutional Law
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Langue Francaise, 1976
Portions of the law designed to ensure the pre-eminence of French in Quebec are presented. (Text is in French.) (CDSH/CLK)
Descriptors: French, Language Planning, Language Role, Language Usage
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