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DAN CEARNS, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, for The Standard DURHAM/KAWARTHA: The Ontario government is making changes to the elementary school curriculum to allow for more education about Indigenous peoples. “Already, the curriculum includes mandatory and detailed learning in the social studies, grade four to six courses, and in history in grade four, grades seven, and eight and ten. [This] includes mandatory learning on residential schools in grades eight and ten. Bui

DAN CEARNS, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, for The Standard NORTH DURHAM/KAWARTHA: This year’s school year could look a little more normal, as the Ontario government recently revealed their back-to-school plan. The plan stated, “students will attend in-person learning daily for the full school day” in elementary and secondary schools, but “remote learning will remain an option.” Students in Grades 1 to 12, will have to wear masks in school classrooms, hallways and on b

DURHAM: The United Way of Durham Region is pleased to announce the 14th consecutive year of our Operation BackPack program in Durham Region. The program is designed to help at-risk families and their children with the provision of important back-to-school supplies. In the fight against poverty and to mitigate its impacts, childhood and youth education preparedness is critical. “The ‘back to school’ feeling that, for so many, can be invigorating and a time of excitement and ex