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On April 17, 2023, the Government of Ontario proposed Bill 98, the Better Schools and Student Outcomes Act, 2023. If passed, Bill 98 would make significant amendments to several education-related statutes...

Hosted by Connor Bildfell, Five Tech Law Cases Everyone Should Know takes a closer look at five groundbreaking court cases that have shaped Canadian tech law.

The resolution of a lengthy challenge by a former University of Ottawa medical resident shows Canadian courts continue to uphold the freedom of universities to make their own academic decisions.

The last few weeks of summer are usually all about back-to-school shopping: pencils, notebooks, and first-day-of-school outfit.

A major U.S. vendor agreement has established a rigorous new AI safety standard for educational technology, prohibiting the use of student data for AI training and enforcing strict data minimization. While the standard does not directly bind vendors in Canada, Canadian school boards can leverage this precedent to demand equivalent contractual protections and strengthen their own AI governance frameworks.

A Registered Education Savings Plan (RESP) is a government-supported savings vehicle that helps Canadians set aside funds for the post-secondary education of their children or other eligible beneficiaries.

OECTA took the position that the scheduling practice was precluded by the Act and regulations.

The federal Liberals have agreed to remove the section in the Criminal Code that permits teachers and parents to use reasonable force to correct the behaviour of children in their care.

As of September 1st, 2015, the Ontario Ombudsman may now take complaints pertaining to the province's 73 school boards.

The Ontario Ministry of Education reached tentative two-year contract extension deals with Ontario Catholic and French teachers and school support staff, which would ensure a measure of labour peace through the next provincial election

In a recent appeal filed under section 311.7 of the Education Act, the Child and Family Services Review Board (the CFSRB) overturned and quashed the expulsion of a student (the Student).

The costs of teacher absenteeism are significant. The SBCI report estimates that the province-wide costs of teacher absences ballooned to over $920 million in the 2014-2015 school year.

On March 19, 2015, the Supreme Court of Canada released its decision in Loyola High School v. Quebec (Attorney General).

On December 11, 2014, the Supreme Court of Canada released R. v. Fearon, a decision that addresses when police can search a cell phone in the course of a criminal arrest, without a warrant.

Universities hold significant assets in pension, endowment and similar funds that are invested to maximize returns so as to deliver on promises supported by those funds.

The Ontario Ministry of Education reached tentative two-year contract extension deals with Ontario Catholic and French teachers and school support staff, which would ensure a measure of labour peace through the next provincial election.

Le 13 juillet 2020, le gouvernement du Québec a annoncé que le port du couvre-visage dans les espaces publics fermés deviendrait obligatoire à partir du samedi 18 juillet 2020.