Education Archives - YGK News - Your Kingston, Your News

Queen’s University Alumni Office abstains from vote to drop Sir John A. Macdonald from law school, cites tension with alumni

Education YGK News Staff - October 19, 2020 0

In a press release today, Queen's University announced that it would be removing Sir John. A Macdonald from the its law building,...

Canadian universities face up to $3.4 billion dollars in losses due to COVID-19, report finds

Canada Matthew Ierino - October 11, 2020 0

Canadian universities could be facing losses ranging between $377 Million to $3.4 Billion dollars, new research from Statistics Canada has found. The...

RMC to return 300 First Year Officer Cadets Home amid ‘persistent pandemic conditions’

Canada YGK News Staff - October 5, 2020 0

In a message to the RMC Community today, Commandent Sébastien Bouchard announced that they would be allowing 300 officer cadets still on...

DMCA takedown issued over website that tracks origin of COVID-19 cases at Queen’s University

Education YGK News Staff - October 5, 2020 0

A first-year engineering student at Queen’s University has started a website that tracks the origin of covid-19 on campus. The student, who...

First COVID-19 Case Confirmed at French Catholic Elementary School

Canada Matthew Ierino - October 5, 2020 0

On Saturday, parents were informed that someone had tested positive for Covid-19 at École élémentaire catholique Mgr-Rémi-Gaulin, which is part of the...

Kingston elementary school confirms positive case of covid-19

Education YGK News Staff - October 3, 2020 0

On Saturday, the Limestone District School Board confirmed that a positive covid-19 case had been found at Sir....

Limestone school board to provide online learning opportunities for students abroad

Education Matthew Ierino - October 2, 2020 0

On a September 9th board meeting for the Limestone District School Board (LDSB), Director of Education Krishna Burra...

5 cases of COVID-19 linked to Kingston house party in university district, says Public Health

Education YGK News Staff - October 1, 2020 0

On Thursday, Dr. Kieran Moore, Medical Officer of Health, announced that at minimum of five positive covid-19 cases have been linked to...