Immigrants, especially female ones, who came to Canada as children are more likely to be enrolled in post-secondary education than the overall population, according to Statistics Canada.

Source: Children who come to Canada more likely than those born here to enter post-secondary education | CTV News

For students in an ESL class at Ottawa’s Glebe Collegiate Institute, learning about Harry Timothy Jones, a Black Canadian soldier who served with the only all-Black battalion during the First World War, and his role in an often overlooked chapter of Canada’s history has had special significance.

Source: ESL students find common ground unearthing story of Black Canadian WWI soldier | CBC News

This month’s mass shooting in Atlanta comes amid an alarming spike in attacks against people of Asian heritage during the COVID-19 pandemic — prompting Canadian teachers to explore this disturbing thread as they tackle anti-racist education in their classrooms. 

Source: How teachers are fighting damaging stereotypes in class amid spike in anti-Asian attacks | CBC News

For Reham Abazid, home is the place where you are safe and loved. For most of her life, that meant Daara, a small city in southwestern Syria. Now, it means Saint John, N.B., the Canadian city that has welcomed and nurtured her family since they arrived in Canada as government-sponsored refugees five years ago. 

Source: She survived the Syrian war, came to Canada, then taught herself English at Tim Hortons | CBC Radio

Language schools across Canada are asking the federal government to make international students exempt from the latest travel restrictions, which have made it harder and more expensive for students who want to study and live in Canada.

Source: Language schools seek pandemic travel exemptions for international students | CBC News

CBC recently caught up with a few of the several hundred Syrian refugees who have settled in Victoria over the past five years, to learn of their challenges and celebrate their accomplishments.

Source: 5 years on, Syrian refugees in Victoria reflect on hardships and successes in a new home | CBC News

The pandemic has stopped many classes from taking field trips and halted in-school visits, but some Canadian cultural institutions have revamped their educational programming to offer virtual experiences that are reaching students in their neighbourhoods and beyond.

Source: How virtual field trips are bringing animals, art, music and more directly to students | CBC News

New immigrants to Nova Scotia have to establish social and institutional connections to develop a sense of belonging. Moving to a new country can be a daunting, and sometimes traumatic, experience.

Source: Immigrating to Nova Scotia, and the sometimes slow journey to call it home | CBC News

Stella She landed in Kamloops, B.C., in November to study Grade 12 after schools across the province reopened to international students.

Source: International students trickling back to B.C. under loosened restrictions on school districts | CBC News

Many parents are eager for their children to maintain a heritage language, not only as a linguistic resource, but also as a marker of identity

Source: COVID-19 and heritage learning: How community-based language schools are adapting to the pandemic – The Globe and Mail