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    Summer camps and schools

    Each summer musicians of all ages and abilities meet at music camps and schools across Canada to participate in programs of specialized instruction, supervised music-making, and, often, social and recreational activities. At many of these camps, music is one facet of a larger arts program.

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    Sunday Schools

    Raikes's innovation, quickly copied in Britain, was brought to Canada mainly by the PRESBYTERIAN and CONGREGATIONAL churches.

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    Teaching Profession

    The teaching profession, broadly defined, includes all those offering instruction in public or private institutions or independently.

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    Technical Education

    From its origins in manual training "shop" and industrial arts, technical education has consisted of practical and applied subject matter that reflects the practices of current society.

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    Tenure

    Generally, tenure is the holding of a secure position within an educational institution or system, although it can also refer to an individual's length of service in a particular position or system.

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    The Bully Boys

    Eric Walters’s The Bully Boys (2000) is a work of historical fiction for young adults. It follows Tom Roberts, a young farm boy who aids and observes Lieutenant James FitzGibbon and his mercenary soldiers during the War of 1812.

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    The Canadian Music Educator/LÉducateur de musique au Canada

    The Canadian Music Educator 1959- / LÉducateur de musique au Canada 1976-8; Le Journal des éducateurs de musique au Canada 1978-9; Le Musicien éducateur au Canada 1979-. Official journal of the CMEA.

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    The First Stone

    Award-wining writer Don Aker’s The First Stone tells the story of Reef, an embittered and troubled young man who, in a mindless rage, hurls a rock from an overpass and injures Leeza, who is in mourning for an older sister. The two teenagers unexpectedly come together to begin the slow process of healing. The First Stone was first published in 2003 by HarperTrophy Canada. It won the Ontario Library Association’s White Pine Award and Atlantic Canada’s Ann Connor Brimer Award in 2004. It was also one of five young adult novels selected for CBC Radio’s “Young Canada Reads” series in 2006.

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    The sick day scam

    Costly sick-day banks and chronic absenteeism. It’s time to rein in this public sector perk.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on July 8, 2013

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    Theatre Education

     Theatre education is a term which traditionally has been applied to the training given to theatre professionals, whether that training is provided in a university setting or by a professional school.

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    Theory Textbooks

    This entry provides a list of some of the theory books written by Canadians.

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  • Macleans

    TV and Kids' Violence

    This article was originally published in Maclean’s magazine on June 17, 1996. Partner content is not updated. Nick Workman's favorite program is The X-Men, a cartoon featuring mutant superheroes with names like Gambit, Rogue and Wolverine - the latter a misanthropic man-beast whose razor-sharp claws have a hair trigger. "I like the action," says Nick. "I like it when they use their powers.

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    Undergraduates: Their Future

    Behind the desk of Emöke Szathmáry hangs a century-old photograph of a native Canadian woman, her eyes fixed firmly on the camera, an infant held tightly in her arms. "To me, she symbolizes strength," says the new president of the UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on November 25, 1996

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    Université de Moncton

    Université de Moncton was founded 19 June 1963 by the New Brunswick legislature in accordance with the recommendations of a royal commission.

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    Université de Montréal

    The Université de Montréal (also known as UdeM) is a French-language institution of higher learning. Regarded as one of the most important universities in Canada in terms of research, it is also one of the largest by enrolment. Its main campus is located on the north slope of Mount Royal in Montréal.

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