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CFEE knows young people take an active interest in today's issues – politics, the economy, the environment, careers, and more. CFEE and The Globe and Mail are collaborating to bring news, relevant to the issues, to young people across Canada. We hope you visit the NextGen Edition regularly - and please share your opinions with us through Letters to the Editor.

Ontario government tells school boards to maximize time children are in the classroom

In the News | July 9, 2020

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The Ontario government has told school boards to maximize the time children are in the classroom, a directive that would prevent them from taking any days away from in-class instruction to clean their buildings. Facing... read more

Growing Arctic waves set to menace coasts, scientists say

In the News | July 8, 2020

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As summer sea ice disappears in the far north due to climate change, massive swells are expected to roil Canada’s Arctic waters later this century with potentially dire consequences for coastal communities and burgeoning shipping... read more

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New security law could splinter Hong Kong’s justice system, erode rights to fair trial

In the News | July 3, 2020

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The law has been called the ‘death’ of a free Hong Kong, spreading a chill through lawyers and all who work in the justice system. The new national-security law Beijing imposed on Hong Kong could... read more

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Russian voters back Putin’s bid to rule the country until 2036

In the News | July 2, 2020

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For a moment they lay on Red Square, eight people using their bodies to form the number 2036 – the year until which Vladimir Putin can remain in power, under changes to Russia’s constitution that... read more

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The 2020-21 academic year will be the best ever for postsecondary students who need a hand financially

Articles of Interest | July 2, 2020

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All that is fun about university and college has been pretty much wrecked by COVID-19 and physical distancing. But what students give up on the social side of their postsecondary education will be offset by... read more

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Terrible wordplay: Should slurs, swearing and offensive terms be allowed in Scrabble?

In the News | June 25, 2020

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When John Chew first walked into the Toronto Scrabble Club in the summer of 1993, a “mixed race person with kind of geeky interests,” he immediately knew he’d found his community. There were people from... read more

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Canadians are big players on far-right social media, British think tank study finds

In the News | June 22, 2020

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Canadians are promoting right-wing extremism in thousands of conversations that are openly taking place on the internet, a new study finds. On Friday, the Institute for Strategic Dialogue, a British-based think tank, released the findings... read more

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Canada loses UN Security Council election to Ireland, Norway

In the News | June 18, 2020

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Canada lost its bid for a seat on the United Nations Security Council Wednesday, nearly five years after the Trudeau government declared winning a seat one of its highest foreign-policy priorities. The loss marks the... read more

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Canadian Arctic awash in microplastics, study finds

Articles of Interest | June 18, 2020

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Canada’s Arctic waters are widely contaminated by microplastics – minuscule particles and fibres that come from plastic debris that has broken down and remains in the environment with unknown effects. In the first large-scale survey... read more

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