Education – The Rocky Mountain Goat News

COVID-19: BC’s K-to-12 schools closed to slow spread

March 17, 2020 Admin

By Fran Yanor, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Mar. 17, 2020 – As part of fast-expanding provincial and nation-wide efforts to curb the spread of the new coronavirus, in-class learning in all kindergarten-to-grade 12 schools will […]

Valemount Council: limits to bending, AQ impacts of pipeline

February 22, 2020 The Goat

By Andru McCracken Council held their regularly scheduled meeting on February 11, 2020. Mayor Owen Torgerson and councilors Pete Pearson, Donnie MacLean, Sheri Gee and Hollie Blanchette were in attendance as well as Chief Administrative […]

StrongStart offers kids under five a school experience

February 16, 2020 The Goat

By Jean Ann Berkenpas StrongStart is a free school introduction program for children ages 0 to 5 to attend with their caregivers and this is the first year it is offered in Valemount. It […]

Former grad returns to district in leadership role

February 5, 2020 The Goat

By ANDREA ARNOLD Newly-appointed School District 57 Superintendent Anita Richardson traveled to the Robson Valley on Monday, January 20, 2020 to check in with schools and meet staff in both McBride and Valemount. When she […]

Transformative librarian on the move

January 19, 2020 The Goat

By Andru McCracken The remarkable librarian Naomi Balla-Boudreau is leaving McBride. She has decided to take a position in Deep River in the Ottawa Valley, north of Algonquin Park in Ontario, it’s very close to […]

Making the Grade

January 11, 2020 The Goat

No exams and back to school for UNBC

December 13, 2019 The Goat

By Andru McCracken UNBC’s Faculty Association has further upped the stakes in their negotiations with the university’s administration, claiming the university has been bargaining in bad faith. The short term implication is that students will […]

100 Years of Public Education in the Robson Valley (Part 2)

December 3, 2019 The Goat

This is the second part in a series of articles about the history of local schools in the Robson Valley Region. Last week’s article explored the major changes that happened with the advent of public […]

UNBC strike carries on

December 1, 2019 The Goat

By Andru McCracken Both Administration and the Faculty Association were at the bargaining table this week, but ultimately students were still not back to school by Tuesday, November 26 and it was unclear when they […]

“Pecked to death”: Studying how teacher-mothers cope

November 27, 2019 The Goat

By Andru McCracken It’s not everyday a resident with a newly earned doctorate returns to the valley, and less so, has the chance to apply her most recent research locally. That’s the exceptional case of […]

100 Years of Public Education in the Robson Valley, Part I

November 26, 2019 The Goat

By Jean Ann Berkenpas Shortly after the turn of the 20th century, the Grand Trunk Pacific and Canadian Pacific Railway raced west across the country, initiating major changes to the area. The G.T.P. was completed […]