How we’re helping students cope with this unpredictable school year
For many young people living in low-income communities, the start of the school year can be filled with concerns and anxiety. The excitement of reconnecting with peers, resuming extracurricular activities, and revisiting their long-term ambitions is diminished by the...
It’s Time to Narrow the Tech Gap for Students
The following was written by Sue Gillespie, Pathways to Education Canada’s President and CEO. As Ontario joins other provinces in announcing students won’t be returning to class this school year, a major societal inequity is being exposed—and it has the potential to...
Pathways to Well-being during the Pandemic
With schools closed, teaching and learning taking place online, and in-person after-school programs on pause, concern is growing about the long-term consequences of COVID-19 on students, especially those from low-income communities. It’s important to ask: what do...
Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on low-income communities
COVID-19 and the measures implemented to contain the virus have changed all aspects of life. Social distancing has required schools to close and youth and their families to self isolate. The outcomes of self-isolation measures are vast: academic disadvantages due to...
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Congratulations to the Class of 2020
Dear Class of 2020, Congratulations! High school graduation marks the first of many incredible milestones on your journey to a brighter future. While I recognize that this is not how you imagined your graduation would look, this time is still a call for celebration....
Anti-Black Racism and Racism of Any Kind Cannot be Tolerated
At Pathways to Education, we know from our work with communities across the country that systemic racism is pervasive and significantly impacts a young person’s access to opportunities and chances of future success. The consequences affect entire families and...
Supporting Youth During COVID-19
The following article was written by four Pathways alumni: Nivethine (Scarborough Village, 2013), Aiman (Regent Park, 2012), Yvette (Kingston, 2016), and Maddy (Kingston, 2014). The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on the lives of young people, and...
Living in the COVID Era – THE NEXT NORMAL with Dave Trafford
Ontario announced today that kids won’t be back in class for the foreseeable future. While the effort to educate kids online is posing challenges for families across the country the question is: Do we have the digital capacity to do the job right? Sue Gillespie, the...
Access to Technology is No Longer a Luxury
This global pandemic has exposed to many what Pathways to Education has seen firsthand for years: that access to technology is no longer a luxury—it’s a necessity for educational success. The work we do removes barriers for youth living in low-income communities by...
Access to technology is more important than ever
Countries around the world are facing uncharted territory as we collectively battle the COVID-19 pandemic, and each of us is being presented with new challenges—the charitable sector is no different. Now more than ever, we need to come together to share our insight...
Pathways to Education Canada Response to COVID-19
The health and safety of our students, volunteers, and staff is our top priority. We are closely following the guidance of the Public Health Agency of Canada, as well as provincial and local governments, to help support the ongoing safety...
Beyond the High School Diploma: Building Competencies for Long-Term Success
When I think of the word “education,” I often see an image of confident young people walking across a stage, diplomas in hand, waving to their family and friends, and shaking hands with their teachers and principals. In short, my mind gravitates to the tangible and...
Scotiabank supports newcomer and immigrant youth in Canada with a $750,000 investment in Pathways to Education
Scotiabank’s donation will provide students with the resources, opportunities, and guidance they need to build the foundation for a successful future. TORONTO, January 24, 2019 – Today, on International Day of Education, Scotiabank reinforced its commitment to...
National Survey Shows Many Canadians ‘in the Dark’ when it Comes to Issues of High School Dropout Numbers in Low-Income Communities
(Toronto, ON) The results of a new nationwide survey are shedding light on public misconceptions about the disparity in high school dropout numbers across the country, and what the impact is on Canada’s economy. The survey was commissioned by Pathways to Education...
Charitable Choices: Maddy from Pathways to Education – Toronto Guardian
Pathways to Education aims to dramatically decrease high school drop out rates across Canada. In low-income neighbourhoods, the high school drop out rate can reach as high as 50%. This is way too high and the community leaders at Pathways to Education have decided to...
Build pathways – CHCH Morning Live
Did you know that high school dropout rates in Canada average about 5% to 14%? And that number increases in low-income communities. Pathways to Education created a ‘Build Pathways’ campaign designed to make Canadians aware of some of the barriers that low-income...
Diverse City: Pathway to success – CityNews
Quebec’s public schools have a lower graduation rate than any other province in Canada. When it comes to low-income communities, that number jumps. Fariha Naqvi-Mohamed has the story. Watch this CityNews interview to hear directly from Amanda, a Pathways alum from...
Students must stay in school if we want them to realize their potential – toronto.com
Pathways to Education working to reduce dropout rate, says Sue Gillespie Students may have just gone back to school, but it’s even more important they stay in school. Many Canadians are not aware that the average high school dropout rate in Canada ranges from five to...
Charitable Choices: Kishan from Pathways to Education – Toronto Guardian
For our latest feature on someone who makes a charitable choice in their everyday life we spoke with Kishan to find out more about Pathways to Education and how they help marginalized communities get the support they need to succeed in High School. Read Kishan's...
Canada’s High School Dropout Rates Are Staggeringly High, According To Studies – Narcity
Did you know that in Canada high school dropout rates average 5–14% and increase to as high as 50% or more in low-income communities, according to Pathways to Education? Each year, thousands of students all across Canada drop out of high school, according to the 2016...
Pathways to Education launches its ‘Build Pathways’ campaign to improve high school graduation rates in low-income communities
The organization is calling on Canadians to get involved and help #buildpathways for more than 300,000 Canadian youth currently at risk of dropping out of high school TORONTO, ON (September 16, 2019) – Research shows that*, if Canada increased its high school...
Educating Canadians on high school dropout rates – Global News Montreal
Click to watch the clip on the Global News website Pathways to Education is working to break the cycle of poverty through education in Canada. Global’s Andrea Howick learns how the organization prepares youth for tomorrow. Watch the clip here:...
Pathways to Education looks to demolish barriers – Global News Toronto
Click to watch the clip on the Global News website Pathways to Education's Sue Gillespie, and Pathways alum, Kishan, talk about how the program works to break the cycle of poverty through education. Watch the clip here:...
Nothabo Ncube vowed to become a doctor. She came to Canada to realize her dream – Global News
For some immigrants, many years in the first world brim with hardships akin to, or greater than, those experienced in their former home. After migrating to Canada, Dr. Nothabo Ncube realized it would take time to actualize her vision of a “land flowing with milk and...
School’s out for Pathways to Education Kingston graduates – The Kingston Whig-Standard
On facing her high school graduation on Friday, Thea Santyr had one comment: “Thank God.” As her final year of high school wraps up, Santyr is one of 54 students graduating from the Pathways to Education program. Pathways supports north Kingston...
CFSC-OPEC partners with Shaw Communications to donate computers to organizations across Canada – GlobeNewswire
“Computers for Success –Canada Inc. (CFSC) is pleased to announce its partnership with Shaw Communications to donate computer equipment through the Government of Canada’s Computers for Schools (CFS) program– which has distributed more than $450 million worth of...
Students share ideas on paths to success – The Chronicle Journal
“A round table set up in the middle of the gymnasium of Dennis Franklin Cromarty High School held carpet samples, paint chips and traditional medicines such as sweet grass and cedar that students could use to design a classroom. At other stations students used paints,...
Young man breaking his cycle of poverty – The Kingston Whig-Standard
“The housing was pretty bad. We moved about every six months, maybe a year if we were lucky,” Roberts said. “We stayed on some couches, we had some housing and food issues, but if you access the right people in your community and different programs, you can really...
Helping students reach their ‘travel to space’ dreams – The Hamilton Spectator
I've been thinking a lot lately about social capital, and how important it is to have access to opportunities that support our growth. We want to believe we're all working on a level playing field, but the reality is that the circles we run in often impact the goals...
COMMENTARY: Raise the bar and close the gap: What more can be done for Halifax schools? – The Chronicle Herald
Talking with Halifax principal Gord McKelvie restores your faith in the potential for schools to make a difference in the lives of teens in challenging circumstances. In his 41st year of teaching, McKelvie now heads his former high school, J.L. Ilsley, in Halifax’s...
Hopeful signs: Most improved schools in Halifax – The Chronicle Herald
Improving metropolitan school systems can be a Herculean challenge and it has defeated wave after wave of school reform initiatives. School leadership, teacher effectiveness and program excellence can make a difference, but so can demographic shifts affecting the...
What Toronto’s homicide record means — and what we can do about it – Toronto Star
"It’s been said, pay now or pay later, and with violent crime and its financial and other impacts on society, research has shown the later costs are far greater than the costs of investments in proven early supports and interventions that improve and save lives. Of...
Carizon Celebrates Pathways 10th Anniversary with Student Exhibit – Exchange Magazine
“Pathways to Education in Kitchener supports 600 youth each year from the Chandler Mowat and Kingsdale neighbourhoods, with the key objective of breaking the cycle of poverty by helping youth from low-income communities to graduate from high school and transition to...
Rexdale resident wins scholarship to study social justice in India – Toronto.com
Rexdale’s Andre Hanna is preparing to embark on the trip of a lifetime, courtesy of Pathways to Education and Operation Groundswell (OG). As the recipient of the Catherine McIntyre Scholarship, jointly sponsored by the two Canadian non-profits,...
Pathways to Education lowers barriers to achievement for poor kids – Toronto Star
This is a good time to avoid shopping malls and big box stores if you can. Next to Christmas, it’s the craziest shopping season of the year as parents jostle for the latest trendy clothes, cellphones and computers — anything to help their kids fit in socially and...
Pilot project aims to help more students at risk of not graduating – The Record
“A new pilot project aims to support students at risk of not graduating from high school in two low-income Kitchener neighbourhoods. Carizon hopes to launch the three-year pilot in January with 160 students in Victoria Hills and Centreville Chicopee.” —An excerpt...
Pathways Winnipeg – CTV News Winnipeg
It’s grad season and, as thousands of students are taking the stage in caps and gowns to celebrate years of studies coming to a close, Pathways Winnipeg is helping improve graduation rates. Jordan and Cheyenne join CTV Winnipeg to discuss the Pathways to Education...
Majority of Pathways grads heading to college, university – Kingston This Week
“Graduate Erica Saunders isn’t really sure where she would be right now without Pathways to Education. “If I didn’t have Pathways, I probably wouldn’t be graduating this year. Like I wouldn’t be where I am right now without Pathways,” she told the Whig-Standard.” —An...
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[CFRA Ottawa] Learn How Pathways is Supporting Success Post-High School
To commemorate the graduation season, Assan, a Pathways alum, and Matt, Pathways Ottawa’s Program Director, were live on-air with CFRA Radio Ottawa. The interview focused on how the Pathways to Education Program is positively impacting the local community in Ottawa,...
Kingston’s Pathways to Education – Global News
Join The Morning Show on CKWS News as they discuss Pathways to Education’s involvement in some of Kingston’s low-income neighbourhoods. Watch the full interview here.
Improving Access to Post-Secondary Education – The Agenda with Steve Paikin
It’s said to be one of the best investments anyone can make in their own future. But post-secondary education can be an intimidating prospect for those who haven’t always thrived in a typical classroom setting or who have been out of school for many years. And, of...
Pathways to Education on Hamilton Life
Joining Hamilton Life are Tyler, a Pathways to Education Program alum, and Brent, Pathways Hamilton’s Program Director. Tune in as they discuss the Pathways Program in Hamilton, ON. Watch the full interview here.
Back to school in a brand new country – CBC
“High school can be an intimidating environment for anyone. Now, imagine having to navigate the experience with an added challenge of being a recent immigrant. That's what happened to Roshaan Hajira. Roshaan's family moved to Canada from Lahore,...
Pathways to Education will support Saint John teens – CBC Information Morning – Saint John
A national program that aims to boost high school graduation rates in low-income communities is coming to Saint John. Pathways to Education will partner with the Teen Resource Centre to work with students. Joining CBC is Heather Doyle, the Pathways to Education...
New Education Program Could Be A Gamechanger – Country 94
“A new program will start this September that could be a gamechanger to help young people in the south end and Waterloo Village area get an education and break the cycle of poverty. Pathways to Education, an award winning program, is getting together with the...
Pathways Alum and Founder on Rogers Daytime Toronto
Joining Rogers Daytime Toronto is, Pathways to Education founder, Carolyn Acker and, Pathways alum and staff member, Linda. Watch as they celebrate the graduation season and the Pathways Program. Access the full interview here.
Pathways celebrates the graduation season with CP24
Graduation season is on the radar for most high school students right across the country. Pathways to Education helps young people graduate from high school and successfully transition to post secondary education, training or employment. Joining CP24 is Pathways...
Toronto-based grassroots program Pathways to Education celebrates 15 years of supporting students across Canada – Toronto.com
“Around the turn of this century, Regent Park was suffering a crisis, with a huge high school dropout rate and a mere 20 per cent of young people in the community going on to post-secondary education. Those numbers have improved dramatically, thanks in large part to...
Pathways in Regent Park – Global News Toronto
Fifteen years ago, a big problem was identified in Regent Park. There was a high school dropout rate of 56 per cent—twice the Toronto average. That was before Pathways to Education, an organization dedicated to supporting youth in low-income communities, got involved....
A program that helps kids graduate from high school – Montreal Families
“It’s no secret that dismally low graduation rates have been a persistent topic within our province for some time now. What’s more, research has revealed that behind this phenomenon is an even more entrenched societal issue: poverty.” —An excerpt from Montreal...
Helping underprivileged kids succeed in school – CP24
As students prepare to head back to class Pathways to Education is doing its part to keep kids in class. The Pathways to Education Program helps youth in low-income communities graduate from high school and transition into post secondary education, training, or...