
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:...

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...
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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...

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...