Canada’s sorrowed residential school history has long been a stain on the country, and the terrible ramifications persist to this day for Indigenous people. Among those ramifications are how poorly Indigenous children perform at school compared to non-Indigenous kids – a sure sign that First Nations school authorities are long overdue. Dianne Wilkins, a PhD candidate in education at the University of New Brunswick, along with Elizabeth Sloat, an education professor at UNB, make that case eloquently and decisively in today’s The Conversation Canada. “Legislating and enacting educational authorities is a way to attain equality for generations of Indigenous children,” they write.

We have another compelling education piece for you today, this one on so-called gamification, the application of video game design elements to non-game tasks. Aaron Langille, a professor of mathematics, computer science, science, engineering and architecture at Laurentian University, argues that capitalizing on students’ nearly universal experience with video games can help boost academic success.

And insurance companies aren’t happy with Canada’s recently passed genetic discrimination law that stops them from seeing genetic test results when determining what insurance to sell you and at what price. But Mike Hoy, an economics professor at the University of Guelph who’s extensively researched the issue, says the contention by insurers that coverage costs will soar to become prohibitively expensive because of Bill S-201 are “highly unlikely.”

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