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Sep 2024
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What the first day of school means to yo...

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As classrooms reopen around the province, CBC reporter Yasmine Ghania reports from Surrey where students and teachers are adjusting to staggered start times and new rules on cellphone use. We also hear about Canada's 2nd gold medal at the Paralympics, won by Victoria's Cody Fournie. Then, we discuss the challenges faced by mature students returning to the classroom, and the support that's needed to upgrade skills later in life with Eeric Fry, BCIT Agile and Work Integrated Learning associate dean, and Alison Howard, Executive Director of ABC Life Literacy Canada.

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