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Vocational education is known by a variety of names, depending on the country concerned, including career and technical education, [2] or acronyms such as TVET (technical and vocational education and training; used by UNESCO) and TAFE (technical and further education).
UNESCO was founded in 1945 as the successor to the League of Nations' International Committee on Intellectual Cooperation. [10] UNESCO's founding mission, which was shaped by the events of World War II, is to advance peace, sustainable development and human rights by facilitating collaboration and dialogue among nations. [11]
UN Campus in Bonn. The Centre works in the context of UNESCO’s mandate for Education for All and Education for Sustainable Development. [5] The Centre's official mission is to assist Member States to strengthen and upgrade their TVET systems in order to achieve the "access for all, high quality, relevant and effective programmes and learning opportunities throughout life”. [4]
Ontario: 2007 1221; i, iv (cultural) The oldest continuously operated canal system in North America, with much of its original structure intact, connects Ottawa, on the Ottawa River, to Kingston, on Lake Ontario. It opened in 1832 as a precaution in case of war with the United States, allowing the transit of steam-powered ships.
Article 1 on plaque. The World Heritage Convention, formally the Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage, is an international treaty signed on 23 November 1972, which created the World Heritage Sites, with the primary goals of nature conservation and the preservation and security of cultural properties.
Ontario Parks is a branch of the Ministry of Environment, Conservation, and Parks (MECP). Until recently, Ontario Parks as a whole was under the mandate of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (MNRF). The history of Ontario's provincial parks stretches for over 100 years. Here are some of the milestones from the past century plus: [3]
St. Johns Common School is the oldest extant public school in Ontario. Upper Canada's Grammar School Act of 1807 provided the first public funds for schools in what would become Ontario. Eight schools were opened. [12] 1804: St. Johns Common School in St. Johns was one of Ontario's first schools.
International Baccalaureate schools in Ontario (48 P) International schools in Ontario (1 C, 3 P) M. Middle schools in Ontario (5 C, 11 P) P.