Have you Logged into the Member Site Yet?

  If you’ve ever had the pleasure of speaking with our membership team over the phone, you’ve likely been asked: “have you logged into the Member Site yet?” Another great benefit of being a member with HSLDA is the...

June 18, 2018

HSLDA Canada Provincial Update

  The homeschooling regulation for Quebec was published on Wednesday, and can be reviewed here:French at page 3869 English at page 2451 The final step in the legislative process is complete; we now have the entirety of Quebec’s new...

June 15, 2018

Confessions of a Messy but Faithful Homeschooler

  By Samantha Cameron Disclaimer: The opinions expressed and statements made in this article reflect the author’s personal observations, and do not imply endorsement by HSLDA Canada or necessarily reflect the views and opinions of HSLDA Canada. Warning: This is...

June 5, 2018

What do homeschool moms really need?

  Written & submitted by: The Old Schoolhouse® Disclaimer: The opinions expressed and statements made in this article reflect the author’s personal observations, and do not imply endorsement by HSLDA Canada or necessarily reflect the views and opinions of HSLDA...

May 29, 2018

Thoroughly Politicized Homeschool Students!

  By Jean jr. Landry Homeschooling can be done in the greatest simplicity which is one of the beauties of it. But, there is nothing stopping us from throwing ourselves into more daring projects! This is exactly what happened...

May 28, 2018

HSLDA’s Work and Impact on the New Legislation in Québec (Part 3 of 3)

  By Jean jr. Landry, with contributions by Peter Stock, Megen Zelinka and Manon Fortin The Homeschooling Regulation On March 29, the draft Regulation was finally published. If Bill 144 had disappointed parent-educators, the accompanying Regulation added insult to injury...

May 18, 2018

HSLDA’s work and impact on the new legislation in Québec (Part 2 of 3)

  By Jean jr. Landry, with contributions by Peter Stock, Megen Zelinka and Manon Fortin The Bill Following the public consultations in the fall of 2016, we didn’t exactly know in which direction the government’s reform would go, nor how...

May 17, 2018

HSLDA’s work and impact on the new legislation in Québec (Part 1 of 3)

  By Jean jr. Landry, with contributions by Peter Stock, Megen Zelinka and Manon Fortin It’s official. The 45 days to submit our observations and final recommendations regarding the Regulations on homeschooling have come to  an end. Another big step...

May 16, 2018

Bill 144: Get Ready for a Regeneration in Homeschooling

By Louise Frazer (Note: The author is a member services assistant at HSLDA and has also served on the Québec-wide advisory panel on homeschooling.) We may sometimes have the impression that laws are written and passed by stone-faced legislators...

May 8, 2018