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The GECDSB Student Senate has elected two Student Trustees for the 2022-2023 school year. Ayah Khanafer from Kennedy Collegiate Institute has been elected to represent the Board’s City secondary school population and Paige Hawkins, who will be a student at North Star High School in September, has been elected to represent the Board’s County secondary school population.

“We look forward to welcoming our new student trustees and learning from them. Student voice is essential....

The Greater Essex County District School Board has placed a high priority on implementing its Equity Action Plan in support of student achievement and well-being.

"A culture of respect for the principles of human rights and equity is essential to any organization, but especially one as diverse as a public school board," says GECDSB Director of Education Erin Kelly.

To guide this foundational purpose, Ros Salvador has joined the GECDSB in the newly created role of Human Rights and Equity System...

Congratulations Zoe Stevenson!

The Student of the Month for January is Zoe Stevenson, a Grade 11 student at Kingsville District High School. Zoe is an inspirational role model for this month's theme of "perseverance".

Zoe has had a tracheostomy since May of 2019 due to a life-threatening accident she was involved in that resulted in a severe throat and airway injury. Since then, she has had over 15 surgeries and drives back and forth to SickKids Hospital for appointments and check-ups. Her condition...

The Greater Essex County District School Board has revised and updated its African-Canadian Roads to Freedom curriculum document (release November 2021). These resources are intended to provide teacher background information on Black Canadian heritage and culture connected directly to specific learning expectations in The Ontario Curriculum: Social Studies/History and Geography (2004). 

The teaching of Black Canadian history should not be seen as an "event" but rather as an "ongoing...