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ONTARIO BANS CELL PHONES IN PUBLIC CLASSROOMS Sangjun Han·June 11, 2024The Waterloo Region District School Board (WRDSB) will implement a ban on cellphone use in public schools. ...Front PageNews·0 Comments·3
DIVERSITY, EQUALITY AND INCLUSION SHOULD BE CELEBRATED, NOT CRITICIZED, IN THE WRDSB Maedith Radlein·May 9, 2024The Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) policies of school boards are increasingly being challenged and called divisive. This,...Front PageOpinion·1 Comment·2
STUDENTS SHARE STORIES OF ESCALATION OF ANTI-PALESTINIAN RACISM IN SCHOOLS WITH WRDSB Adrian Quijano·April 10, 2024A delegation of Palestinian students and community organization leaders spoke at a WRDSB meeting in February on the...Front PageNews·0 Comments·0
LOCAL ATHLETES SPEAK ON TRANS FOLKS IN SPORTS IN THE REGION Alex Kinsella·July 17, 2023As of June 2023, 22 American states have enacted laws to ban trans girls and trans women from...Features·0 Comments·5
WILSON AVENUE PUBLIC SCHOOL PLANTS MICROFOREST WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS Adrian Quijano·November 3, 2022On Oct. 22, Wilson Avenue Public school, together with Sustainable Waterloo Region (SWR), AET Group Inc., Ernst &...News·0 Comments·0
BURJOSKI LAUNCHES LEGAL ACTION AGAINST WRDSB AND PIATKOWSKI, AUTHORS TALK ABOUT WRITING AND READING 2SLGBTQ+ BOOKS Harleen Kaur Dhillon·October 7, 2022In January 2022, Carolyn Burjoski made a presentation to the Waterloo Region District School Board (WRDSB) trustees questioning...News·0 Comments·0
OAK CREEK PUBLIC SCHOOL OPENS ITS DOORS TO STUDENTS FOR THE FIRST TIME Alex Kinsella·October 7, 2022On Sept. 6, teachers and staff of Oak Creek Public School welcomed over 600 students to their first...News·0 Comments·0
BLACK PARENT COUNCIL: REGION’S PARENTS BAND TOGETHER TO PROTECT CHILDREN FROM DISCRIMINATION AND ADDRESS RACISM Adrian Quijano·September 1, 2022On Nov. 29, 2021 the Waterloo Cathloic District school board had called the Waterloo Regional Police Service (WRPS)...News·0 Comments·0
WRDSB Introduces Black Artist-in-Residence Program, Antonio Michael Downing becomes first mentor Harleen Kaur Dhillon·May 4, 2022Antonio Michael Downing—artist, musician, creator—is the first mentor in Waterloo Region District School Board’s (WRDSB) Black Artist-in-Residence program....Features·0 Comments·0
JANUARY 26 COVID-19 UPDATE Kaitlyn Severin·January 26, 2022Kitchener’s Grand River Hospital put out a call for community support last Thursday as hospitals have been facing...COVID-19·0 Comments·2