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Students can earn volunteer hours online by learning CPR & AED skills

With the Mikey Young at Heart App, high school students can earn the volunteer hours they need to graduate by learning lifesaving CPR and AED skills. This free app was developed by the Mikey Network which is dedicated to creating public awareness and providing education about heart-healthy lifestyles, and to placing as many defibrillators as…
MPAC presents voterlookup.ca

To support both municipal and school board elections, it is important to prepare and maintain accurate and up-to-date electoral information. The Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC) has created Voterlookup.ca to provide electors with an easy way to confirm and update their information for municipal and school board elections. Ontario residents can visit Voterlookup.ca at any…
Absent teachers and students is the challenge when school returns, Ontario officials say
Ontario schools brace for staff shortages ahead of Monday reopening as Omicron spreads
Legislative Update – January 10, 2022

The Legislative Assembly of Ontario is on winter recess with Members of Provincial Parliament returning on February 22, 2022. COVID-19 Update / Return to School Winter 2022 Due to Ontario’s latest case and contact management guidance, updates to the provincial COVID-19 cases in schools webpage are currently suspended. On January 6, Minister of Education Stephen Lecce…
How do you ensure kids are back in class on Jan. 17?
Ontario could reopen high schools before elementary schools, sources say
Students learning from home after province flip-flops on return to classrooms
Ontario to fast-track COVID-19 booster shots for education and child-care workers
Parents in Ontario scramble with online learning after province closes schools
We want our kids in school’: York Region parents, teachers urge increased effort to make schools safe
School Board Association has its own recommendations