Near North District School Board

Media Release: Chair and Vice Chair Announced

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DECEMBER 20, 2017 – Last evening at the Annual Organizational Meeting of the Near North District School Board, David Thompson was voted in as Chair.

Mr. Thompson has been a Trustee with the Board since 2006, serving consecutive terms as Chair since 2014 and as Vice Chair from 2010-2013.

Trustee James Beatty was acclaimed for his fourth consecutive term as Vice-Chair. Mr. Beatty has served on the Board as a Trustee since 2010.

The Near North District School Board is an English language public school board providing French Immersion and Extended French programs in 28 elementary schools, 7 secondary schools, an Adult and Continuing Education Centre as well as two Alternative Schools, within the Districts of Nipissing, Parry Sound and a portion of Muskoka (the former Freeman Ward of the municipality of Georgian Bay).

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For more information, please contact:

David Thompson, Chair

David.Thompson@nearnorthschools.ca

(705) 492-4720

Story of Reconciliation at Parry Sound High School: Building our Bridge

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A book created by five Parry Sound High School students won a national Me to We contest held this past summer. Building Our Bridge: Our Journey of Reconciliation was written and illustrated by Mackenzie Elwes, Taylor Judge, Sara Burns, Dawson Bloor and Gracie Crafts. Me to We empowers youth to transform their communities, locally and globally, by shifting their thinking from “me” to acting as “we” collectively.

The book documents the history of cultural tensions at the high school and the activities and attitudes that students and teachers adopted to learn about each other to become more inclusive of Indigenous students and celebrate culture.

Biindigen

Mii gwi Anishinabek wewena nkenmaaminak dependajig maa kiing.
"We acknowledge in a good way, the original people of the land here"
We value the cultures, histories and relationships with the Indigenous Peoples of Turtle Island (North America)

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