Archive 1997-2016
Ayan Karshe used to be the “violent one.” She’ll tell you that herself. But it’s hard to believe when you shake the gentle hand of the 16-year-old, as she makes her way out the front doors of Ridgemont High School in Ottawa’s south end.
Despite the 51,000 plus people that washed into Lansdowne Park for the Grey Cup last Sunday, there were few, if any, problems with traffic gridlock in the downtown core.
Milka Gebrekiduce is a thoughtful little girl. The Grade 2 student wears a brilliant pink sweater and twirls one of her many braids around her finger. Her brown eyes grow a bit more serious as she recalls a painful memory: she hurt her tooth last year after being knocked down by an older boy running across the playground.
Ontario is the only province in Canada that has a zero-tolerance school policy, or province-wide criteria for suspensions and expulsions. Here is a brief look at what other provinces are doing with regard to school safety.