Press Release The Education Across Borders Collective believes that Bill 86 (An Act to modify the organization and governance of school boards to give schools a greater say in decision-making and ensure parents’ presence within each school board’s decision-making body)…
Quebec’s Human Rights Commission calls for education for all, without discrimination
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Quebec Ombudsperson reveals promise of free schooling for all undocumented children; many continue to be barred from schools
Press release The annual report of the Quebec Ombudsperson, released today, includes substantial news for the schooling of undocumented children – those living without regular immigration status. It was revealed today that the government has “accepted all of the Quebec…
As students return to school, children without immigration status continue to be excluded from Quebec schools
Press release : Rally calls for access to school for all children, regardless of immigration status When: Wednesday, August 26, 2015, at 11am Where: The Commission scolaire Marguerite de Bourgeoys (CSMB) head office, located at 1100 boulevard de la Côte-Vertu…
Rally: We will Break Down the Barriers to Schooling for Immigrant Children!
To share on Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/events/1621035958170172/ The Law on Public Education in Quebec will be modified in the coming weeks. This reform represents a crucial opportunity in the fight for education for all, regardless of immigration status. We may be…
Support Rally: Bring Daniel Home!
Tuesday, 16 June at 10am At office of Quebec Minister of Immigration Kathleen Weil 5252, de Maisonneuve Ouest, Montréal (Vendôme metro) https://www.facebook.com/events/841244462577342/ “Daniel” (not his real name) arrived in Montreal with his mother when he was ten. When the family’s…
Bring Daniel Home: Call for Solidarity
https://www.facebook.com/events/436100903227934/ “Daniel” (not his real name), an undocumented teenager, was arrested in a Montreal-area school in October 2014 and turned over to border police. He was detained for a week at the Laval Immigration Detention Centre before being deported all…
Deported teenager describes his struggle to survive in Mexico: Launch of the Bring Daniel Home campaign
Press Conference Monday, 23 March 2015, 10:30am UQAM, Local A-1785 (Aquin Building) * Enter through 400 Saint Catherine St. East (south-east corner of Saint Denis and Saint Catherine) and take the escalator to the 1st floor. A video by the…
Letter from the Collective to the new Minister of Education, François Blais
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The Quebec Ombudsperson releases a report on access to education for children with precarious immigration status
For more information, see their press release or the report itself.