Section connection

Section connection

October 5, 2023

5 October 2023

A Francophone student complained to us that his French-language high school couldn’t provide him with a “section 23” program, which is support provided through the ministries of Education and Children, Community and Social Services to students who cannot attend school due to identified social, emotional, behavioural or mental health needs.

A Francophone student complained to us that his French-language high school couldn’t provide him with a “section 23” program, which is support provided through the ministries of Education and Children, Community and Social Services to students who cannot attend school due to identified social, emotional, behavioural or mental health needs. He told us the only section 23 programs available were in English. After we raised the case with officials at the French school board, they contacted him to discuss his section 23 needs.

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