An astounding student of J. Clarke Richardson Collegiate in Ajax, both on and off the field Savannah Blair has been accepted into the 2022-23 Andre De Grasse Future Champions Scholarship Program. Savannah was 1 of 16 students chosen from across Canada. This Scholarship presents student athletes with an opportunity in sport like Olympic Champion Andre De Grasse, as well as removing barriers to participate in sport and provides a pathway for students on-track and off-track success...
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On February 9 at Pine Ridge Secondary School, students from Oshawa, Whitby and Pickering gathered together to ‘SOAR,’ acknowledge African Heritage Month and celebrate the achievement and excellence of African-Canadian females.
SOAR stands for ‘Sistahs Overcoming, Achieving, and Rising.’
Leaders from the Graduation Coach for Black Student Program and school district hosted the event and invited seven women, recently nominated for the 100 most successful...
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DDSB welcomes critically acclaimed author David A. Robertson
The Durham District School Board (DDSB) recognizes that Indigenous Peoples have the right to the dignity and diversity of their cultures, traditions, histories and aspirations, which shall be appropriately reflected in education and public information.  
As part of this commitment, the DDSB was honoured to welcome the critically acclaimed Indigenous author David A. Robertson to our schools on...
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Students at GL Roberts CVI in Oshawa unveiled their Black Excellence Mural earlier this school year in an effort to encourage and educate both Black and non-Black students, staff, and school visitors.
Students came together with the Principal last year to share and shape their ideas of how they could better represent each other in the school. Senior students from the Black Students’ Association helped to refine the thoughts and brainstorming process into what has...
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Peer relationships often define a student’s school experience.
What do you do when a peer relationship goes south?  This was the case for one student who turned her experiences into what she hopes can be a resource that could help others.
“I experienced bullying and thought that if I put my experience into a book or just some words to paper it may help someone else,” says Brooklyn Doucette who recently completed her Grade 9 year.
Brooklyn wrote...
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