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Newspaper, magazine and television articles about the English Montreal School Board, as well as news and information from the Ministère de l'Éducation et de l'Enseignement supérieur in regards to education in Quebec.

2024-2025

Telemaque talks kindness, bullying at Westmount Park School | Westmount Independent | May 6, 2025

Roslyn Joe Ortona opinion piece on FACE | Montreal Gazette May 1, 2025

Roslyn remembers Eddy Nolan, Terry Fox | Westmount Independent | April 29, 2025

National Assembly committee recommends Quebec ban cellphones in schools | April 22, 2025

Quebec says education minister would not control English schools under Bill 40 reform| Montreal Gazette | Jan 28, 2025

Roslyn Elementary: A legacy of excellence and innovation in education

Hanes: Rosemount High music teacher is helping ‘fantastic human beings’ flourish | Montreal Gazette | January 10, 2025

New Leonard Cohen bio alludes to his years in Westmount | Westmount Independent | Nov. 19, 2024

Public Notice | Montreal Gazette | Nov 12, 2024

New musical The Adventures of Eva the Louse' enchants children as well as parents | Laval News | Nov 06, 2024

"Maybe the future president went to our high school': Cheers for Kamala Harris in Westmount | Montreal Gazette | Nov 01, 2024

EMSB’s Career Fair was back for a 24th edition | The Suburban | Oct 31, 2024

Brownstein Leonard Cohen's life holds lessons for Westmount High students | Montreal Gazette | Nov 01, 2024

Alouettes recognize student excellence | The Suburban | Oct 23, 2024

Harris Left Canada at 18. She Doesn’t Often Look Back. | The Wall Street Journal | Oct 13, 2024

These five tumultuous years in Montreal shaped Kamala Harris | Washington Post | Oct 13, 2024

Robert Libman: Anglophones need to show up in large numbers for EMSB election | The Montreal Gazette | Oct 07, 2024

Future of English schools on the ballot for Nov. 3 elections| Montreal Gazette | Sept. 20, 2024

Expand genocide education in schools, group tells Quebec| Montreal Gazette | Sept. 03, 2024

Fresh as the First Day - Back-To-School at Parkdale | The Montreal Gazette | Aug 30, 2024

Opinion: At the EMSB, a new school year brings renewed commitment|The Montreal Gazette | Aug 29, 2024

Inside 'disco dancer' Kamala Harris's high school years in Canada - and why she keeps tight-lipped about them | Daily Mail | 26

Kamala Harris’s Life in Canada Was Marked by a Yearning for Home | The New York Times | Aug. 3, 2024

Forgive Kamala Harris for downplaying the formative years she spent in Montreal. She has an election to win| Toronto Star | Aug.

What to know about the Montreal ties of Kamala Harris, Biden’s choice for successor| The Montreal Gazette | Jul 21, 2024

Kamala Harris' inspiring best friend is from Montreal. Here's who Wanda Kagan is| National Post | Aug 23, 2024

Montreal school boards, service centres promise a teacher in every classroom| Montreal Gazette | Aug 22, 2024

2023-2024

How the English Montreal School Board is challenging the CAQ, from the media to the Supreme Court | CultMTL.com | June 13, 2024

Rest in peace, Eddy Nolan – the ‘Terry Fox’ of Roslyn School | Westmount Independent | April 16, 2024

Easter Greeting Message to the Italian Community from the Chair | Il Cittadino Canadese | April 2024

Alouettes' Danny Maciocia shares advice with students at his former high school | Montreal Gazette | Apr 03, 2024

The students who make up this symphony orchestra are wired for music | Montreal Gazette | Feb 10, 2024

Dancer Margie Gillis visits Carlyle Elementary School | The Suburban | Mar 13, 2024

Journeying the Path to Reconciliation with Reflective Leadership | CASSA | Jan 19, 2024

Faces in the crowd | CASSA | Jan 19, 2024

A voice for anglos: School boards prepare for more battles with Legault | Montreal Gazette | Jan 19, 2024

Allison Hanes: English Montreal School Board plays up its French initiatives | Montreal Gazette | Jan 09, 2024

Montreal teacher helping students with special needs on South Pacific island of Aitutaki | Montreal Gazette | Jan 04, 2024

What are Quebec children being taught in sex ed about gender identity? | Montreal Gazette | Jan 06, 2024

The extraordinary journey of Montreal-born actor Ayisha Issa, Batshaw ambassador | Montreal Gazette | Dec 26, 2023

Opinion: Don't let Quebec's language laws sideline parents | Montreal Gazette | Dec 21, 2023

Opinion: We've won a key battle on school boards; let's not let up | The Gazette |

2022-2023

Mike Matheson encouraging youths to be Champions for Life | The Suburban | May 3, 2023

COLORS FOR PEACE | il Cittadino Canadese | May 3, 2023

Four Montreal teachers honoured with annual EMSB recognition award | CityNews | May 2, 2023

Bill 40 has English School Boards Concerned | Montreal Gazette | April 11, 2023

EMSB requests meeting with Mayors on Bill 96 | The Suburban | March 22, 2023

Pearson and Laurier school boards should join EMSB in court challenge on Bill 96 | The Suburban | March 8, 2023

Documentarian Lewis Cohen meets Roslyn grade sixers | Westmount Independent | March 7, 2023

Laurier Macdonald Highschool: A sense of community and achievement for all | Montreal Gazette | Feb 05, 2023

Minister Girard comes to Royal Vale | The Suburban | Jan 18, 2023

CAQ minister promotes bilingualism event at Montreal school | CTV News | Jan 13, 2023

English Montreal School Board highlights the importance of bilingualism ahead of registration week | CityNews | Jan 10, 2023

EMSB puts focus on French | Montreal Gazette | Jan 10, 2023

Quebec walks back plans to force students to submit English CEGEP eligibility certificates | CTV News - Montreal | Dec 21, 2022

Opinion: A Quebec English education wish list | Montreal Gazette | Dec 21, 2022

Parents scramble to find English eligibility certificates for high school grads | Montreal Gazette | Dec 20, 2022

Support for English-language school boards in Quebec is growing: poll | Montreal Gazette | Dec 15, 2022

Symbolic seat for children added to CDN-NDG council | City News | thesuburban.com | Dec 9, 2022

Lauren Hill Academy inaugurates $1.9 million aquatic centre | City News | thesuburban.com | Dec 11, 2022

$800k project Westmount High stairs re-open| Westmount Independent | Dec 6, 2022

NDG's youngest delegate to COP15 | The Suburban | Nov 27, 2022

Opinion: Quebec and the right to be different | Montreal gazette | Nov 24, 2022

Construction of new school in TMR Put on Hold | TMR Poste | October 27, 2022

James Lyng Shoe Donation | Montreal Gazette | October 18, 2022

Opinion: Key questions for Quebec politicians on education | Montreal Gazette | Sep 26, 2022

2021-2022

Rumour that a school will be built on parkland angers T.M.R. residents | Montreal Gazette | June 29, 2022

Here’s how opponents will use the courts to try to thwart Quebec’s Bill 96 | Montreal Gazette | June 9, 2022

English Montreal School Board files lawsuit challenging Bill 96 | Montreal Gazette | June 5, 2022

As soon as adopted, the law on French is already challenged in the courts | OI Canadian | June 4, 2022

Opponents of Quebec’s Bill 96 prepare to challenge language law in court | The Globe and Mail | June 4, 2022

CEGEP leaders say they're in the dark on how Bill 96 will be implemented | Montreal gazette | May 29, 2022

Wrestlemania at Rosemount High School | CTV News Montreal | May 27, 2022

EMSB votes to hire a law firm and fight Bill 96 in the courts | Montreal Gazette | May 26, 2022

EMSB to welcome Ukrainian children | The Suburban | May 25, 2022

Royal Vale School unveils new sports centre | The Suburban | May 25, 2022

EMSB to welcome Ukrainian children | The Suburban | May 20, 2022

EMSB, Pearson board confirm some Ukrainian children are studying in English | Montreal Gazette | May 20, 2022

Juhl: Olympian's perspective on food insecurity sharpened when he became a dad | Montreal Gazette | May 13, 2022

Opinion: Joe Ortona - Quebec's leaders put policy agenda ahead of student success | Montreal Gazette | May 09, 2022

Allison Hanes: New toolkit designed to help Quebec teachers and students address genocide | Montreal Gazette | May 02, 2022

Canada’s first guide to teaching about genocide is launched in Quebec high schools | The CJN | April 28, 2022

Westmount High Holocaust Exhibit

Quebec English school boards launch site to recruit French teachers | Montreal Gazette | Feb 7, 2022

Parents in the dark over COVID-19 cases in schools | Montreal Gazette | Jan 28, 2022

Hanes: EMSB spotlights its diverse population and emphasis on inclusion | Montreal Gazette | Jan 24, 2022

EMSB puts the emphasis on diversity | Montreal Gazette | Jan 24, 2022

Message to the Italian Community from the Chair | Il Cittadino Canadese | December 2021

Quebec teacher removed from classroom because she wears a hijab | The Globe and Mail | Dec 9, 2021

André Pratte: Quebec's 'Bill 101 on steroids' goes too far | National Post | Dec 3, 2021

Vaccine rollout at EMSB schools | The Suburban | Dec 2, 2021

'The sooner the better' to get kids vaccinated, Drouin tells parents | Montreal Gazette | Dec 01, 2021

5 Quebec educators honoured with Prime Minister's Award | Montreal Gazette | Nov 25, 2021

It’s official! Westmount Park Elementary ‘opens’ after $20-million makeover | Westmount Independent | Nov 23, 2021

Quebec’s anglophone minority faces declining political clout | The Globe and Mail | Nov 13, 2021

'What was the rush?' End to Quebec high school in-class mask rule seen as premature | Montreal Gazette | Nov 12, 2021

End of mask mandate in Quebec high school classes leaves many 'a bit puzzled' | Montreal Gazette | Nov 2, 2021

Lack of sports infrastructure in Montréal-Nord means little ice time for youth hockey group | CBC.ca | Oct 26, 2021

Change to Quebec religion course: More crass political marketing by the CAQ | Cult MTL | Oct 26, 2021

Council of Ministers of Education, Canada - Provinces release the latest results on the performance of grade 8 students in math

COVID vaccines for children are almost here. How well have we protected the kids so far? | Maclean's | Oct 13, 2021

English school board elections: Feldman, Saunders, Galati win seats | Montreal Gazette | Sep 27, 2021

English school boards say Bill 96 would go too far in limiting enrolment | Montreal Gazette | Sep 23, 2021

EMSB's Joe Ortona calls on mayoral candidates to speak out against Bill 96 | Montreal Gazette | Sep 21, 2021

Joe Ortona: Stop the name-calling, Mr. Legault, and focus on issues | Montreal Gazette | Sep 16, 2021

EMSB changes resolution about Bill 96 that set off political firestorm | Montreal Gazette | Sep 14, 2021

Allison Hanes: Dangerous chill on dissent settling over Bill 96 debate | Montreal Gazette | Sep 08, 2021

EMSB to hold special meeting to amend controversial Bill 96 resolution | Montreal Gazette | Sep 08, 2021

A Song For Hope | LaSalle | Sep 08, 2021

Legault describes EMSB as 'radical' after board's Bill 96 resolution | Montreal Gazette | Sept 07, 2021

EMSB document refusing to recognize Quebec as nation draws ire from politicians | City News | Sept 07, 2021

English school board chair booted from Denis Coderre's party over stance on language reform | CBC News | Sept 07, 2021

Back to class, not quite back to normal | Montreal Gazette | Sept 1, 2021

How to protect the under-12 crowd | Montreal Gazette - Opinion | Sept 1, 2021

Montreal schools reopen amid excitement, concern and caution | CTV News | Aug 31, 2021

Parents and teachers react to Quebec's return to school | City News | Aug 31, 2021

Anxiety, optimism as many Montreal kids return to class amid COVID-19’s fourth wave | The Globe and Mail | Aug 31, 2021

Hoping for normal: Kids return to school across Quebec | Montreal Gazette | Aug 31, 2021

Brownstein: Music video pays tribute to resilience of children, teachers

EMSB to consider making masks mandatory in classrooms

Stu Cowan: Virtual softball tournament ends up being a big hit | Montreal Gazette | Aug 03, 2021

Breadcrumb Trail Links Sports Stu Cowan: Virtual softball tournament ends up being a big hit | Montreal Gazette | Aug 03, 2021

2020-2021

Hundreds attend a scaled-down Laval Hellenic Summer Festival | Laval News | July 08, 2021

In a school year like no other, my students were a source of joy | CBC News | July 02, 2021

Montreal girl’s bat mitzvah project is bearing witness to the Holocaust | Montreal Gazette | June 26, 2021

Local teacher recognized for outstanding service to the community | Parc-Extension News | May 14, 2021

Audit turned up 'bad debt' but nothing nefarious, EMSB says | Montreal Gazette | May 17, 2021

EMSB cancels classes next Wednesday because of union strike | Montreal Gazette | May 14, 2021

French in Quebec: New bill would restrict English studies for children of foreign workers | Montreal Gazette | May 13, 2021

Joe Ortona_ New EMSB Chair stands up for the Anglophone community | The Montrealer | May 10, 2021

Brownstein: Every week has been Mental Health Week for students | Montreal Gazette | May 03, 2021

Call for mail-in voting for future Lester B. Pearson School Board elections - Montreal | Globalnews.ca | April 27, 2021

The hard lessons of homeschooling in a pandemic year | Montreal Gazette | Apr 24, 2021

Despite Bill 21 ruling, Quebec English school boards must await appeal before hiring | Montreal Gazette | Apr 21, 2021

Quebec English school boards must await appeal before hiring, despite Bill 21 ruling | The Globe and Mail | Apr 21, 2021

Quebec to appeal court ruling on disputed religious symbols law | Reuters | April 20, 2021

Quebec court upholds bulk of secularism law | Brandon Sun | Apr 20, 2021

Sadly, Bill 21 lives on, but there's an important exemption | Montreal Gazette | Apr 20, 2021

Federal leaders should step up against Bill 21 | Montreal Gazette | Apr 20, 2021

Quebec will appeal Bill 21 court ruling exempting school boards | Montreal Gazette | Apr 20, 2021

Hanes: Bill 21 decision full of contradictions and doesn't make sense | Montreal Gazette | Apr 21, 2021

Religious symbols law is cruel, but notwithstanding clause makes it legal: court | Montreal Gazette | Apr 21, 2021

EMSB 'elated' after Quebec court strikes down parts of Bill 21 | Montreal Gazette | Apr 20, 2021

EMSB Zoom Press Conference | on Vimeo | April 20, 2021

West-end parents want new high school | The Suburban | Apr 14, 2021

Court ruling on Quebec's religious symbols law expected Tuesday | Montreal Gazette | Apr 18, 2021

Montreal school wants Ottawa to plan for a Kamala Harris drop-in during future visit | Kamloops This Week | April 13, 2021

Marlene Jennings apologizes for backing premier in school spat | Montreal Gazette | Apr 08, 2021

Anglo school boards hit back at Jennings for siding with Legault | Montreal Gazette | Apr 07, 2021

Analysis: What a California gas leak can teach us about air purifiers in schools | Montreal Gazette | Apr 06, 2021

Roberge orders English school boards to resume in-class teaching | Montreal Gazette | Mar 31, 2021

Merton parents plead to extend vaccination pilot project by a few blocks | Montreal Gazette | Mar 22, 2021

Analysis: COVID-19 variant threat grows amid more school closures | Montreal Gazette | Mar 19, 2021

Some parents in areas with high COVID-19 variant cases will be vaccinated next week | Montreal Gazette | Mar 18, 2021

Confirmed COVID-19 variant cases jump by 179 in Quebec, including in schools | Montreal Gazette | Mar 16, 2021

Suspected COVID-19 variants force EMSB to close elementary school | Montreal Gazette | Mar 16, 2021

Teachers' union seeks injunction forcing better classroom ventilation plan | Montreal Gazette | Mar 16, 2021

More Masks in Class | Montreal Gazette | March 9, 20201

EMSB Council will add committees, but no cash for new hires | thesuburban.com | Mar 3, 2021

The Power of a Job to Transform a Life | Montreal Gazette | March 06, 2021

The power of a job to transform a life_ Inclusive hiring is an idea whose time has come | Montreal Gazette | Mar 06, 2021

Citing pandemic expenses, EMSB forecasts $15M deficit | CBC News | Feb 24, 2021

EMSB to post $15 million deficit, blames COVID | Montreal Gazette | Feb 25, 2021

Brownstein: School snow days ain't what they used to be | Montreal gazette | Feb 18, 2021

Black History Month | The Suburban | Feb 10, 2021

Montreal COVID-19 school cases now rising nearly 1.5 times faster than last fall | Montreal Gazette | Feb 18, 2021

The first report cards are in for Quebec students, and the results are worrisome | CBC News | Feb 10, 2021

Brownstein: Westmount High students inspired by grad Kamala Harris | Montreal Gazette | Jan 21, 2021

Quebec high schoolers head back to the daily grind after long break from going to class | CBC News | Jan 18, 2021

Schools spreading COVID-19, new study concludes | Montreal Gazette | Jan 12, 2021

My Pandemic Year: Educators have changed how they teach, and they're exhausted | Montreal Gazette | Dec 18, 2020

Parent camp-outs torpedoed as EMSB moves to online kindergarten registration | Montreal Gazette | Dec 15, 2020

Quebec school ventilation system is adequate and safe, minister says | Montreal Gazette | Nov 27, 2020

Westmount Park School reno affected by pandemic, may not re-open in 2021 | Westmount Independent | Nov 24, 2020

Quebec okays EMSB Ward 3 election for December 19-20 | Westmount Independent | Nov 24, 2020

Allison Hanes: Is the new EMSB council being set up to fail? | Montreal Gazette | Nov 23, 2020

Dunlevy: Before Westmount High, Kamala Harris went to FACE | Montreal Gazette | Nov 20, 2020

COVID-19: Quebec to re-examine ventilation issue in schools | Montreal Gazette | Nov 11, 2020

Allison Hanes: Time for the EMSB to turn over a new leaf | Montreal Gazette | Nov 10, 2020

Celebrating Kamala Harris’ diverse roots | City News | Nov 09, 2020

Westmount High celebrates alumna Harris becoming U.S. vice-president elect | Montreal Gazette | Nov 07, 2020

Montreal schools now driving force of COVID-19 spread: experts | Montreal Gazette | Nov 06, 2020

After Trump’s Tariffs and Insults, Canada Is Relieved at Biden’s Win | The New York Times | Nov 10, 2020

Court challenges against Bill 21 to begin Monday | Montreal Gazette | Nov 01, 2020

N-word controversy: EMSB, Lester B. Pearson school boards pull history workbook | Montreal Gazette | Oct 29, 2020

Teachers and community leaders demand action from school boards over textbook's use of N-word | CBC | Oct 28, 2020

Student commissioner brings a fresh face and new voice to EMSB | Montreal Gazette | Oct 28, 2020

Student authors fight othering with passion, creativity and wit | Montreal Gazette | Oct 24, 2020

Allison Hanes: Who should appoint the EMSB's next director general? | Montreal Gazette | Oct 21, 2020

Opinion/ After a year, my job as EMSB trustee is almost complete | Montreal Gazette | Oct 19, 2020

In Canada, Kamala Harris, a Disco-Dancing Teenager, Yearned for Home | The New York Times | Oct 5, 2020

Mouvement laïque québécois turns to crowdfunding to defend secularism law | Montreal Gazette | Sep 14, 2020

With school libraries closed and staff redeployed, students and teachers will suffer | Quill & Quire | Sept 10, 2020

Provinces scramble to deliver real-time data on school COVID-19 infections | The Globe and Mail | Sept 10, 2020

English sector students and teachers return to school in Montreal | Montreal Gazette | Aug 31, 2020

C.D.N.-N.D.G. mayor suspends borough manager over Terrebonne bike path | Montreal Gazette | Aug 26, 2020

Rituals change at Merton School, but 'a child in distress will be a top priority' | Montreal Gazette | Aug 26, 2020

French students being moved to English board site | The Suburban | Aug 19, 2020

EMSB agrees to lease St-Michel's St. Dorothy school to French system until 2022 | Montreal Gazette | Aug 14, 2020

The focus should be when and how, not whether school should resume | The Globe and Mail | August 17, 2020

Allison Hanes: A new battle brewing at the EMSB? | Montreal Gazette | Aug 13, 2020

After five 'incredibly tumultuous' years, EMSB director general abruptly resigns | Montreal Gazette | Aug 11, 2020

Allison Hanes: Good riddance to big cause of dysfunction at the EMSB | Montreal Gazette | Jul 16, 2020

EMSB chair Angela Mancini resigns, citing 'unfair' process | Montreal Gazette | Jul 15, 2020

Schools urged to ensure students' security and privacy when conducting classes online | CBC News | July 05, 2020

Betty Constant is still driven by her passion for teaching | Montreal Community Contact | Dec 21, 2020

2019-2020

'Not an empty lot': English parents lobby to keep T.M.R. school's field | Montreal Gazette | Sep 15, 2020

Quebec ditches school board logos in favour of Quebec flag | Montreal Gazette | June 17, 2020

'There's a lot of work': Orderly training begins for thousands of Quebecers | Montreal Gazette | June 15, 2020

Vocational centres sift through applications ahead of orderly training | Montreal Gazette | June 10, 2020

A new look for Quebec schools | City News | May 7, 2020

School reopening | CTV News | May 8, 2020

The EMSB will comply with the government's order to reopen schools | Montreal Gazette | May 7, 2020

The Big Five: The Partial Trusteeship Of The EMSB Just Got Extended Until Nov 6 | CJAD | May 6, 2020

Jennings board mandate renewed | The Suburban | May 5, 2020

Montreal high schools aim to salvage lost semester with mandatory online classes | Montreal Gazette | May 5, 2020

EMSB will decide for itself when it's safe to reopen, trustee Marlene Jennings decrees | CTV News | May 6, 2020

Quebec renews its partial trusteeship of EMSB under Marlene Jennings | CTV News | May4, 2020

Parents wary as teachers prepare return to school | The gazette | May 5, 2020

Montreal high school teachers full of questions about the resumption of classes | Global News | April 30, 2020

Teachers, union call plans to reopen Montreal schools dangerous | CTV News | April 30, 2020

High levels of uncertainty about Quebec children returning to school | Montreal Gazette | May 1, 2020

Orderly shortage no surprise for advocates | St Laurent News | April 22, 2020

School is in session… on the web | St Laurent News | April 15, 2020

Most Quebec parents feel pandemic taking a toll on kids' mental health: poll | Montreal Gazette | April 22, 2020

Legault Says It's 'Not A Good Idea To Wait' For September To Reopen Schools | Mtl Blog | April 21, 2020

EMSB parents' committee wants schools to remain closed until September | Montreal Gazette | April 21, 2020

Allison Hanes: Preparation, panic and parenting amid coronavirus fears | Montreal Gazette | March 9, 2020

Coronavirus: Montreal schools urge students who have been abroad to take precautions | Montreal Gazette | March 9, 2020

Canadians are entitled to legal help to protect their Charter rights | The Conversation | March 5, 2020

Quebec's religious-symbols law resisted | Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette | March 8, 2020

Quebec's Bill 40 further undermines the province's English-language school system | The Daily Courier | February 26, 2020

Is Quebec’s teacher shortage being caused by new laws, poor working conditions? | CTV News | Feb 17, 2020

Board caught in crossfire over Bill 21 fight | Catholic Register | Feb 14, 2020

School camp-out: Warm spirits as parents queue for EMSB kindergarten spots | Montreal Gazette | Feb 3, 2020

Montreal parents camp outside Royal Vale School to enroll their kids | Global News | Feb 1, 2020

Parents prepare for chilly weather in annual Royal Vale camp-out | Montreal Gazette | Jan 30, 2020

EMSB transforming its libraries | City News | Jan 24, 2020

Human library at Nesbitt | City News | Jan 24, 2020

EMSB re-imagined libraries | Global News | Jan 24, 2020

Stu Cowan: Als lineman/author Woody Baron shows kids school is cool | Montreal Gazette | Jan 24, 2020

Hanes: School libraries are breaking the code of silence | Montreal Gazette | Jan 24, 2020

Teenager arrested in connection with gun scare near Lester B. Pearson High School | Montreal Gazette | Jan 17, 2020

New English parents leadership elected | The Suburban | Jan 15, 2020

Quebec launches consultations to overhaul ethics and religion program in schools | CTV News | Jan 10, 2020

Lessons Learned - Lew Lewis Profile | Montreal Gazette | Dec 31, 2019

Modular classrooms solve school's overcrowding issue | MOntreal Gazette | Dec 18, 2019

Royal West students tackle grief, end-of-life in workshop on death | CBC News | Nov 30, 2019

Bill 40’s differential treatment of Anglophones demonstrates CAQ’s troubled agenda | The McGill Tribune | Nove 21, 2019

Roberge speaks to CTV Montreal About EMSB Trusteeship and Bill 40 | CTV Montreal | Nov11, 2019

The battle against Quebec’s Bill 21 | Macleans Magazine | Nov 8, 2019

EMSB decries timing of leak alleging inappropriate spending | Montreal Gazette | Nov 4, 2019

My high school reunion: teen angst, my prom date and the treachery of memory - Montreal gazette - Nov 1, 2019

CSDM to start testing for lead in the drinking water of all its schools | Montreal Gazette | Oct 31, 2019

EMSB challenges Bill 21 in court | City News | Oct 24, 2019

School board reform hearings | City News | Oct 25, 2019

Quebec school reform: Agreement reached on who will appear at Bill 40 hearings | Montreal Gazette | Oct 24, 2019

Quebec education minister says CSDM, EMSB may be allowed to speak at hearings | CTV News | Oct 24, 2019

EMSB files second court challenge against Bill 21, citing gender bias | CTV News | Oct 24, 2019

English Montreal School Board files legal challenge to Bill 21 | CBC News | Oct 24, 2019

École Dunrae Gardens Marches to Protest Climate Change | TMR Poste | Oct 2, 2019

CBC Montreal News | CBC Montreal | Oct 01, 2019

Quebec's school reform bill has a compromise for the English system | CTV News | Oct 1, 2019

Bill 40 tabled: Quebec offers anglos a compromise on school boards | Montreal Gazette | Oct 1, 2019

English Montreal School Board green-lights Bill 21 court challenge | National Post | Sept 26, 2019

Bill 21 forced teachers to withdraw job applications, EMSB says | Montreal Gazette | Sept 27, 2019

English Montreal School Board to challenge legality of Bill 21 | Montreal Gazette | Sept 26, 2019

EMSB has highest Quebec public school board success rate, new stats show | Montreal Gazette | Sept 20, 2019

Quebec announces $2.3B in funding for school renovations | Montreal Gazette | Sept 22, 2019

The English community will be spared from the brunt of school board reforms: CAQ source | CTV News | Sept 12, 2019

EMSB transfers: A new beginning for students, teachers and parents | Montreal Gazette | Sept 03, 2019

Montreal School Boards to implement religious secularism law and abide by Bill C-21 | The Post Millennial | Sept 3, 2019

Good news, bad news of 3 extra days of summer for EMSB students | Montreal Gazette | August 26, 2019

Media veteran Suzanne Desautels is the new voice of the EMSB podcast | Montreal Gazette | Aug 17, 2019

Anglo group, Quebec education minister meet to discuss school boards | Montreal Gazette | Aug 16, 2019

EMSB pushes for judicial review following denial of injunction | MONTREAL GAZETTE | July 9, 2019

EMSB students at 2 Saint-Leonard schools to be moved in time for new school year | CBC | Jul 09, 2019

English Montreal School Board says it will continue fight despite school move | Global News | July 9, 2019

Martin Patriquin: A sad end to Tracy Bounil's Montreal dream | Montreal Gazette | July 3, 2019

Macpherson: Legault makes a case against his own schoolboards proposal | Montreal Gazette | July 5, 2019

2018-2019

School closings, mergers will be focus of EMSB meeting Wednesday night | Montreal Gazette

EMSB calls meeting to discuss school transfers | Montreal Gazette | June 19, 2019

Opinion: School transfers and the state of anglo relations in Quebec | Montreal Gazette | May 15, 2019

Why some of Kamala Harris’ biggest fans are in Canada

Cohabiting a better option to reduce French school overcrowding: EMSB chair | Montreal Gazette | May 13, 2019

Quebec identifies three schools to be taken away from EMSB | Montreal Gazette | May 9, 2019

EMSB can't give up youth sector schools by September, board says | Montreal Gazette | May 1, 2019

Education minister is playing political games, EMSB vice-chair says | Montreal Gazette | May 1, 2019

Bill 21: 'We don’t think that it's right what the government is doing' | Montreal Gazette | April 14, 2019

Quebec proposes ban on religious clothing for public workers | San Francisco Chronicle | April 13, 2019

Martin Patriquin: Case of adult-ed teacher shows Bill 21's absurdities | Montreal Gazette | April 10, 2019

Politicians unite to fight Quebec’s “crappy” secularism bill | cjnews.com | April 9, 2019

Couple's pride in their souvenir-filled Dollard home is palpable | Montreal Gazette | April 6, 2019

Teacher with head scarf worries new bill will discriminate against her

She Wears a Head Scarf. Is Quebec Derailing Her Career?

Montreal North adulted centre may be next English school to go French

Daughters of Mile End at the DB Clarke Theatre | Montreal Times | March 30, 2019

English Montreal School Board will let teachers wear religious symbols | Montreal Gazette | March 27, 2019

Rather than a full ban, some teachers embrace smartphones as learning tools | Montreal Gazette | March 20, 2019

Rocket touch down at Gardenview Elementary | The Suburban | March 13, 2019

EMSB students recruited to partner with MUHC researchers | Montreal Gazette | March 12, 2019

Students have ball with Laval Rocket Players | Montreal Gazette | March 12, 2019

UQAM student becomes advocate to help people understand mental health | Montreal Gazette | March 1, 2019

EMSB adding 13 preschool classes for 4-year-olds | Global News | February 27, 2019

Expanded pre-kindergarten off to slow start at Montreal's French schools | Montreal Gazette | February 27, 2019

Quebec school principals sound alarm over black-market vaping rings | Montreal Gazette | February 21, 2019

Parents want more time to discuss senior campus for west-end school | Montreal Gazette | February 18, 2019

N.D.G.’s Willingdon School keen on annex to move Grade 5, 6 classes | Montreal Gazette | February 12, 2019

Schools surveyed on religious symbols: Who answered, who didn't | Montreal Gazette | February 9, 2019

EMSB meeting hears parents, teachers' blast CAQ's religious symbols plan | Montreal Gazette | February 06, 2019

EMSB holds emergency meeting on religious symbols | CTV News | February 07, 2019

Religious symbols survey existed under Liberals, CAQ says | Montreal Gazette | February 5, 2019

No end in sight for parents lining up overnight for school spots | Montreal Gazette | February 5, 2019

Brownstein: Alumna Kamala Harris sparks excitement at Westmount High | Montreal Gazette | February 6, 2019

Montreal parents camp outside schools to enroll kids | CTV News | February 3, 2019

Camping out in the cold | Global TV | February 3, 2019

Patriquin: Religious symbols ban for teachers would be cruel, absurd | Montreal Gazette | January 31, 2019

EMSB, French board sit down to talk about overcrowding, school transfers | Montreal Gazette | January 30, 2019

Quebec government asks Montreal school boards if information on staffers wearing religious... | The Globe and Mail | January 30

Allison Hanes: Welcome to a Quebec without school boards | Montreal Gazette | January 29, 2019

Brownstein: Optics of religious symbols inquiries should concern Legault | Montreal Gazette | January 29, 2019

258 mark CBC News—Riverdale and Chairman Defends her Record | CBC.ca | January 29, 2019

Parents at EMSB's Edinburgh School seek modular classrooms to ease overcrowding | Montreal Gazette | January 29, 2019

After 3 months, EMSB's Mancini returns to board to find salary slashed | Montreal Gazette | January 29, 2019

Stu Cowan: Alouettes take first step toward building a 'new identity' | Montreal Gazette | January 25, 2019

EMSB won’t open new school, but offers plan to ease West End overcrowding | Montreal Gazette | January 22, 2019

New French-immersion EMSB school in NDG one step closer to becoming reality | CBC News | Jan 08, 2019

French immersion, robotics and flexible seating boost EMSB enrolment | Montreal Gazette | January 8, 2019

Trade school resurgence with welding investments | www.canadianmetalworking.com | January 07, 2019

Montreal's English school network opens doors to French students | Montreal Gazette | December 19, 2018

Stu Cowan- Canadiens bring Christmas cheer to sick kids | Montreal Gazette | December 13, 2018

Quebec to consider covering cost of continuous diabetes monitoring | Montreal Gazette | November 16, 2018

New school for EMSB? (The Suburban / November 07, 2018)

N.D.G. alternative schools to make way for Français Plus primary | Montreal Gazette | October 26, 2018

Westmount High School teachers protest CAQ’s planned religious symbols ban | Globalnews.ca | October 19, 2018

Westmount High teachers protest CAQ's proposed ban on religious symbols | CTV Montreal News | October 19, 2018

Westmount High teachers protest CAQ’s religious-garb ‘slippery slope’ | Montreal Gazette | October 19, 2018

Quebec groups already vowing to fight ban on religious garb | Montreal Gazette | October 05, 2018

Allison Hanes: Getting over the hang-ups about sex ed | Montreal Gazette | September 17, 2018

Back to Royal West Academy for Alois Orozco after Bill 101 exemption | Montreal Gazette | September 14, 2018

Learning is an 'oasis' for kids at Montreal Children's Hospital | Montreal Gazette | August 27, 2018

English Montreal School Board proud of its success rate | The Canadian Jewish News | August 23, 2018

2017-2018

Elizabeth Ballantyne on The Jewish Standard Magazine | The Jewish Standard Magazine | April 05, 2018

Quebec school board elections could be delayed until 2020 | Montreal Gazette | April 27, 2018

Opinion: CAQ focus on school governance overlooks the real issues | Montreal Gazette | May 7, 2018

Student Voices: It gets better | The Suburban | May 8, 2018

James Lyng High: School of rock, rap and urban arts | Montreal Gazette | June 6, 2018

The world cup of robot football: no need for humans to worry (yet) | The Guardian | June 26, 2018

Home-schooling centre is a textbook case of community and passion | Montreal Gazette | March 23, 2018

Roslyn Elementary School wins grant for mobile computer lab (Montreal Times / March 1, 2018)

Roslyn students surprised with $10,000 worth of new tech for classrooms (Montreal Gazette / February 21, 2018)

Quebec campaign promotes need to stay in school (Montreal Gazette / February 12, 2018)

The students of tomorrow (Les Nouvelles St-Laurent / February 08, 2018)

Programmers of tomorrow: EMSB students get hands-on robotics, AI training (CBC News / January 26)

More than 45,000 homes in Montreal area without power Tuesday night (Montreal Gazette / January 24, 2018)

'Bachelor' Alum Vanessa Grimaldi's Foundation Donates $50,000 to Canadian Schools ( ETONLINE.COM / December 21, 2017

Four EMSB students viciously attack another in Rivière des Prairies (Montreal Gazette / October 12, 2017)

Mauro Biello recognized at Marymount Academy (The Suburban / October 11, 2017)

Will ex-Montrealer Kamala Harris be the one to unseat Donald Trump? (Montreal Gazette / October 10, 2017)

Why an ex-Hasidic Jew is taking on the Quebec government over education (CBC Radio / October 07, 2017)

On Bouge, On Marche, on Danse, on Mange Bien; We Move, we Walk, we Dance, we Eat Well (Leaders & Learners / September 2017)

Opinions divided about rail safety after teen hit by train (Montreal Gazette / September 14, 2017)

Lester B. Pearson School Board overall numbers continue to decline (Montreal Gazette / September 13, 2017)

Lice: Quebec relaxes school guidelines on informing parents (Montreal Gazette / September 07, 2017)

'That's my mommy, please stop': Mixup leaves Montreal sisters, 7 and 10, stuck (CBC News / September 05, 2017)

Quebec a laggard in protecting children with food allergies (Montreal Gazette / September 01, 2017)

Kids can be the best teachers (Troy Media / August 25, 2017)

Bernard Praw pursues lifelong passion for pedagogy (Canadian Jewish News / August 16, 2017)

Profile on Retired EMSB Librarian Deborah Novack (Canadian Jewish News / August 16, 2017)

EMSB boasts highest success rate among public school boards in Quebec (Canadian Jewish News / August 10, 2017)

2016-2017

Award-winning N.D.G. teen inspired by her dying sister's passion for science (Montreal Gazette / June 19, 2017)

Centennial Academy may share space with EMSB until it finds a new home (Montreal Gazette / May 29, 2017)

Roslyn’s Latulippe one of 3 teachers to receive EMSB honour (Westmount Independent / May 03, 2017)

Spot French tests legally dubious, groups argue (Montreal Gazette / April 19, 2017)

Meet the WE are Canada Future 50: Tedario Speranza (We Day / April 11, 2017)

It’s tough to learn French in an English school (Montreal Gazette / April 10, 2017)

Holding court (Montreal Gazette / March 28, 2017)

High school alters trip due to Trump’s travel ban (Montreal Gazette / March 10, 2017)

Allison Hanes: Mackay Centre offers a school of empathy (Montreal Gazette / March 10, 2017)

Lambropoulos wins St-Laurent nomination (Montreal Gazette / March 09, 2017)

Bancroft School groomed these doctors for success (Canadian Jewish News / March 02, 2017)

Basketball pioneer Hrycak is elected to Hall of Fame (Montreal Gazette / February 21, 2017)

Bancroft School’s centenary stirs memory of lifelong friendship (Montreal Gazette / February 16, 2017)

Royal wait for Royal Vale (NDG Free Press / February 14, 2017)

Lalla spearheads EMSB's push against new provincial history curriculum (NDG Free Press / February 14, 2017)

Willingdon student (Montreal Families / February 08, 2017)

EMSB principal named tops (The Suburban / February 08, 2017)

Parents brave cold for limited spots at Royal Vale School (CBC News / February 07, 2017)

Class conscious (Montreal Gazette / February 07, 2017)

Teachers face tough questions after Quebec City mosque attack (The Globe and Mail / January 30, 2017)

New way of teaching continues to pick up STEAM at local schools (Montreal Gazette / January 27, 2017)

High school students encourage elementary students to read (NDG Free Press / January 18, 2017)

EMSB chairman defends 20-percent commission to private recruiter (Montreal Gazette / December 22, 2016)

The Parkdale Community Garden: Urban Gardening for a Healthier Future (Leaders & Learners / December 21, 2017)

A very special school (Panoram Italia / December 16, 2016)

Mackay-Layton school breaks ground (NDG Free Press / November 16, 2016)

The place for those working towards high school diploma (Montreal Community Contact / November 15, 2016)

Home-schooling rises sharply among Montreal’s Hasidic families (Montreal Gazette / November 10, 2016)

Breaking ground on special schools (The Suburban / November 04, 2016)

At Royal West Academy, a 'mindful moment' helps ease student stress (CBC News / November 04, 2016)

Royal West Academy’s Bardolators present Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet (The Suburban / November 01, 2016)

Montreal’s religious and ethnic schools reposition to stay relevant (Montreal Gazette / October 28, 2016)

Willingdon Elementary raises over 26,500 CAD for cancer research (NDG Free Press / October 25, 2016)

Nicholas settles into principal position at Willingdon Elementary School (NDG Free Press / October 25, 2016)

Montreal teacher shaves off locks after students raise 26,000 CAD for Terry Fox Run (CBC News / October 18, 2016)

Teachers get hit with pies, heads shaved after students raised 26,000 CAD for Terry Fox Run (CTV Montreal / October 14, 2016)

Park Ex parents rejoice as EMSB nixes plan to sell piece of park to daycare (CBC News / October 07, 2016)

EMSB promotes bilingualism (NDG Free Press / September 15, 2016)

Marymount Academy and MIND to temporarily cohabitate (NDG Free Press / September 15, 2016)

EMSB bets on French instruction to shore up numbers (The Suburban / September 15, 2016)

Ministry formula turns deficit into surplus (The Suburban / September 08, 2016)

Making the grade as a student-athlete (The Suburban / September 01, 2016)

Becoming Brad (Closing the Gap / August 29, 2016)

Quebec’s Youth Protection Department (YPD) has closed the file on a Montreal chassidic educational institution

Caplan’s pedagogical experience paves way for new post (Canadian Jewish News / August 18, 2016)

Youth protection closes investigation into ultraOrthodox Hasidic school (Canadian Jewish News / August 17, 2016)

Quebec increases funding for homeschooling (Montreal Gazette / July 14, 2016)

Candib to retire after 47 years as teacher, principal (NDG Free Press / July 13, 2016)

Donated bikes to go south (NDG Free Press / July 13, 2016)

John Grant high school students make, publish music video (NDG Free Press / July 13, 2016)

Quebec raises subsidy for homeschooling to 1,000 CAD per year (CBC Montreal / July 13, 2016)

Syd Wise auditorium inaugurated (NDG Free Press / July 13, 2016)

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