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  • Get ready to vote for your school board Trustee in the October 26th election! 
  • Learn how to vote and where to vote: myvote.toronto.ca/home
  • Here is CPE’s slate of Endorsed Candidates for the Toronto District School Board
TDSB Ward Endorsed candidate Ward area
1 Matias deDovitiis Etobicoke North
2 Tim Ellis Etobicoke Centre & Etobicoke-Lakeshore
3 Alexis Dawson Etobicoke-Lakeshore / Parkdale-High Park
4 Brandon Choi Willowdale & York Centre
5 Jennifer Volk Toronto-Danforth, Spadina-Fort York
7 Deborah Williams University-Rosedale Toronto-St Paul’s Toronto Centre
8 Farzana Rajwani Don Valley West, Don Valley East
9 Christopher Mammoliti Don Valley N, Scarborough Agincourt
10 Karen Emerson Beaches-East York and Scarborough Southwest
12 Anu Sriskandarajah Scarborough Guildwood, Scarborough Rouge Pk

2026 Election Platform

Ontario deserves a public education system that gives students what they need to succeed

Elect Trustees who Hold Queen’s Park Accountable

And demand full funding to give students what they need to succeed

Elect Trustees to Build a Strong, United Voice and

  • Work together across trustee wards.
  • Speak with a common voice on issues affecting students and schools.
  • Strengthen public confidence in publicly funded education.

 

We expect our Provincial Government to ensure a city with:

a) Safe and Supportive Schools

  • Address the growing crisis of violence in schools.
  • Increase access to mental health, social work, child and youth worker and educational assistant supports.
  • Guarantee Extended Day programs in every school
  • Ensure Nutrition programs in every school

 

b) Smaller Class Sizes and Better Learning Conditions

  • Reduce class sizes. Ensure students receive the attention and support they deserve.

 

c) Strong Special Education Supports

  • Restore and expand Special Education funding.
  • Ensure timely assessments, appropriate placements, and sufficient staffing.

 

d) Equity, Inclusion, and Human Rights

  • Protect the rights, dignity, and safety of all students and staff.
  • Support schools that are welcoming, inclusive, and free from discrimination.
  • Dismantle systemic bias and targeted hate across the TDSB

 

e) Safe, Modern, and Accessible Schools

  • Secure provincial funding to eliminate the more than $4.2 billion repair backlog.
  • Oppose the forced sale of IDSB properties. land and assets.
  • Invest in environmentally sustainable and accessible school infrastructure

 The Campaign for Public Education was initiated by an alliance of organizations and networks representing community leaders, parents, adult learners, students, education workers & teachers, school board Trustees.

Since 2001, campaign initiatives have insisted that high quality public education requires giving students what they need to succeed.

 – Students require a safe, inclusive public education, regardless of postal code, identity, ability, family income.

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