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Considerations For School Reopening In Ontario: Building A More Resilient Education System For Recovery, Prachi Srivastava Jun 2020

Considerations For School Reopening In Ontario: Building A More Resilient Education System For Recovery, Prachi Srivastava

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School closures in Ontario affect over 2 million elementary and secondary school students. Ontario issued the first school closure announcement on 12 March 2020 to take effect for an initial period from 14 March to 4 April 2020, compelling all publicly funded elementary and secondary schools to close during this time.On 17 March 2020, the government declared an official state of emergency under s 7.0.1 (1) of the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act. This required the immediate closure of all private schools as defined in the Education Act and of all licensed child care centres, amongst other public …