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A new guide will better help staff at schools in the Catholic District School of Eastern Ontario region provide help to students dealing with addiction. —archive photo
FREE MENSTRUAL PRODUCTS AVAILABLE THROUGHOUT UCDSB of the 2021-2022 term.
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increase equitability and accessibility, and the awareness of student needs.” i8IJMFXFIBWFBMXBZTIBENFOTUSVBM products available in schools, it was made apparent that we weren’t being consistent across the board,” stated UCDSB Chairman +PIO.D"MMJTUFSi/PX BMMTUVEFOUTXJMMLOPX where to get the products they need, when they need them, without having to worry. 8FSFBMTPBQQSFDJBUJWF UIBU UIFQSPWJODF has recently added support to this initiative by supplying free products to our schools.”
5IFDVSSFOUTUVEFOUUSVTUFF &TIBM"MJ JT happy that current and future students will have these dispensers available to them. Distribution of menstrual products in schools has been spotty across the UCDSB in the past, but this new resolution changes that. “At all our schools, we want students to feel accepted and understood, and allow for open communication to resolve the issues we face with a goal to improve ourselves daily,” stated Ali. “This policy is a large step in the right direction as it helps resolve the issue of economic strain,
Tain has since graduated and now attends Queen’s University. She expressed satisfac- tion that the motion she brought forward has been resolved and implemented. “Just knowing that students, such as my younger sister, can now go to school with no external concerns of safety or judgement due to period products is incredible,” Tain stated in a UCDSB news release. “I hope this has left a legacy of care, accommodation, and empathy from the UCDSB, showcasing that they care and hear the students’ voices.”
Every school in the Upper Canada District now has menstrual product dispensers in all the bathrooms. This resulted from a motion presented last spring by former UCDSB student trustee Tain Hughes and approved by the UCDSB board. The motion was unanimously supported, and 337 dispensers were ordered for distri- bution among UCDSB schools for the start
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