Mamakwa urges more support for student mental health – CKDR

Jun 6, 2024

The province is being challenged to increase mental health funding for students in northwestern Ontario.

Kiiwetinoong MPP Sol Mamakwa says a report from the Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario finds that 77 percent of teachers have experienced violence in the classroom.

“Teachers working in (a) Kiiwetinoong school board recently told me that the classrooms get evacuated so often because of violence that the students become desensitized,” Mamakwa told MPP’s at Queen’s Park during Question Period on Wednesday.

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