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A labour arbitrator recently upheld Toronto District School Board's COVID-19 vaccination policy, finding that it did not infringe the Charter and was a reasonable exercise of management rights in response to the pandemic.

This article summarizes a recent OBA Webinar regarding child and youth privacy, with a particular focus on privacy issues for school boards and educators.

This article reviews a recent Webinar regarding Family Court decisions related to the pandemic, including vaccination and remote learning, that will interest members of the Education Law, Family Law and Child and Youth Law sections.

In a recent award, an arbitrator found that Toronto District School Board was not required to reimburse costs that education workers incurred when they were required to work remotely due to the pandemic.

This article reviews evidence that police presence in schools can have a harmful impact on marginalized students, including the recent Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario decision in JKB v Peel (Police Services Board).

The Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario recently released new resources to help both education professionals and children understand privacy and access law in Ontario.

Here’s a quick look at news and resources related to education law that made headlines in the past few months.

You are invited to participate in a survey on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on access to legal services and the legal profession in Ontario.

As the outgoing Chair of the OBA’s Education Law Section, I’d like to thank you for your support of and participation in our Section this past year, despite the impacts of the pandemic on our professional and personal lives.

In a recent decision, the Court of Appeal for Ontario found that the University of Waterloo discriminated against a student applicant on the basis of disability in refusing admission. The decision provides helpful insight into how educational institutions can meet the substantive and procedural aspects of the duty to accommodate in their student admission processes.