James Bay Lowlands Secondary & Moosonee District

FUTURES NORTH OL BOARD RD HOW A REMOTE ONTARIO SCHOOL SYSTEM TURNS ISOLATION INTO INNOVATION WHILE PREPARING STUDENTS FOR JOBS THAT DON’T YET EXIST IN THEIR COMMUNITY In the remote town of Moosonee, Ontario, where students arrive by helicopter when the river ice breaks, an educational transformation is taking place. The James Bay Lowlands school system has reimagined what K-12 education can achieve when traditional boundaries disappear. “We still have separate titles, but we don’t really operate based on our titles. It is definitely a K to 12,” says Angela Tozer, who serves as Director of Education for both the James Bay Lowlands 2 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 06, ISSUE 07

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