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As the result of a hard-won, yet inconsistently applied, “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” policy at the Toronto District School Board, children and youth in Toronto have access to elementary and secondary education regardless of their immigration status (or that of their parents). In fact, Canada’s Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA), as well as Ontario’s provincial Education Act, affirm children and youth under 18 years of age must have access to the Ontario elementary and secondary school system.
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Aberman, T., Ackerman, P. (2017). “Isn’t the Right to an Education a Human Right?”. In: Carpenter, S., Mojab, S. (eds) Youth as/in Crisis. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6351-098-1_9
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