National School Board Association Conference 2024 & The Toronto District School Board

The TDSB is currently renewing its Multi-year Strategic Plan (MYSP), which sets direction and identifies system goals to support the TDSB’s 238,000 students and nearly 600 schools. The updated MYSP is expected to launch in late April 2024.

Following engagement with all segments of the TDSB community, the MYSP reflects the valuable input received and meets the needs of the current system. With updated guiding principles, strategic directions, conditions for success, and indicators of progress, the renewed MYSP will guide and focus the Board’s work for the next four years (2024-28). Learn more and read the draft MYSP.

The Toronto District School Board (TDSB) Student Census was conducted in the spring of 2023 (April to June). It is a confidential and voluntary survey that asks important questions about students’ school experiences and identities. The Student Census, conducted every five years since 2006, allows school communities to determine what is working well, where change is required, and where support should be focused to improve school environments and help every student succeed. For more information, view our Student Census webpage.

The TDSB’s Anti-Hate and Anti-Racism Strategy is a community-led and TDSB staff facilitated initiative that uses data from the TDSB’s Racism, Bias and Hate reporting portal, which tracks incidents of racism, bias, and hate, which are submitted by staff.  The strategy also encompasses the Equity, Anti-Racism and Anti-Oppression Department’s Combatting Hate and Racism-Student Learning Strategy - which aims to move beyond performative responses to hate and racism. For more information on the Anti-Hate and Anti-Racism Strategy, visit our webpage, for more information on the Combatting Hate and Racism-Student Learning Strategy, visit our webpage. 

The Centre of Excellence for Black Student Achievement is the first of its kind in public education in Canada. The Centre of Excellence is dedicated to improving the experiences and outcomes for Black students and aims to be responsive to the voices of Black communities who continue to advocate for systemic change within educational institutions and for dismantling anti-Black racism at the TDSB. To learn more, visit the Centre of Excellence For Black Student Achievement webpage. 

The Urban Indigenous Education Centre (UIEC) has been engaged in focused Indigenous Education work in the Toronto District School Board since 2008.

Guided by the UIEC Elders Council, the UIEC is dedicated to enhancing First Nations, Métis and Inuit students’ well-being and achievement and creating opportunities for Indigenous Education for all staff and students in the TDSB by focusing on the Seven Canopies—Student Voice, Professional Learning, Community Engagement, Partnerships, Programming and Curriculum Development, Research And Innovation, and Truth, Reconciliation and Self-Determination.To learn more, visit the Urban Indigenous Education Centre webpage.

The Toronto District School Board is committed to providing a safe, nurturing, positive learning and working environment, free of harassment and discrimination, where every individual is treated with dignity and respect. We aim to to do this through:

• Transformation – we are committed to acknowledging long-standing inequities and advocating for systemic change to create environments that center human rights.
• Collaboration – we recognize the importance of engaging with stakeholders and partners in an accessible, sensitive, and meaningful way.
• Fairness – we strive to conduct our work with professionalism, transparency, and integrity, ensuring to uphold due process.
• Support – we support the TDSB through sharing human rights expertise, analysis, advice, and education.

To learn more, visit the TDSB’s Human Rights Office webpage. 

For more information about the TDSB visit our website.