HARD LESSONS VIOLENCE IN CANADIAN SCHOOLS IS RISING AS STUDENTS’ COMPLEX NEEDS ARE NEGLECTED AND TEACHERS ARE STRETCHED THIN. THE ONLY SOLUTION IS MORE BOOTS ON THE GROUND

On a June afternoon in 2022, in the hallway of an ivy-covered high school in Ottawa, 15 year-old Matthew Morris was dragged into a bathroom by a fellow student, knocked to the tiled floor and...