{"time": "2009-11-23 14:10:00", "attribution": {"en": "Ms. Irene Mathyssen (London\u2014Fanshawe, NDP)", "fr": ""}, "content": {"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"1717356\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, on Wednesday, October 28, students from six Thames Valley District School Board secondary schools were honoured by the human rights, status of women and political action committees of district 11 of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation for their winning entries in the Student Voices for Attawapiskat creative arts contest.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1717357\" data-originallang=\"en\">The students of Thames Valley and OSSTF district 11 became involved in the human rights issue connected with the lack of a school in Attawapiskat in November of last year. London and district students became part of the largest student-led children's rights conference in Canadian history when they joined in the fight for a new school for the children of this remote first nations community on James Bay.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1717358\" data-originallang=\"en\">I am privileged to congratulate Kayla Stewart, Ryan Bol, Jamie Karn, Spencer van Leeuwen, Samantha Skinner and Terry Nham and introduce Jerrod Kolanski, Tom Grainger and teacher R. J. Wieczor. They are all champions of social justice.</p>", "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"1717356\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, le mercredi 28 octobre, les \u00e9l\u00e8ves de six \u00e9coles secondaires du conseil scolaire du district de Thames Valley qui ont remport\u00e9 le concours de cr\u00e9ation artistique Student Voices for Attawapiskat ont \u00e9t\u00e9 honor\u00e9s par les comit\u00e9s des droits de la personne, de la condition f\u00e9minine et d'action politique du district 11 de la F\u00e9d\u00e9ration des enseignants et enseignantes des \u00e9coles secondaires de l'Ontario. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1717357\" data-originallang=\"en\">En novembre de l'ann\u00e9e pass\u00e9e, les \u00e9l\u00e8ves de Thames Valley et du district 11 de la F\u00e9d\u00e9ration ont \u00e9t\u00e9 interpell\u00e9s par l'absence d'\u00e9cole \u00e0 Attawapiskat, un probl\u00e8me relatif aux droits de la personne. Les \u00e9l\u00e8ves de London et de tout le district ont particip\u00e9 \u00e0 la plus grande conf\u00e9rence de l'histoire canadienne dirig\u00e9e par des \u00e9l\u00e8ves sur les droits des enfants en appuyant la lutte pour obtenir une nouvelle \u00e9cole dans cette collectivit\u00e9 autochtone \u00e9loign\u00e9e de la baie James. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1717358\" data-originallang=\"en\">J'ai aujourd'hui l'honneur de f\u00e9liciter Kayla Stewart, Ryan Bol, Jamie Karn, Spencer van Leeuwen, Samantha Skinner et Terry Nham, et de pr\u00e9senter \u00e0 la Chambre Jerrod Kolanski, Tom Grainger et leur enseignant R. J. Wieczor. Ce sont tous des champions de la justice sociale.</p>"}, "url": "/debates/2009/11/23/irene-mathyssen-1/", "politician_url": "/politicians/irene-mathyssen/", "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/498/", "procedural": false, "source_id": "2963475", "h1": {"en": "Statements By Members", "fr": ""}, "h2": {"en": "Student Voices for Attawapiskat", "fr": ""}, "document_url": "/debates/2009/11/23/", "related": {"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2009%2F11%2F23%2F"}}