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Vote for our schools, with parents first, our Catholic values and our young people in school. I believe a trustee must also sit for those who cannot take a seat at the table.
David Elisma
Independent for Conseil des écoles catholiques du Centre-Est Zone 6
Climate Change, Heat, Fires, & the Environment
Human Rights
Local Government, Planning, & Democracy
Budgeting
Ask for clear data before every budget decision, published so families can see where the money goes and what it produces.
Protect first what reaches the student directly: teaching, support and specialized services. Listen to staff before deciding.
Good Governance
Make sure eligible families, tenants and citizens are correctly counted as CECCE electors. Same bill, same amount.
Long-Term Plan
Put the overcrowded Zone 6 schools at the top of the board's building requests, and replace portable classrooms with real rooms.
Ask the board to publish, school by school, the number of portable classrooms and the plan to end their use.
Public Engagement
Hold meetings at times working families can manage: evenings, weekends or online, in French and in English.
Mental Health, Drugs, & Addiction
Schools & Public Education
Artificial Intelligence in Schools
Give the CECCE a governance framework for artificial intelligence: student data that stays protected and sovereign, defined uses, and a measured environmental footprint.
Go beyond tool adoption: rethink with staff the ways we teach, work, communicate and delegate.
Bullying & Bigotry
Maintain a school climate where every student, without exception, feels welcomed, loved and safe.
Neurodivergent Students & Support
Ask the board to publish its assessment wait times, set targets, and identify needs early, before a student disengages.
Train staff in inclusion and neurodiversity, so that classroom accommodation does not depend on a single teacher.
Student Involvement & Engagement
Hear directly from students, including through student councils, since they are the ones our decisions affect first.
Les parents d'abord
Have the selection criteria for school materials written down and published, with a clear procedure for a parent to request a review of a resource.
Support a board policy that says parents are the first educators of their children, debated in open session.
Make sure parents are informed in advance of the content of the family life program.
Éducation catholique
Defend a Catholic education faithful to the teaching of the Church, inside the Ontario curriculum.
Persévérance scolaire
Track attendance and credits closely, and act early: credit recovery, mentoring and guidance.
Éducation en français
Defend a supply and funding of French-language books comparable to what exists on the English side.
Biography
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Votons franco pour nos parents d'abord, nos valeurs catholiques et nos jeunes à l'école. Je crois qu'un conseiller doit aussi siéger pour ceux qui ne peuvent pas s'asseoir à la table.
David Elisma is a candidate for School Board Trustee for Zone 6 at the Conseil des écoles catholiques du Centre-Est (CECCE), in Ottawa.
His community work has prepared him for the practical work of a school board: deciding where resources go, tracking results, and answering to families. He was an instructor and the Ottawa chapter leader with Black Boys Code, then founded the Colourfully Digital Foundation and its CTRL Clique. In 2025-2026 alone, 381 young people took part: 281 boys and 100 girls.
That work put him in schools, in front of students. In Vanier especially, he saw a deeply diverse school population: francophone families from many places, with paths, expectations, and needs that are not those of a previous generation.
Since 2023, David has also helped organize STEM career days. On May 11, 2026, the CECCE held its first career day, to which he was invited through its education, equity, and inclusion team.
Radio-Canada ask David to speak about education issues in Ottawa.
David Elisma est candidat au poste de conseiller scolaire pour le Secteur 6 du Conseil des écoles catholiques du Centre-Est (CECCE), à Ottawa.
Son parcours communautaire l'a préparé à faire le travail concret d'un conseil scolaire : décider où vont les ressources, suivre les résultats et répondre aux familles. Il a été instructeur et dirigeant de chapitre d'Ottawa avec Black Boys Code, puis a fondé la fondation Colorément Numérique et son programme CTRL Clique. Pour la seule année 2025-2026, 381 jeunes y ont pris part : 281 garçons et 100 filles.
Ce travail l'a placé dans les écoles, devant les élèves. À Vanier en particulier, il a vu une population scolaire profondément diverse : des familles francophones venues de plusieurs horizons, avec des parcours, des attentes et des besoins qui ne sont pas ceux d'autrefois.
Depuis 2023, David aide aussi à organiser des journées carrières en STIM. Le 11 mai 2026, le CECCE a tenu sa première journée carrières, à laquelle il a été invité par l'équipe responsable de l'éducation, de l'équité et de l'inclusion.
Radio-Canada demandent à David de prendre la parole sur des enjeux d'éducation à Ottawa.
Promises
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Les parents d'abord
Have the selection criteria for school materials written down and published, with a clear procedure for a parent to request a review of a resource.
Persévérance scolaire
Track attendance and credits closely, and act early: credit recovery, mentoring and guidance.
Éducation catholique
Defend a Catholic education faithful to the teaching of the Church, inside the Ontario curriculum.
Reason for running
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I believe a trustee must also sit for those who cannot take a seat at the table. For the children, the parents who do not live in the neighbourhood of their child's school, and the staff members who work in Zone 6 and do not necessarily live here.
Je crois qu'un conseiller doit aussi siéger pour ceux qui ne peuvent pas s'asseoir à la table. Pour les enfants, les parents qui n'habitent pas le quartier de l'école de leur enfant, et les membres du personnel qui travaillent dans le Secteur 6 sans nécessairement y habiter.
The budgets, the staffing and the services that decide a child's school year are voted on at a table no child can sit at.
I also ask one thing of voters: check your school support designation. Same bill, same amount; what changes is your right to vote for the CECCE. Our voice needs to heard in numbers at Queen's Park.
Les budgets, le personnel et les services qui décident de l'année scolaire d'un enfant se votent à une table où aucun d'entre eux ne peut y monter.
Je demande aussi une chose aux électeurs : vérifiez votre désignation scolaire. Même facture, même montant; ce qui change, c'est le droit de voter au CECCE. C'est ce que je demande aux électeurs de faire. Notre voix francophone doit être présente en grand nombre devant l'Assemblée législative de l'Ontario.
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