As a school with a focus on equity and social justice, sometimes our learning and our beliefs lead us to take action on issues that are important to us. This could be something small, like reducing the amount of meat we eat, or it could be big, like attending a protest. 

Our current Student Leadership Committee organizes many events from dances and talent shows to Student Vote and organizing awareness around the White Ribbon Campaign/The National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women, the Trans Day of Remembrance and other days of significance. 

Past committee: City View had a weekly Queer Straight Alliance. Some students in the group were trainers, and went out to run workshops for students and teachers about how to open an all gender washroom in their school. And that's because in June of 2013 City View opened our very own, multi-stall all gender washroom.  
 

 

Past Action - White Ribbon Outreach: At the end of November, we remember the Montreal Massacre and work to end violence against women. In the past we set up information centers at fourteen street corners around Toronto to represent the fourteen women who lost their lives at École Polytechnique. We handed out information and raised money to support women and family shelters. Over the years this action raised close to $60,000 for local women's shelters.   

In grade eight Media Studies, each student creates a documentary (over the course of the year) on some issue of justice that they are passionate about. The projects always include concrete forms of taking action to make the world a better place. Every few years we hold the Reel View Film Festival to showcase documentaries made by our students.