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12 | STILL STREAMED: HOW HIGH IMPACT DECISIONS ARE SHAPING STUDENTS’ FUTURES
PROFILE OF STUDENT PARTICIPANTS
Interviews were conducted with 39 students; 27 males and 12 females. Their ages ranged from 15 to 19,
with the mode being 17 years of age. The students were from all high school grades (9 to 12), with most
them being in grades 11 (36%) and 12 (51%).
Collectively the students were attending 10 different TDSB high schools within and around the Weston-
Mount Dennis area (see Fig. 2).
The students had attended a variety of elementary schools. The most common elementary schools were
Portage Trail Community School, H J Alexander Community School, Brookhaven Public School, Rockcliffe
Middle School, and C R Marchant Middle School. Twenty percent (20%) had attended elementary schools
outside of Canada.
Most the students self-identified as Black (69%); 15% identified as Filipino; and the others identified as
Indonesian, West Indian, or as having multiple ethnic backgrounds. About a quarter (28%) said English
was not their first language and about a third (36%) said they were born outside of Canada.
FIG. 1 - STUDENTS' Fig 2 - Students’ CURRENT Current High HIGH School SCHOOL
Other
Runnymede CI
Downsview SS
York
Memorial CI
Weston CI
George
Harvey CI