School Absenteeism in Canada: Causes, Challenges, and Collaborative Solutions
School Absenteeism in Canada: Causes, Challenges, and Collaborative Solutions
by: Dr. Jess Whitley
date: October 22, 2024
School attendance, and rising rates of absenteeism, has been in the news much more often since COVID-19 (Long, 2024). We hear of students that ‘never returned’ after spending months physically away from schools and of students who fail to see the value of attending classes after completing courses from the comfort of their living room (Office of the Child and Youth Advocate NL, 2019).