Undocumented students push for right to education, but Alberta noncommittal
Global News
Alberta isn't unique in denying children without legal residency status from attending public school.
Ariana Zapata’s favourite subject in school is social studies.
For the 13-year-old in Edmonton, this means lessons on historical societies, colonialism, how worldviews are developed and so on.
The eighth grader’s own worldview is still being built, but she has pillars in place: family, fight for what you believe in, don’t be too trusting and, critically, education is a right.
That’s why, when Zapata gets home from school every day, she passes on what she learned to her three younger siblings.
“That way when they go back to school, they won’t feel behind,” she said in a recent interview.
School bells haven’t applied to her brother and sisters in two years. They were kicked out of school when officials realized they were undocumented.
Zapata is undocumented, too, but said her school hasn’t figured that out yet.
Alberta isn’t unique in denying children without legal residency status from attending public school. Ontario is the only Canadian province or territory that legally requires schools to enrol undocumented children.
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