Walter Piovesan has a dream—and for 27 years, he’s been working hard to achieve it. In his perfect world, every single child in this city would wake up in the morning knowing that school is a safe place to be, where there are people they can trust and who value them for who they are. Why? Walter believes schools are the centre of a community.
He knows that problems that start in school can spill out to affect an entire community. When a child’s needs are met and that child feels well-connected to the community, the chances of becoming involved in criminal or at-risk behaviours drops drastically. As the Superintendent responsible for Safe Schools with the Ottawa Carleton District School Board, Walter has worked to make those connections by meeting the needs of our youth, and bringing schools and their students closer to their communities.
