January 8th, 2026

Waterloo Region District School Board (WRDSB) is hosting a Virtual Town Hall Meeting for the Strategic Plan Community Consultations on Thursday, January 22, 2026 at 6-8 p.m.

Similar to the in-person meetings, the goal of the Virtual Town Hall Meeting is to gather information on how we can continue to improve our efforts to support the educational needs of students in the WRDSB. Members of the team at Overlap Associates, a local strategy firm, will facilitate the Virtual Town Hall Meeting.

We are seeking feedback on the current WRDSB Multi-Year Strategic Plan, which has been in place since 2022. The information provided through the virtual and in-person Town Hall Meetings will provide direction for the WRDSB as we continue to strive for improved student achievement and well-being.

The WRDSB invites students, staff, parents, families, caregivers and community members to participate in the Virtual Town Hall Meeting. We welcome feedback from all members of our community and we are eager to hear from a wide range of perspectives.

A link to join the Virtual Town Hall meeting will be posted on the Strategic Plan Community Consultation Town Hall Meetings webpage on January 22, 2026.

Please contact consultation@wrdsb.ca or 519-570-0003 if you have any accessibility or accommodation needs to participate.

What to Expect

Similar to the in-person Town Hall Meetings, participants will have an opportunity to provide feedback on the current WRDSB Multi-Year Strategic Plan.

The Virtual Town Hall will follow this high-level agenda:

  • Welcome and Context Setting
  • High-Level Presentation of Strategic Plan
  • Strategic Directions Discussion
  • Learner Profile Discussion
  • General Strategic Plan Feedback Discussion
  • Closing Reflection

If you prefer to share your comments outside of the Town Hall format, you are invited to share your thoughts through our Speakers’ Corner: Submit a Speakers Corner Response

Virtual Town Hall Meeting Etiquette and Expectations

The WRDSB and Overlap Associates are committed to providing a constructive and respectful environment for the Virtual Town Hall Meeting. By attending the session, you are agreeing to follow these Shared Principles for Participation:

  • Stay connected to purpose.
    • This session is about gathering input on the WRDSB Strategic Plan.
  • Focus on ideas, not individuals.
    • Please keep feedback focused on the plan, the directions, and the system. We ask that participants not offer feedback about specific staff, students, or other participants
  • Create space for many voices.
    • A speaking time limit may be in place to allow all participants an opportunity to contribute.
  • Respect people, not just opinions.
    • Diverse perspectives are welcome. Disrespectful or discriminatory language or behaviour will not be tolerated.

The session will be facilitated. The role of the facilitator is to hold space for constructive, respectful dialogue. The facilitator may pause, redirect, or remove participants if they are not following the above principles.

There will be multiple ways to provide input into the conversation, verbally, through the Zoom Chat, and we will use a polling platform called MentiMeter to support our conversation.

Privacy and Confidentiality

Only members of the WRDSB Research Department and members of the team at Overlap Associates will have access to individual responses. In our public reporting, WRDSB staff and Overlap Associates will combine individual responses with the responses of all other Town Hall Meeting participants so that no individual responses will be shared in any of our reports or documents. Refer to the Privacy and Data Security webpage for more information.

Learn More

Visit the Strategic Plan Community Consultations website to learn more about the process.