What is the PIC?
The Parent Involvement Committee (PIC) is comprised of parents, community members and Ottawa-Carleton District Board (OCDSB) staff. At the OCDSB, PIC’s primary objective is to support, encourage and enhance parent engagement across the District in order to improve student achievement and well-being. By providing information, advice and recommendations on parent engagement to the Board of Trustees, PIC members can serve as an essential advisory body within the District. Below are some activities that PIC members may find themselves undertaking:
- Advising the Board of Trustees and the Director of Education on strategies and initiatives to enhance parent engagement in improving student achievement and well-being;
- Collaborating with school councils, partners and agencies to assist parents in supporting student learning at school and at home;
- Collaborating with school councils and the OCDSB Family and Engagement Coordinator (FACE) on outreach to parents while recognizing the barriers of time, language, recent immigration, socio-economic status, unfamiliarity with the system, or other factors; and
- Participating in the promotion, development, and implementation of grant applications and projects funded under the Ministry of Education (MOE) Parents Reaching Out (PRO) program.
For a deeper understanding of the PIC and the OCDSB, please browse the resource links to the left of the page.
2023-2024 PIC Members
Only the parent members and community representatives are voting members.
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Member
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Seat
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Diana Mills
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Parent (Chair)
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Calla Barnett
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Parent (Vice-Chair)
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Alexandra Arraiz
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Parent
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Vicki Arkinstall
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Parent
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Tabassum Khan
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Parent
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Seyi Okuribido-Malcolm
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Parent
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Mohammed Saleem
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Parent
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Claudine Santos
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Parent
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Alison Telford
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Parent
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Scott Walker
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Parent
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Adriana Johnston
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Ottawa Network for Education Community, Primary (ONFE)
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Kristina Price
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Ottawa Network for Education Community, Primary (ONFE) Alternate
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Fartun Farah
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Centre for Resilience and Social Development (CRSD) Primary
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Alison Kinahan
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Parents for Diversity Primary (P4D)
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PIC Meetings
Everyone is welcome to attend PIC meetings. The Committee meets at least six times per year, on the second Wednesday of the month from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Administration Building, 133 Greenbank Road. Click here for a link to the OCDSB meeting calendar page, or see the list of 2024 to 2025 meetings below:
- Sept 11 2024
- Oct 16 2024
- Nov 20 2024
- Jan 15 2025
- Feb 12 2025
- April 16 2025
- May 14 2025
PIC Membership
Each fall the PIC must hold an annual membership campaign to fill one and two year member vacancies. Information on how to apply and the dates associated with the application period will be posted here and in other District communication tools.
Members are chosen from the OCDSB community and appointed for a one or two year term. PIC members must have a strong interest in and commitment to public education and represent the views of a diverse range of parents. The Committee can have up to 18 members, the majority of which must be parents.