Woodroffe High School encourages global citizenship
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 Woodroffe High School students, local community members, and WHS teacher Ian Eskritt on the Habitat for Humanity project in Nicaragua
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Several members of the WHS Band participated in a Latin percussion workshop in Cuba, where they also visited a community centre and volunteered at an orphanage
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Woodroffe High School is a leader in providing students with opportunities to participate in internationally focussed experiences.
There is a culture within the school which recognizes the benefits of being internationally engaged. For example, a group of students in the International Affairs Club meets weekly and invites guest speakers from DFATD, views and discusses documentary films on world issues, and hosts a model United Nations. Earlier this year, a 24 hour Stay Awake event raised over $9,000 to support the building of two schools in Kenya.
During the 2013-2014 school year, there were five international excursions, many involving the students making significant contributions to the local communities they visited, whether on a house building project in Nicaragua, or in Costa Rica investigating eco-tourism, or the school band volunteering at an orphanage in Cuba.
According to Jaden Lairson, Department Head of Canadian and World Studies: "A key goal is to encourage critical thinking young people to experience the world beyond Ottawa and Canada’s borders."
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