( Lucas Oleniuk / Toronto Star file photo )Canada’s largest school board will not approve any new student trips to the United States in the wake of controversial travel restrictions proposed by President Donald Trump. However, 25 trips involving about 900 Toronto District School Board students that are already scheduled for this spring will go ahead as planned unless circumstances change, TDSB education director John Malloy wrote in a letter to principals Thursday. Trump’s travel restrictions, which are currently not in effect, would bar entry to citizens of six Muslim-majority countries. This week, Ryerson University and the Greater Essex County School Board followed suit and suspended trips. The Toronto Catholic District School Board has not suspended trips to the U.S. or abroad, however “we continue to monitor the situation,” said spokesperson John Yan.

Source: thestar March 23, 2017 15:33 UTC