Candidate for School Board Trustee — Zone 6, CECCE
VOTEMonday, October 26, 2026
David Elisma
Vote for our schools. Make sure your vote follows your money!
Collège catholique Samuel-Genest, École élémentaire catholique Au Cœur d'Ottawa, École élémentaire catholique George-Étienne-Cartier, École élémentaire catholique Marius-Barbeau, École élémentaire catholique Horizon-Jeunesse, École élémentaire catholique Lamoureux, École élémentaire catholique Sainte-Anne, École élémentaire catholique Saint-François-d'Assise, École secondaire catholique Saint-Jean-Baptiste
The mechanism
Breaking the 'default'
The Assessment Act assigns every property a school support designation. Without an explicit request from the ratepayer, the default designation does not come back to our French Catholic system. One box, ticked on your behalf, decides where your vote goes.
Illustration: the school support field on the property assessment roll, with its four designations.
School support
Who is David Elisma?
Your voice for francophone excellence in Zone 6
Did you know that by default, your residential school designation goes to the English-language public system? Let’s correct that rule: be counted as a CECCE ratepayer and gain the right to vote for your School Board Trustee in Zone 6 on October 26, 2026. Same bill, same amount: it’s your vote that gives your money power.
The vitality of French in Ottawa — its services and its businesses — depends on the strength of our schools. Whether you own, occupy or rent, you pay taxes! You have the right to choose which school board you are counted with and who represents you.
Rideau-Vanier, Somerset, Kitchissippi, Rivière, Capitale
Key issues
A forward-looking voice committed to educational excellence, the vitality of the francophonie, and the flourishing of Catholic values. Every parent and every taxpayer is an essential shareholder in our young people's success.
- Breaking the "default"
- A bulwark against provincial centralization
- Competitive academic excellence
- School as a springboard for success and cultural vitality
Forecourt Park and the schoolyard that isn't one
Au Cœur d'Ottawa moves into the Deschâtelets building in January 2027. The park in front of it is being designed now, and the City has not yet published a summary of its consultation.
Who Can't Be at the Table
David Elisma recounts how a moment at Festi-Mosaïque reminded him why he is running for the CECCE, in Zone 6, as the school year approaches.
Civic Holiday: What We're Really Celebrating
On Colonel By Day, David Elisma reflects on the work we inherit, the systems we build, and the children who depend on them.
Get involved
Join the team and be part of the story. Your voice matters so much!
Breaking the "default" — your vote, your voice