Candidate for Conseil des écoles catholiques du Centre-Est trustee in Zone 6 (Wards 12, 14, 15 and 17); his campaign lists five priorities: student voice, mental health support, Franco-Ontarian life, efficient schools and cooler classrooms.
Jaycob Jacques is on the City of Ottawa’s list of certified candidates for trustee of the Conseil des écoles catholiques du Centre-Est (CECCE, the French Catholic school board) in Zone 6, which covers City Wards 12, 14, 15 and 17, with a nomination filed on August 20, 2026. The other candidates in the zone are David Elisma, Michel Charron and Samtou Tchamdja. His campaign website, which the City list links, says all his schooling was in French and sets out five priorities. These are the campaign’s statements about itself, and voche.me found no independent source on his background.
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The City of Ottawa’s list of certified candidates for the CECCE, last updated September 9, 2026, shows Jaycob Jacques in Zone 6 with a nomination filed on August 20, 2026. The City’s open data file shows no withdrawal. The other nominations in the zone are by David Elisma (May 6, 2026), Michel Charron (July 10, 2026) and Samtou Tchamdja (August 20, 2026). The City list gives him a website, a Facebook page, an Instagram account and a LinkedIn page. The City’s 2022 results for the zone name Franklin Epape and Denis Forget and do not name him.
His campaign website describes him as a Franco-Ontarian whose schooling, from primary school to post-secondary studies, was entirely in French. It says he received a Vision Scholarship from the Conseil scolaire catholique du Nouvel-Ontario and the Gaétan-Gervais Scholarship from the ACFO du Grand Sudbury, where he also worked. It says he created school clubs, took part in sustainability projects and in student advocacy on the Ontario student aid program, and held responsibilities in the Jeunes verts de l’Ontario (Young Greens of Ontario) and in provincial bodies. It gives no dates and no employer. voche.me did not check the scholarships or the roles with the organizations that the website names.
The website lists five priorities. The first is student voice, with regular chances to hear students directly, including primary students in age-suited ways. The second is an active offer of mental health support, which means offering help before a student asks. The third is Franco-Ontarian life in schools. The fourth is efficient schools and careful use of resources, including energy savings that are put back into classrooms. The fifth is classroom temperature, with clear expectations for indoor temperatures and plans for heat waves. The website also says that a trustee does not decide alone and works with other board members and administration.
His VoteMate profile, submitted by him or his team, adds specific positions. It sets a goal of keeping CECCE classrooms between 18 and 26 degrees Celsius, calls for removing physical barriers in schools, supports newcomer students and families, supports equal access to safe and respectful education for transgender and gender-diverse students, asks for teaching on residential schools and Indigenous education built with First Nations, Inuit and Métis partners, and asks for teaching students to use artificial intelligence critically. These are his campaign’s positions.
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His campaign says it wants regular chances to hear students directly, a dialogue with student councils, age-suited ways to consult primary students, and support for student-led clubs and projects.
Jaycob Jacques · campaign website, Mes prioritésHis campaign says the board should offer help before a student reaches a crisis, give families clear and regular information on available support, and make it easier for students to raise concerns early.
Jaycob Jacques · campaign website, Mes prioritésHis campaign says it wants a strong place for Franco-Ontarian identity and culture in school life, student take-up of French cultural and community activities, and attention to belonging in an environment where most people speak English.
Jaycob Jacques · campaign website, Mes prioritésHis campaign says it supports cost-effective energy efficiency and long-term maintenance planning, asks for clear reporting on savings, and wants the savings to support learning, activities and student services.
Jaycob Jacques · campaign website, Mes prioritésHis campaign asks the board to set clear expectations for indoor temperatures and plans for extreme heat, and his VoteMate profile sets a goal of keeping classrooms between 18 and 26 degrees Celsius.
He asks for tracking of schools with repeated temperature problems and for ventilation and cooling to be part of capital planning.
Evidence reviewed on October 7, 2026: the City’s list of certified candidates for the CECCE (an Internet Archive copy of the page last updated September 9, 2026), the City’s open data file of nominations and its 2022 results for CECCE Zone 6, three pages of his campaign website (home, À propos and Mes priorités), and his VoteMate profile. CTV News Ottawa’s guide to school board candidates, published September 9, 2026 and updated October 5, 2026, was also read; it lists the candidate by name under the CECCE and quotes nothing.
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