Montreal, December 11, 2023 - The Voices of Olympia Canada (VOOC) held  its launch ceremony for the 2023-2024 Edition of the School Competition on   December 6 at Royal West Academy in Montreal West. Students and staff at the Voices of Olympia competition (Kris Bennett Photo) Students from nine different schools, including two from Ottawa, made presentations on an important topic, transposing into a Canadian context the priority theme that was discussed at the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW) in March 2024: Feminization of poverty and its impacts on the Empowerment of Girls and Women in Canada.    The EMSB was represented by Marymount Academy International in NDG, Vincent Massey Collegiate in Rosemount, Laurier Macdonald High School in St. Leonard and three teams from host Royal West Academy,  as well as St. Francis Xavier and  Holy Trinity High Schools from  Ottawa, The Bishop Strachan School, The Study and Villa Maria. The Laurier Macdonald High School team p