Student wellbeing
Students learn best when they feel safe, supported, and connected. School climate, belonging, and mental health matter.
School Board Trustee • Greater Essex County District School Board
Malini Ondrovcik
Pronounced: MAL-uh-nee on-DROV-chik
Running in Wards 1, 2, and 9 in the City of Windsor.
Strong schools. Supported students. Trusted leadership.
A student-centred campaign focused on wellbeing, inclusion, accessibility, and real partnership with families and communities.
Student wellbeing
Inclusive learning
Community voice
Meet Malini
A calm, capable, student-focused voice.
Born and raised in Windsor, Ontario, Malini Ondrovcik is a registered psychotherapist, clinical director, and community advocate running for School Board Trustee for the Greater Essex County District School Board in Wards 1, 2, and 9. Her work has focused on supporting children, youth, adults, and families through mental health challenges, ADHD, learning disabilities, trauma, accessibility needs, and rehabilitation.
As a blind advocate, Malini brings lived experience to her work on inclusion, accessibility, and reducing barriers for students and families. She is running to help ensure every student feels supported, included, and able to succeed.
Priorities
What this campaign stands for
Inclusion and accessibility
Every student deserves the support they need to participate, learn, and succeed — including students with disabilities, learning differences, and other barriers.
Listening and accountability
Families and communities deserve trustees who listen carefully, communicate clearly, and make thoughtful decisions in the public interest.
“Every student deserves to feel supported, included, and able to succeed.”
Why I'm Running
Public education works best when students and families are heard.
Throughout her career, Malini has worked with children, youth, adults, and families facing mental health challenges, learning needs, trauma, and barriers to access.
That work has shown how important it is for schools to be places where students feel safe, understood, and empowered to learn. Trustees help shape those environments by listening well, acting thoughtfully, and keeping students at the centre of decision-making.
If elected, Malini will bring a community-minded approach focused on wellbeing, inclusion, accessibility, and strong public education for every learner.
Malini’s Experience
Grounded in mental health leadership, accessibility advocacy, and community service.
Malini brings a strong background in mental health leadership, accessibility advocacy, education-related service, and community governance. She has served as a Member of the Board of Directors for the Learning Disabilities Association of Ontario and New Song/LifeLine Church, and has held leadership roles with CNIB Ontario’s Strategic Leadership Council, including Co-Chair and Member at Large. Her school community experience includes chairing the John A. McWilliam Public School Advisory Council and serving on Greater Essex County District School Board committees focused on parent involvement, student mental health, and anti-racism, including GECPIC. She has also contributed to the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Working Group.
Malini is also an accomplished speaker and published researcher on mental health, learning differences, vision loss, self-advocacy, and disability rights. She has presented for organizations and events including the Learning Disabilities Association of York-Simcoe’s Annual Parent Conference, the Learning Disabilities Association of Chatham-Kent, the Our City Windsor Conference, W. Ross Macdonald School for the Blind, and CNIB Youth and Parent Workshops.
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