For advice on how to help children cope, The Canadian Press spoke to Ashley Miller, a child psychiatrist at BC Children's Hospital, and Nikki Martyn, program head of early childhood studies at University of Guelph-Humber.

We can probably expect some children to catch COVID-19 at school, experts say.

Manitoba's Opposition New Democrats are calling for smaller class sizes and hundreds of new teachers if schools reopen this fall during the COVID-19 pandemic.

While the Doug Ford government is expected to release more details about its back to school plan this week, the Liberal Party of Ontario has issued its own plan.

An advocate group wants to see kids add a mask to their back-to-school outfit.

Increased community transmission is expected when schools reopen, but experts say that's not necessarily a reason to keep them closed.

Planning is now underway to get Canadian children back into classrooms in the fall and many provinces are eyeing Vancouver's hybrid model: part-time in school and part-time at home with online learning.

The government said it's up to public health, not school boards, to make the call as to what's safe or not in the plan to reopen schools amid the COVID-19 pandemic.