School Overview

École Ibn Batouta was founded in 2004 as a pioneering initiative led by Omar Ahmed Malow (Dr. Rabeh) (may Allah have mercy on his soul and accept his good deeds), along with dedicated parents and community members. Their vision was to create a nurturing educational environment for the Muslim community, with a particular focus on serving francophone families and promoting bilingualism within an Islamic framework.

Over the past two decades, École Ibn Batouta has grown into a thriving institution. Many of our alumni, who began their educational journey here, have gone on to excel in universities and colleges, pursuing diverse careers and contributing meaningfully to society. They embody the values of leadership, integrity, and service instilled during their time at École Ibn Batouta. These achievements are a testament to the dedication, prayers, and hard work of the school’s founders and the continued efforts of its community. Our staff is deeply committed to providing an excellent education that integrates academic excellence with Islamic values.

The school maintains a student-centered approach, ensuring class sizes are kept properly to foster personalized learning. With well-equipped facilities and a strong focus on community, École Ibn Batouta continues to inspire and empower students to excel academically, embrace their faith, and become active, contributing members of both the Muslim and broader Canadian society.

École Ibn Batouta is dedicated to providing an education rooted in universal principles and values, fostering academic excellence and moral integrity. Our mission is to cultivate a generation of Canadian youth who embody universal teachings, excel in their pursuits, and contribute positively to society as stewards of justice, compassion, and knowledge.

The vision of École Ibn Batouta is to provide students with an education that integrates universal values and principles, fostering intellectual development, cultural understanding, and a sense of responsibility to contribute as engaged citizens in a global society, while upholding their identity.

• Provide Quality Francophone Education: Deliver a high-standard francophone education from JK to Grade 12, integrating the Ontario Curriculum with Islamic values and principles.
• Emphasize Core Competencies: Ensure excellence in foundational skills such as literacy, numeracy, science, and IT while continuously improving academic standards across all subjects.
• Focus on Individual Growth: Support the academic, personal, and spiritual growth of each student and staff member, ensuring their access to the best education and development opportunities possible.
• Foster a Passion for Learning and Community: Create a nurturing environment where students, staff, and families share a passion for learning, teaching, and achieving together in a spirit of collaboration and respect.
• Appoint and Develop Exceptional Educators: Recruit highly qualified leaders, teachers, and support staff, ensuring they receive continuous professional development to stay at the forefront of educational best practices.
• Set High Expectations and Broaden Horizons: Inspire everyone to surpass their current potential, aim for excellence, and explore diverse educational opportunities that expand their horizons and ambitions.
• Engage Families and the Community: Build strong partnerships with families, local schools, community institutions, and the wider society to foster a collaborative and supportive educational environment.
• Incorporate Innovation: Embrace and implement innovative ideas and tools that enhance teaching, learning, and student outcomes.
• Develop Confident and Ethical Leaders: Guide students to become confident, caring, and respectful individuals who are open-minded, ethical decision-makers, and active contributors to society.
• Enhance Facilities for 21st-Century Learning: Provide modern buildings and facilities that enhance the educational experience and support innovative teaching and learning practices aligned with 21st-century needs.

Wondering what makes our school unique? The school enjoys a uniqueness that no other school in Ottawa offers. The main features of this uniqueness are as follows:

• It presents the Ontario Curriculum in both official languages (French and English)
• It serves the growing Islamic community in Ottawa and teaches Islamic studies and Arabic
• It presents skills and teaching methodologies that is second to none as it adopts more easily to its environment.

It builds student character that respects universal values.

• A team of highly professional and dedicated teachers to inspire a lifelong love of learning and to stimulate intellectual curiosity; promote a culture of creativity; develop and nurture critical thinkers, problem solvers, decision makers, responsible risk takers and effective communicators.
• A broad based, dynamic and balanced Canadian curriculum where commitment to extra curricular activities is seen as equally important as academic achievement.
• A Ministry Inspected school, Ibn Batouta is running the French Immersion School (Francophone) and English program (Anglo Saxon) in its sister School Knowledge Academy
• Challenging opportunities for learning, both in, and out of the classroom, creating self assured, focused, disciplined, well-balanced and enterprising young men and women, ready to take their place and to make their mark in an ISLAMIC society.
• Individual attention within small class sizes to maximize opportunities for a variety of teaching and learning styles.
• An environment where close and effective partnerships between teachers, support staff, parents ensure that every child admitted will benefit from the education on offer.
• We offer a safe and nurturing community where diversity is celebrated and traditional values such as tolerance and mutual respect are practiced.