Degrassi is a Canadian teen drama television series, set in the fictional universe created by Linda Schuyler and Kit Hood in 1980. It is the fourth fictional series in the franchise, following The Kids of Degrassi Street, Degrassi Junior High, and Degrassi High. Like its predecessors, the show follows a group of students attending Degrassi Community School who face challenges common to teen life, such as self image, peer pressure, child abuse, sexual identity, gang violence, self-injury, school shootings, teenage pregnancy and drug abuse.
