Dear Ms. Naylor and Mr. Case, here is the first Open Letter I wrote to you stating that the York Catholic District School Board was found guilty of racial discrimination and reprisal in 2011. Here is the second Open Letter I wrote to you stating that the York Catholic District School Board is in violation of an Ontario Human Rights Tribunal Order. On April 28, 2021 I wrote to you a third time to say we had just reached a point in Ontario where schools have to defy school board trustees in order not to discriminate against students and in order to do the right thing for kids.
Read MoreThe York Catholic District School Board is in violation of an Ontario Human Rights Tribunal Order
Dear Ms. Naylor and Mr. Case, I’m alerting you to the fact that the York Catholic District School Board is in violation of an Ontario Human Rights Tribunal Order.
Read MoreAn Open Letter to Nancy Naylor and Patrick Case, Deputy Ministry of Education and Chief Equity Officer, Ministry of Education, Ontario
On April 9, 2021, Bruce Rodrigues, the Supervisor of the Peel District School Board (PDSB), issued a public statement of apology to Kola Iluyomade and six different community advocacy groups on behalf of the PDSB. PDSB had initiated a legal application against community advocates engaged in anti-discrimination advocacy subsequent to the Ministry of Education’s Review released on March 13, 2020. The notice stated that several Twitter accounts engaged in disrespectful and defamatory communication towards the Board of Trustees and staff members. Rodrigues called the initiating of this Application discriminatory, anti-Black and a deliberate attempt to silence community members’ public participation.
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