Minister Pulls Toronto School Guidebook That Calls Education System ‘Colonial,’ Centred on ‘Whiteness’

Minister Pulls Toronto School Guidebook That Calls Education System ‘Colonial,’ Centred on ‘Whiteness’
The Toronto District School Board logo is seen on a sign in front of a high school in Toronto, in a file photo. The Canadian Press/Frank Gunn
Jennifer Cowan
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A teaching resource for “challenging oppression” in the Toronto District School Board that describes white supremacy as a “structural reality” in classrooms and calls for the “decolonization” of schools has been removed as a teaching resource at the insistence of the education ministry.

The Toronto District School Board (TDSB) document issued to all teachers across Ontario’s largest school board has been labelled as “divisive” by Education Minister Stephen Lecce.