Ontario Appeals Court Allows Defamation Case of Former Teacher Concerned About Age-Appropriateness of Books to Proceed

Carolyn Burjoski, a former Waterloo Region District School Board teacher, was ejected from a school board meeting in January 2022 after raising questions about the age-appropriateness of some books in elementary school libraries that deal with gender transition. Screenshot via The Epoch Times

A former Ontario teacher has been given the go-ahead by the Ontario Court of Appeal to bring a defamation lawsuit against the Waterloo Regional District School Board (WRDSB).

Justices Benjamin Zarnett, Patrick J. Monahan, and Renee M. Pomerance on Nov. 5 dismissed an appeal filed by the school board of an earlier court decision in favour of Carolyn Burjoski. The teacher had launched a defamation lawsuit for an accusation by the school board chair that her remarks were “transphobic” when she spoke at a board meeting questioning the age-appropriateness of some books in school libraries