Category: diversity training

Toronto Trustee Calls for Pause on DEI Training Pending Probe Following Principal’s Suicide

A Toronto Catholic District School Board (TCDSB) trustee is calling for a pause to all diversity, equity, and inclusion training (DEI) workshops until an investigation is conducted into the events that may have contributed to the suicide of a former principal who was suing the Toronto District School Board (TDSB). In a Twitter post on…


The Sudden Dominance of the Diversity Industrial Complex

Little more than a decade ago, DEI was just another arcane acronym, a clustering of three ideas, each to be weighed and evaluated against other societal values. The terms “diversity, equity, and inclusion” weren’t yet being used in the singular, as one all-inclusive, non-negotiable moral imperative. Nor had they coalesced into a bureaucratic juggernaut running…


Lawsuit: Woman Illegally Fired for Opposing Gender-Altering Treatments

A Michigan health care system is accused of wrongfully firing a health care worker who held “religious beliefs about gender and sexuality that are contrary to its agenda,” a federal lawsuit says. As The Epoch Times reported last week, former physician assistant Valerie Kloosterman had attempted to avoid suing her former employer, University of Michigan Health-West…


White Lawyer Invokes Civil Rights Act Against Employer

Nicole Levitt, an attorney who represents domestic violence survivors, recently filed a discrimination complaint against her employer, Women Against Abuse (WAA), for, among other things, asking white staffers to sign declarations that all white people are racist, including themselves. In a recent episode of EpochTV’s “American Thought Leaders,” Levitt shares her story with host Jan…


UK Minister Scraps Civil Service Diversity Training ‘Riddled With Left-Wing Views’

UK Attorney General Suella Braverman said she has scrapped the diversity training programme in her department, as it is “riddled with left-wing views.” Writing in the Daily Mail, Braverman compared the “diversity, equality, and inclusion” (DEI) sector to the “witch-finders of the Middle Ages.” She said she was “horrified” to discover that hundreds of government…


School Boards Should Reject Woke Diversity

Commentary If you are looking for a growth industry to create a long-term career, become an equity officer or a diversity consultant. There are plenty of organizations that want to check off the “diversity” box when hiring new employees. This is particularly true in school boards. For example, the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) has…


Epoch TV Review: Schools Do Not Equal the Best Education

In the video series “Real Talk,” the episode “Our Schools Are in Danger” deals with our education system in America and how we measure up to the schools in other countries and also the things that are being taught to our students. Host, Wayne Dupree, begins with a video clip of Laura Morris, a teacher…