TORONTO—As Pride Month kicked off on June 1, many Christians in Canada kept their children home from school to avoid events that don’t align with their faith. A mother with a son in the York Catholic District School Board (YCDSB) in Aurora, Ont., pulled him out of school June 1 when she heard Pride Month…
Walk-Outs and ‘Pray-Ins’ Oppose Pride Month Kickoff in Schools Across Canada
‘Large-Scale Pushback’: 21 ‘Non-Woke’ Trustees Elected in Ontario Public School System
Twenty-one ‘non-woke’ trustees were elected to public school boards across Ontario during the province’s municipal elections on Oct. 24, says the founder of the website “VoteAgainstWoke.ca.” “A movement has started,” said the anonymous founder—who goes by the pseudonym “Matt” to protect his identity—in an email to The Epoch Times. “This is the first time in…
Barbara Kay: Ontario Board’s Move to Drop School Police Program Based on Politics, Not Evidence
Commentary School board elections in Ontario, held Oct. 24, have been heated. Many candidates ran to replace trustees obsessed with critical race theory and radical gender ideology. Another issue, no less contentious, deserves closer scrutiny: police presence in schools. The School Resource Officer program (SRO) was inspired by the 2008 shooting death of a student…
‘Kids Should Have a Safe Environment’: Students, Others Join Protest of Ontario Teacher Wearing Large Prosthetic Breasts to Class
Students from the Toronto-area Oakville Trafalgar High School (OTHS) and local residents joined a protest on Sept. 23 against an OTHS teacher wearing large prosthetic breasts to class. The Epoch Times spoke to a number of demonstrators and students at the protest, who all expressed concern about the Halton District School Board’s (HDSB) decision to…
Candidates Run in Ontario Trustee Election to Remove Politics, Ideology From Classrooms
A number of Ontarians concerned about “political activism” in public schools have decided to step up to run for school board trustee in the upcoming municipal elections, in the hopes of not only calling attention to this and other issues but also to bring about change. With the elections just over a month away on Oct….
School Board Defends Teacher Seen Wearing Large Prosthetic Breasts in Class in Viral Video
An Ontario school board is defending a Toronto-area teacher who has been videotaped and photographed wearing large prosthetic breasts to class. Viral images of a trans teacher wearing oversized breasts that sag to the waist have been investigated by @ReduxxMag. The tech teacher is “Kayla Lemieux,” of Oakville Trafalgar High School in Ontario, Canada. The…
Amid Shortage of Ontario School Board Trustee Candidates, Trustees and Educators Bemoan Climate of Fear, Censorship
Nominations close on Aug. 19 for the Ontario school board trustee elections, but many school districts are finding themselves short of candidates. Some trustees and early-childhood educators say a lack of respect for the position and a heated political climate within the province’s school boards are serving as deterrents both to existing trustees seeking re-election and to newcomers…
‘Book Banning’: Ontario School Board Trustees Concerned About Removal of Library Books Deemed ‘Harmful’
An Ontario district school board is rooting out books from its school library collections that are considered “harmful,” but some trustees are raising concerns about censorship and fear the move resembles a book banning. The policy is part of the Waterloo Region District School Board’s (WRDSB) operational plans for 2021-2022, which aims to achieve “an…
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