Article contentthat trustees make “decisions in a manner which is open,” approach “all board issues with an open mind … respecting different points of view.” But you would not know that from its treatment of teachers with heterodox opinions.
Mike Ramsay was the only Black trustee on the WRDSB, which would normally have evoked elevated deference from his colleagues. Alas, he is also conservative-leaning. Ramsay and a board ally, Cindy Watson, had crafted a motion calling for a detailed account of the WRDSB’s “anti-racism curriculum.”from the board when a complaint against him was lodged for his calls for greater transparency with regard to the school board’s teaching of white privilege, and for open debate on contentious issues.
Ontario school board elections will be held Oct. 24. Two candidates caught my attention, due to their courage and integrity in openly declaring for a “shared platform” called, a deeply researched and intelligent manifesto created by Peter Wallace, who is running for a position on the Trillium Lakelands District School Board.
The worker the better
Isn't one of their goals to stack the school boards with RWNJ trustees? I am near positive I read a tweet to that effect.
The priority of schools in most countries is academics. The priority of some Canadian teachers is social justice. Not a surprise then that the priority of Canadian universities is increasingly foreign students with academic strengths and interests that Canadians apparently lack.
I really hate the word “woke”. When someone using that term, I think time to leave cause all your going to hear is hateful rhetoric. So tired of hearing Karen/Kevin’s bitch about their lousy lives cause people are ruining everything. Waste of my time!
We get it, you're awful. It's not news.
TL:DR Barbara wants Canadians to be mindless work drones for the rich and to be distracted by hating others that are different
Can’t read the article without donations so all I can go on is the title which states that parents do not like kind people. Is this true, parents? You don’t like kindness? Likely not.
Define woke ?
The only time I can ever recall a teacher ever trying to influence a class was when he used his Christian views to break up a rowdy class (didn’t work) My teachers taught the curriculum they were given with its colonial bias.
Woke means aware of injustice, racism and inequality. Based on that you are championing those very things. Vey telling given you so called leader is a white nationalist.
These propagandists know education is political. What they do not admit publicly is that the supposedly neutral policies they prescribe are really the politics of the dominant class, gender, race & sexuality. They are conscripting children in their war to take society backwards.
Any teacher spewing propaganda in a classroom should be immediately removed.
Save the racist indoctrination for home like normal?
Imagine writing a headline like this and not feeling like a douche
Protect our kids!
wtf is wrong with the National Post? They seem extra regressive of late
Best to exchange the ' fantasy of wokism ' with the ' fantasy of religion ' Cons aren't against indoctrination They prefer it to be of the religious nature
Barbara Kay retire challenge
Woke?
Lmao woke classrooms! Where are we Alabama? Barbara is a fool! BarbaraRKay
Oh for god sakes. How soon before you start calling teachers groomers and pedophiles? 🙄
School boards need to be dismantled. That’s where all our money is being wasted.
Interesting how the alt right think that being 'woke' is a bad thing. Shows their views on racial and social issues for sure. 'The meaning of WOKE is aware of and actively attentive to important facts and issues (especially issues of racial and social justice)'
Yes! Enough of these woke perverts and weirdos trying to indoctrinate kids. The best teachers never show their political or sexual stances.
Teaching respect, empathy and inclusiveness is fearful to too many. If “woke” is trying to make society better for all, rather than hateful and divisive, I’ll take the label.
moved my kid to private non woke school. Best thing i ever did.
Barbara Kay
Another gem from the Stone Age pontificators over at Postmedia’s flagship paper. Honestly, stop ruining the public system if you’re annoyed by “wokeness.” No one is stopping you from switching to a private religious school - heck, in Ontario, our government even encourages it!
There it is…conservatives continue to undermine academia and institutions.
Elect a trustee who will censor speech?
Rather 'woke' than brain dead which is pretty much what the Kay family have been for decades.
Barbara Kay Trumper personified. Move to the U.S. and take this rag with you.
What is a woke classroom? Only sleeping I remember was in kindergarten. Is this some spillover of intolerance/ignorance from the US?
Postmedia has entered the book burning phase of eschewing in fascism
In Waterloo Region, because of their Socialist, Woke, CRT agenda at the board level do not vote for the following trustees, Herring, Weston, Woodcock, Meissner and board chair Piatkowski. Replace them all.
Bring back ‘ignorant’ classrooms!!! ffs
Its about time folk stopped kneeling for brick throwing rioters
Many of these ambiguous platitudes are considerably problematic, with some potentially dangerous. Additionally, they claim that their positions are research-informed but they don’t cite research. They cite alt-right bloggers. Specific accountability on their platform is needed.
Woke is just a passing fad meanwhile stay away from my grandkids😏
So what is wrong with this
Bless you Barbara Kay Imagine being 'radical' for wanting math to teach about math and not fashionable left-wing social activism
It gets better. I tried to get the documents supporting the complaint against Trustee Ramsay. One stalling tactic after another. 'Unforeseen circumstances'. Part of the WRDSB culture of secrecy.
says someone who obviously hates teachers. post media =fox news
Fuckay
There is no god. Otherwise both of the Kays would have been struck and killed by lightning by now. They are a terrible waste of skin.
woke... wow toxic people elected to school boards for more R-Wing religious wacko fascism pathetic
Same is so for local govt now aligning with progressive social initiatives, passing costs to property owners, costs that historically have only been in the bailiwick of senior levels of govt.
Here we go. Take over the school boards to use education as indoctrination. Just like in the states. Bye bye, empathy... hello hate. Let the book burning and banning begin.
Being 'woke' simply means being aware of the world and how other's exist & experience it. If parents prefer their kids to be ignorant and selfish, pull them out of school...don't deny other kids an actual education because you want to keep your head in the sand.
I wonder, when was the last time that Barbara Kay set foot in a classroom?
“woke classrooms” lol
CRT? Oh ffs... What a pathetic attempt at bullshit Fox News 'journalism'
I won’t be reading this hijacked right wing garbage. Woke is good. Stay woke.
Will never happen at TDSB. Teachers are bullied into teaching wokeness and work towards convincing kids that white people are transphobic, homophobic racist, and unfairly privileged.
Woke? You mean you want intolerant classrooms? NP, You're blocked. That article is purely inciteful.
Looks like Babs has some books she wants to ban. Mayne just retire already and stop embarrassing yourself.
NP = the Fox News of Canada
Fascists prefer their children asleep during class time.
We need to start segregating schools on class, race and ideology to protect our folk from white-cis-hetero harm
When you say 'woke' this translates to 'accountable'! Just like the far-right ChathamAssets who dictate your editorials?
This is dangerous, fascist rhetoric when teachers are under attack from the rabid right-wing. RWNJ NationalToast
Stay in your lane, there are publicly funded Private schools for you to attend. The rest of us are moving forward in a progressive world.
HEY where is pierre the CRYPTOkeeper
Is Barbara cancelling books?
Can you all stop these attacks on Teachers and just leave the children to learn in peace? We don't teach wokeness like you think it is.We teach respect, empathy, anti bullying, science, math, reading, writing. We teach good health practices Inc sex Ed which is shared with parents
Still attacking the intelligentsia just like every dictator in history.
yea, stay asleep sheeples
Keep your American fascism. This is what the nutbars down south have been doing for a few years: Silver-haired hatetriots taking over school board meetings to push their hate.
are you high? school boards in Canada are pretty much rubber stamp useless bodies that approve budgets and some inconsequential things that very skilled administrators put before them with options that are mostly the same. seriously
Woke classrooms? Really, this is your approach to journalism now? When you've lost the script and adapted an über-AltRight agenda, this is what it looks like CdnMediaFailed
Reactionaries, now is your time! Angry octogenarians, it's never too late to drag your feet on change. Together we can prevent our kids from learning that trans people exist
Wokeness, creating more anger and division everywhere. Anybody who thinks things haven’t gotten worse and more divisive since 2015 is wilfully blind. Identity politics is harmful.
yes!
'Woke' means caring about others. It means teaching truths, about being inclusive, about standing up against racism, misogyny, homophobia, and intolerance. Pushing back means supporting all those things.
Tales from the crypt. National Post: time for a refresh
Why are Canadian School's promoting sex changes and pedophilia? 😥😥😥
I bet the private schools don’t cater to this lunacy.
Only if they are brave enough to list their intentions for every parent to view!