Ottawa public school board votes to create Jewish Equity Coach position

"The rise in anti-Semitism is frightening, and it does not bode well for any equity seeking group," Kaplan-Myrth said Tuesday night.

Last week, two students were charged with hate crimes following an anti-Semitic incident at Sir Robert Borden High School on Dec. 1. "It's an important first step as part of a holistic plan to combat anti-Semitism, and, in fact, hatred of all kinds," Andrea Freedman of the Jewish Federation of Ottawa said.

What’s an equity coach

If one idiot student fishing for a reaction draws a swastika on a bathroom stall door, the entire school board freaks out and gives it the attention that student was seeking in the first place

Why is this woman allowed to indoctrinate our children. They are there it be educated. Math, science etc. All the rest is just filling their heads with garbage.

What a sad path this Board is on. I would never register my child here.

There is all kinda of hatred/bullying going on in OCDSB schools, why not adress that overall. You think it is just people of difference races and religions only that are victims... crazy Nili is only doing this because she is Jewish and was picked on for her crazy views..

Wow, a huge step for the Jewish community & recognizing that there are inequities, just as there are with any diverse group. Bringing awareness & education to the public is always a good thing.

You can’t be an oppressor and victim at the same time lol what a skewed reality, I would accept this if it was about equity it is not. It’s about ego

What is being cut from the budget to accommodate this specialized position? Why isnt the already withstanding code of behaviour re discrimination/equity not sufficient to enforce?

And now for the Indigenous population

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