“I started fighting for my children, and together with parents and community members we challenged racism across the education system in Ontario,” said Charline Grant, after settling her human rights cases about racism with the York Region District School Board.
After a long struggle, Charline Grant has received a full apology from the school board and assurances of concrete steps to stamp out racism at the Board. The settlement includes the Board’s commitment to:
- Establish a Human Rights Office that will collect and distribute equity-related data
- Roll out mandatory training for all staff on equity, human rights, racism and anti-oppression, including anti-Black racism
- Provide human rights compliance training for all staff who oversee complaint processes
- Ensure students experiencing discrimination are aware of support services
- Hold a two-day workshop to focus on delivering educational programing to racialized students with topics such as Islamophobia, anti-Black racism, anti-Indigenous racism
- Establish subcommittees to address issues of anti-Black racism and Islamophobia and invite community members to participate
Read the Minutes of Settlement here
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