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Call for Resignation of YRDSB Trustee Nancy Elgie for Calling a Black Parent "Nigger"

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Saki
9 years ago

This incident troubled me deeply. This is not the Canada I want to live in or have my children grow up in.

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Ermine
9 years ago

I stand in solidarity and request removal of Nancy Elgie from the board of Trustees.

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Anonymous
9 years ago

We should have zero tolerance on racism. YRDSB tell nancy to resign. Nancy do the right thing, resign!

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Trish Feistner
9 years ago Featured

How can we expect our children to learn acceptance and experience equity if those leading our schools cannot teach it? Children learn by observing their elders. This woman is a disgrace, and should no longer have a position with the board.

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Karen Mason
9 years ago

The taxes of black families help to families help to fund the school board and be thus her salary. She can not be trusted to fairly represent the needs of her constituents when evidence of hateful biases and attitudes simply escape from her mouth in a public forum. "A good man brings good things out of the good stored in his heart, an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored in his heart. For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of." Luke 6:45 NIV

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Shaun Eadie
9 years ago

Nancy should be let go. Love , not Hate!

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Sheema Khan
9 years ago

Cannot have a school trustee use the N-word. She has lost all credibility and trust. So had the Board by keeping her on. She must resign.

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Barb Halsall
9 years ago

No! We need to say his is not acceptable. Apology or not, why is this word even in someone's vocabulary, filtered or not. She must go, no room for her kind, especially on a school board!!

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Neil Lowhar
9 years ago

Something must be done regarding this degrading and disrespectful comments.

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Latoya Als
9 years ago

This bigot needs to be removed from her job.

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Laura Nicholls
9 years ago

The election of Donald Trump in the US has encouraged Canadian racists and fascists. They needed to be reminded that THIS IS CANADA.

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Michele Samuels
9 years ago

I have two young boys in the YRDSB system, and this is completely unacceptable! It's upsetting even to know that a petition is required. This Councillor should have been removed immediately!

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matthew hall
9 years ago

the whole board needs to take a long hard look in the mirror

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L A Richards
9 years ago

Not acceptable behavior or attitude. If a racailized person did the exact same thing, they would be terminated. End this privileged protectionism.

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Caroline Niklas-Gordon
9 years ago

Do the decent thing.

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Lisa Rosen
9 years ago

Shame

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Cora Hurwich
9 years ago

In this day and age she should know better. get rid of her now!

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Gwendolyn French
9 years ago

This is disgraceful! She ought to lead by example. If the sch board has a zero tollerance policy she needs to be held to that!

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Roslyn Macgregor
9 years ago

Inexcusable. She needs to go.

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MEER SAHIB
9 years ago

It is totally unconscionable and abhorring that a person who would insult i a parent n public using racial slur should be part of SCHOOL BOARD. She deserves to be fired.