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

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Sean Clouden
9 years ago

Can't have these types of people responsible for educating our youth.

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Anonymous
9 years ago

How are we still going through this?

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Carm Genuardi
9 years ago

Shameful behaviour! That's digusting. She needs to go.

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Devjani Raha
9 years ago

This woman and her ilk scatter every single executive suite, school board, and board of directors for charities as well as corporations. I'm sick of them getting a pass. DUMP HER NOW.

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Amy Babic
9 years ago

Shameful behaviour. She should resign if truly sorry, or be removed from this position of responsibility. What does this say about the Board's zero tolerance policy for racism?

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Lauren Rabindranath
9 years ago

Horrifying. Get her out.

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Tara Kennedy
9 years ago

Use of this word, especially by an elected official is repugnant.

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Anonymous
9 years ago

Completely unacceptable. There should be a no tolerance rule in place!

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Talitha Tweedy
9 years ago

Fire her. Racist & unprofessional.

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Wanjiku Wamugo
9 years ago

Why does it take a petion to get people to do the right thing? Using a racial slur in a public meeting should result in immediate dismissal.

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Janelle Morgan
9 years ago

She should be let go!

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Barry Bedford
9 years ago

She needs to resign.

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Michelle Mullen
9 years ago

What a disgrace this is! Shame on us York Region and shame on YRDSB for giving her little more than a slap on the wrist. This is beyond unacceptable. Elgie is a trustee for a board which is charged with the duty of educating our children, yet she displays racism, prejudice, lack of control, and poor judgement. There is no place for someone with Elgie's erred philosophies in our school board. Dismiss her NOW.

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Terra
9 years ago

She clearly cannot represent the interests of all students while holding these views.

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Natalie Roth
9 years ago

There are 100 better wiser kinder people lining up to be on that board. Be better York

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jovan young
9 years ago

Terrible

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Deborah Anderson
9 years ago

Totally unacceptable.

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Anonymous
9 years ago

This person should no longer be employed, and the apology should not be private.

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Bruce McIntosh
9 years ago

In this day and age, there is no excuse for using that word. It's not even remotely acceptable, even as an insult. Nancy Elgie has demonstrated that she is not qualified to oversee the education of my children and she should resign. If, as I fully expect, she cannot see that an apology is inadequate, and will not leave her office voluntarily, then she should be removed.

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Savannah Nast
9 years ago

Zero tolerance means this is unacceptable. Not only should she be fired, she should take courses in empathy and learn about race and privilege.