The motion would include caste as a protected category and would be the first of its kind in Canadian schools
The Toronto District School Board is set to vote on a motion that would include caste as a protected category, alongside race, gender, sexuality and otherToronto District School Board trustee Yalini Rajakulasingam brought the motion before a committee on Feb. 8. On Wednesday, the board will hold a final vote. Ms. Rajakulasingham, who is the trustee for Scarborough North, said parents who identified as members of oppressed castes told her about bullying, harassment and slurs their children faced.
Ms. Rajakulasingam, whose parents moved to Canada from Sri Lanka as refugees in 1986, identifies as a member of an oppressed caste. The stories she heard from parents in her ward resonated with her own life experiences growing up in Scarborough. The TDSB’s proposal has drawn some opposition. A group called the Canadian Organization for Hindu Heritage Education has started a petition calling for a stop to the motion. The group says that adding caste to the list of protected identities is Hinduphobic.
Jaskaran Sandhu, a Brampton resident and board member of the World Sikh Organization, said that caste dynamics exist in all South Asian communities. Guru Nanak Dev, the founder of Sikhism, singled out caste as a mode of oppression.
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