School board forms working group, asks Ontario Human Rights Commission to help create provincial framework to address caste discrimination
The Toronto District School Board on Wednesday has voted to recognize that caste oppression exists in Toronto schools and is asking the Ontario Human Rights Commission to help create a provincial framework that addresses caste discrimination and oppression.
Ms. Rajakulasingham called for a partnership between the human rights commission and the TDSB to come up with a concrete definition of caste oppression and create a means to address such incidents. “This motion is not about division, it’s about creating healing and empowering communities and providing them safer schools that students deserve,” Ms. Rajakulasingam said.
A few trustees, including Weidong Pei, stood to oppose the motion. “By supporting this motion, trustees are unnecessarily dividing the South Asian community,” he said, adding that passing the motion would create more problems instead of solving them.
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