A former principal of the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) has committed suicide following diversity training sessions back in 2021 that led to him being accused of white supremacy and bullied at his workplace. “With sorrow, it is announced that Richard Bilkszto passed away suddenly last Thursday, July 13, 2023, at his home in Toronto….

A former principal of the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) has committed suicide following diversity training sessions back in 2021 that led to him being accused of white supremacy and bullied at his workplace. “With sorrow, it is announced that Richard Bilkszto passed away suddenly last Thursday, July 13, 2023, at his home in Toronto….

A group of parents at Toronto’s Jean Lumb elementary school say the school board’s insistence on maintaining all gender-neutral washrooms is “anti-feminist and discriminatory.” Those adjectives were included in the subject line of a letter several parents signed and sent to the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) on June 21. The parents are calling for a…

A group of parents at Toronto’s Jean Lumb elementary school say the school board’s insistence on maintaining all gender-neutral washrooms is “anti-feminist and discriminatory.” That description was included in the subject line of a letter several parents signed and sent to the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) on June 21. The parents are calling for a…

A Toronto District School Board (TDSB) school hosted a performance by a drag star, leading protesters and counterprotesters to gather outside. The performance was part of an assembly at York Mills Collegiate Institute on April 12 for Pink Shirt Day, a day to raise awareness about bullying. Some have taken the day as an occasion…

A student is in hospital after being shot in the chest during a drive-by shooting outside a Toronto high school, police said Thursday as they looked for suspects in the case. Police said the shooting took place around noon Thursday in the parking lot of Weston Collegiate Institute. Duty Insp. Ryan Forde said “unknown males” drove by…

A gun was fired inside a bathroom at a Toronto high school after a fight involving six individuals broke out there on Jan. 12, police said. The incident, which slightly injured an outreach worker who tried to stop the fight, happened at East York Alternative Secondary School at about 1.10 p.m. The school was placed…

Commentary If being woke was a competition, the Waterloo Region District School Board (WRDSB) would be in serious contention for the top prize. From promoting critical race theory in the classroom to censoring anyone who challenges woke ideology, the WRDSB has turned being woke into a performance sport worth a gold medal. Not content to…

Commentary Does your classroom promote a growth mindset? Are you sufficiently “learner-centred” and do you take your students’ individual learning styles into account? These are the kinds of questions teachers are often asked by their administrators. In fact, some teachers, particularly those just starting their careers, find themselves under considerable pressure to give the “right”…

Commentary When it comes to surveying the big political trends of the year that was, the focus tends to be on what happened federally at Parliament Hill, or at provincial legislatures or our municipal city halls. It’s only natural. After all, those are our three levels of government and they’re where the decisions that most…