A Toronto Catholic District School Board (TCDSB) trustee is calling for a pause to all diversity, equity, and inclusion training (DEI) workshops until an investigation is conducted into the events that may have contributed to the suicide of a former principal who was suing the Toronto District School Board (TDSB).
In a Twitter post on July 23, trustee Markus de Domenico asked his fellow TCDSB trustees to back his request to stop all DEI workshops until Ontario’s Ministry of Education and the TDSB investigate and audit all DEI materials and the suppliers who are providing the training.
Mr. de Domenico’s comments come following a July 21 statement from the Ontario Principals’ Council (OPC) regarding retired principal Richard Bilkszto, who committed suicide following bullying he said he experienced at a series of DEI workshops that included suggestions he was a white supremacist….