“I was denied a medically justified request for accommodation. Then, when incapacitated by the very malaise I had asked to be spared exposure to, I was left too sick to work and without medical benefits,” the worker said.
Starla Anderson is a retired teacher; Deborah Nohr is a teacher and served as a school trustee from 2011 to 2018; and Carol Pickup is a former school board trustee and former Saanich councillor. All three are public-school advocates.
Canadian schools devote time to Black history and the Black Canadian experience in February, but what happens the rest of the year? Many educators, historians, students and community members are working to make Black history part of everyday learning.