B.C. teacher s backpack project aims to help students fight inequality and racism
Eugene Reimer Middle School teacher Nerlap Sidhu came up with a class project to teach her Grade 6 class about what it means to be inclusive and anti-racist.
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Vivian Luk ·
Posted: Jan 16, 2021 8:00 AM PT | Last Updated: January 16
Nerlap Sidhu teaches her Grade 6 class about anti-racism, equity, equality, and inclusion outside of Eugene Reimer Middle School in Abbotsford, B.C., on Nov. 26, 2020. (Maggie MacPherson/CBC)
When Abbotsford, B.C., teacher Nerlap Sidhu met her Grade 6 social studies students at the beginning of term last September, she knew right away she wanted to do a class project with them about anti-racism and inclusion.