School Board Trustees Should Embrace Genuine Diversity and Avoid Unnecessary Legal Fights

Published on December 14, 2023

Commentary Too many Canadian school boards are getting sidetracked by unnecessary legal battles rather than focusing on educating students. Case in point, Carolyn Burjoski, a former teacher in the Waterloo Region District School Board (WRDSB), recently won a legal victory when Justice James Ramsay rejected WRDSB’s attempt to quash Burjoski’s defamation lawsuit and awarded her $30,000 in legal fees. Burjoski had sued her former employer because the board chair publicly accused her of transphobic behaviour for raising concerns during a board meeting about the sexualized content in a number of school library books. His public attacks on Burjoski exposed the school board to a defamation lawsuit....

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