Aasiyah Khan – Eye on Islamism

Principal apologizes for asking student to remove Palestinian flag from online profile National Council of Canadian Muslims says similar incidents occurring in school boards across Canada

October 19, 2023 Nicole Williams

(CBC) The principal of an Ottawa public school has apologized for asking an elementary school student to remove the Palestinian flag as their profile picture. The Ottawa-Carleton District School Board (OCDSB) confirmed the incident took place during an online class last week. […]

TDSB trustees vote to develop strategy to combat Islamophobia Staff to present update on the strategy to trustees in the fall

April 27, 2023 Unlisted Author

(CBC) The Toronto District School Board voted unanimously Wednesday to develop an anti-Islamophobia strategy, becoming the second board in Ontario to move forward with such an effort. The move follows a motion that said internal data shows Islamophobia is the second-most reported form of “creed-based […]

Canada school board gets high marks for historic adoption of anti-Islamophobia program Nearly 40,000 Muslim students can benefit from new policy

March 7, 2023 Barry Ellsworth

(Anadolu) A Toronto-area school board has become the first in Canada to introduce an anti-Islamophobia program. The Peel District School Board did its homework and found that about one-quarter of its 153,000 students — kindergarten through grade 12 in 244 schools — […]

This school board just became the 1st in Canada to adopt a strategy to fight Islamophobia Policy comes after difficult history with anti-Muslim sentiment in recent years

January 26, 2023 Unlisted Author

(CBC) Six years ago, a school board west of Toronto was making headlines for all the wrong reasons. Security had to be stepped up after racist outbursts at board meetings, a man was filmed tearing pages out of a Qur’an during discussions […]

Peel school board approval of anti-Islamophobia strategy draws support from community groups Trustee Nokha Dakroub pushed for strategy, which includes mandatory staff training

October 7, 2021 Unlisted Author

(CBC) Community groups are welcoming a Peel District School Board decision to develop an anti-Islamophobia strategy because they say the plan will help make schools safer for Muslim staff and students. At its Sept. 30 meeting, the Peel District School Board (PDSB) passed a […]

Ontario gives $300K to Muslim organizations to help combat Islamophobia in schools

June 29, 2021 Unlisted Author

(Canadian Press) Ontario announced funding on Tuesday for educational programs to help fight Islamophobia, which police believe was the motive behind a vehicle attack that killed four members of a Muslim family. Education Minister Stephen Lecce said $225,000 will go to the […]

Thames Valley School Board to begin collecting race-based data Teachers are invited to participate in training to combat [Islamophobia] in schools

October 26, 2020 Rebecca Zandbergen

(CBC) The Thames Valley District School Board will conduct a student survey this school year, focused on identifying the ethnicities of its families. “We don’t actually have that data just yet in our board,” said board assistant principal Doriana Rosati. “I mean the entire province […]