The Franco-Manitoban School Division says a Winnipeg teacher has been placed on leave after a social media post that appears to show the educator using a racial slur for Black people in the classroom.
The remark was made by a teacher at College Louis-Riel senior high school Thursday and it was later uploaded on social media.
The school division said supports were sent to the school to help students. Additionally, the school and the division committed to form advisory groups of students, parents, staff and communities to contribute to an action plan to tackle racism and other challenges. Cherif, whose children attend a different school in the division, said the division should be far beyond making commitments to change.
At the same time in Winnipeg, Cherif said many former College Louis-Riel students came forward with accounts of racism at the school, including the use of derogatory terms in the classroom by teachers.
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