Ontario’s education minister has issued a warning to the province’s school boards to keep “political biases” out of classrooms ahead of the anniversary of Hamas’s attack on Israel last October.
Minister Jill Dunlop issued a memo issued to boards with regard to Oct. 7, which marks one year since the terrorist attack against Israel, causing the deaths of 1,200 people and resulting in a military conflict in the region.
Dunlop said she wants school boards to “be vigilant in ensuring classrooms remain safe, inclusive, and welcoming for all students and staff.” The memo said it was important as the province has been seeing an increase in racism, anti-Semitism, and Islamophobia….