Ontario school board informs staff that 'family' is racist, harmful term
Waterloo Region District School Board staff are reportedly being trained to use caution when using words like 'family' while speaking with students.
On Thursday's live stream, Tamara Ugolini and Alexa Lavoie discussed reporting from Juno News that shows staff at Waterloo Region District School Board are being trained to view the word 'family' as a term that's "harmful" to "racialized" students.
According to the report, staff at Waterloo-Oxford District Secondary School were shown slides stressing the importance of "dismantling whiteness" and "unpacking whiteness".
One slide condemned the word 'family' for implying a nuclear family structure and valuing positions of male authority and hierarchy.
Waterloo Region District School Board staff are being trained that the word “family” is a harmful concept rooted in white supremacy.
— Juno News (@junonewscom) June 6, 2025
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Tamara condemned the school board for attempting to train staff to view the word family as a term that could harm students.
"When someone's telling you that the term 'family' is rooted in white supremacy and to dismantle the family unit because it's rooted in patriarchy, you can tell them where to go," she said.
"Because at the end of the day, when you're in need, you know who's going to be there for you? Not the state. It's going to be your family, so keep those ties strong," Tamara added.
As further detailed by Juno News, another slide shown to staff asserted that acknowledging racism against white people is a "characteristic of whiteness" that needs to be addressed.
The Waterloo Region District School Board has reportedly not commented on the slides after being questioned by Juno News.
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COMMENTS
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Melvyn Schobel commented 2025-06-07 15:40:29 -0400School boards are essentially composed of parents and community members. Many of them have children, so they are a family unit. Why are they buying into this rhetoric, or are they so afraid of being fired for voicing their opinion? What I would like to know is who the people are fueling this rhetoric, and what is their ultimate goal? Some real hard investigative work has to be done to expose these people (criminals) to understand their ulterior motive. They are using all the tools in the book to instill fear as a way to manipulate the masses. The silent majority are hugely responsible for this mess. (The world suffers a lot. Not because of the violence of the bad people, but because of the silence of the good people. Napoleon Bonaparte.)
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Bruce Atchison commented 2025-06-06 19:30:43 -0400Amazing how school boards can be so imbecilic. Send them back to preschool!
