ANTI-BLACK RACISM IN ONTARIO EDUCATION

A teacher blocks Black boys from a math club, a student earns a perfect score on an international exam, and the achievement is quietly buried. That story is where our conversation with Kathy McDonald begins, and it quickly widens into a blunt look at how anti-Black racism in education can hide behind “normal” decisions that shape a child’s future. Kathy is a Peel District School Board trustee, the inaugural chair of the Black Trustee Caucus, and a relentless advocate for equity in Ontario pub...