Groups like the Canadian Anti-Hate Network say the phenomenon is a growing national concern as several provinces hold municipal elections that also put school board trustees into office
Advocacy groups are raising concerns about a number of candidates vying for school trustee positions across Canada, saying a higher number than usual are spreading transphobic rhetoric or other discriminatory messages targeting the LGBTQ community.
"We're definitely seeing more vocal and more overtly anti-equity, far-right, candidates," said Woodrow. While trustees can't change the education curriculum, Woodrow said the fact they can set budgets and board policies means they can strongly influence the school environment. She said that environment, in turn, is directly linked to health outcomes, particularly for marginalized students.
"They play a really large role in kind of setting the sort of tone for the way schools or classrooms actually operate at that local level,” he said. Much of the concern has focused on candidates running in Ontario, where municipal elections are set to take place on Monday, but Woodrow notes the trend has a broader scope with implications for other provinces. Municipal elections in British Columbia took place on Oct. 15, while Manitoba residents will cast their municipal ballots on Oct. 26.
He said candidates linked to Blueprint for Canada are fully supportive of multiculturalism and supporting students of different sexual orientations, but have had to "draw the line" over issues of gender ideology.
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