Rumours of a school accommodating a “furry” caused a flurry — first in the United States, then it made its way to Canada.
Rumours of a school accommodating a “furry” caused a flurry — first in the United States, before the hoax made its way to Canada.
However, they added, each board “recognizes, values, accepts and nurtures all students and staff regardless of their gender identity or expression.”Furries are a fringe movement of people who identify as animals, and students who identify this way wear ears, tails or collars to school, and may bark or meow if others try to talk to them.
“When that letter was published, it really sparked a bit of a firestorm here,” said Mark Searson, director of education for the Renfrew Catholic board. “It’s not happening,” said Cathy Abraham, president of the Ontario Public School Boards’ Association. “Everybody says they heard it from their friend who lives next door to somebody who lives next door to somebody who works at the school. But when you say ‘which school?’ there is never an answer.
Searson said the rumour came about locally weeks before his board was about to launch its student census, in which there are questions about gender identity, expression and sexual orientation for certain age groups, “so we’re not sure if the two are linked or not.”anti-woke trustee candidates