Educators For Human Rights

Great discussion shared by a wide range of panelists re: the current state of journalism across Canada.

Today, seven Air Canada pilots won their arbitration over denial of religious exemptions for C19 jabs, and were awarded compensation. Portions of their testimonies are in the ruling - a must read, link below. Arbitrator Hayes: "All of the grievors testified honestly and the substantive nexus between their religious beliefs and objections to the employer mandatory vaccination policy was manifest." shorturl.at/94WGH

Thank you to @HorsmanGeoff and @CrisBairosFern for the opportunity to speak about Ontario Education Reform. In the podcast, I offer a bi-partisan solution for what ails our education system today. Please watch. It’s a perspective that deserves consideration. Share widely if you can. NOTE: This podcast was filmed prior to the situation at Bowmore P.S. It is still unclear what happened to create such extraordinary chaos at Bowmore. Investigations and processes are pending. #onted #onpoli @Educhatter @Teachers__Unite @PaulCalandra @MaritStiles @Kathleen_Wynne @normsworld @ETFOeducators @ETFOpresident @ETFOPeel @etfopresident6 @OSSTFtoronto @ModestTeacher empowrconnect.substack.com/p/debbie-kasma…

@OCT_OEEO, please take the financial fallout of @TVDSB into consideration as you conduct the investigation of former director Mark Fisher, and the resulting impact on vulnerable students. apps.oct.ca/FindATeacher/m…

As reported by @finkledusty of @junonewscom, parent @FatherTodor shares his experience of seeking answers regarding what schools are relaying to youth about medical gender transitions. Also linked is a #cbc article which states that @PaulCalandra has opened virtual offices to address parental concerns for the 5 Ontario school boards who have had their trustees removed. Parents and educators, what challenges have you witnessed and what improvements do you hope to see in @ONeducation? @Ont_Ombudsman @OnDirEducation @OPCouncil cbc.ca/news/canada/to…

A retired Ontario teacher who was silenced for speaking out against radical gender ideology in schools has finally ended her four-year legal battle. junonews.com/p/teacher-who-…

Settlement reached in $1.75M lawsuit between retired teacher Carolyn Burjoski and Waterloo Region District School Board therecord.com/news/waterloo-…

Source: lfpress BREAKING NEWS: Staff were advised the book cull “would happen whether there were objections or not.” Staff were also told “not to tell people in the community that this was happening.” #onted #onpoli ⁦@PaulCalandra⁩ share.google/1ttdeeZcANREir…

Dozens of reference books formerly from Beal secondary school's collection recently wound up at a London thrift store, months after 10,000 titles were culled from the school library's shelves. tinyurl.com/4fj7dt4v #ldnont

An estimated 5,000 books were removed from North Middlesex District high school's library last year in a huge clear-out similar to the one that’s sparked controversy at Beal secondary school. tinyurl.com/395a8czu #ldnont #swont

🚨The Court of Appeal has dismissed the appeal of Justice Mosley’s decision, confirming once again that invoking the Emergencies Act was unconstitutional. That is a really big deal and the Court of Appeal was unequivocal: “We have already found that Cabinet, on the evidence that was before it and on a proper interpretation of the Act, did not have reasonable grounds to believe that a threat to national security existed.” On the evidence, as many of us said from the beginning, the legal threshold was never met. The federal government knew, or ought to have known, that this appeal was bound to fail. Yet it proceeded anyway, consuming years of time and significant public resources, while hoping the public would simply move on. And it bears repeating: if anything truly went sideways in Ottawa, the primary failures were local. The City of Ottawa and the Ottawa Police Service grossly mismanaged the protest from the outset, creating conditions that escalated rather, and in doing so played directly into the federal government’s political narrative. For years, peaceful protesters were disparaged and slandered, portrayed as dangerous and treasonous. Many were beaten, arrested, and jailed. And we should also be honest about this: what does this say about those who accepted the government’s narrative without question, who repeated claims that have now been judicially rejected, and who looked the other way while fellow citizens were vilified and punished? Now the responsibility shifts to us. This confirms, once again, a profound democratic failure: extraordinary powers deployed unlawfully, Charter rights infringed, and citizens met with force instead of dialogue. Accountability does not end with this judgment. It begins with it. If governments can misuse emergency powers, disparage their own citizens instead of engaging with them, and then attempt to run out the clock through prolonged litigation, democratic accountability survives only if the public actively enforces it. Let’s not fall for this trap again. Let’s stop before fear, propaganda, and politics are weaponized to turn Canadians against their neighbours, friends, and families—while those in power evade scrutiny and consequence. We deserve better. But we must demand better.

HUGE victory for @CDNConstFound & civil liberties! Federal Court of Appeal has UPHELD the Federal Court decision that the declaration of a public order emergency was unreasonable and that the regulations made under it violated sections 2(b) and 8 of the Charter. More to come! 🥳

The Justice Centre welcomes today’s decision of the Federal Court of Appeal, which affirms the lower court ruling that the Trudeau government’s use of the Emergencies Act against peaceful protesters in Ottawa in February 2022 was illegal. Lawyers funded by the Justice Centre were on the ground in Ottawa throughout all three weeks of the peaceful Freedom Convoy protest in January and February 2022, observing events as they unfolded and providing legal support to Canadians exercising their Charter freedoms of expression, association, and peaceful assembly. Justice Centre president John Carpay said, “This decision confirms what Canadians witnessed in real time in 2022. The Emergencies Act was never meant to be used against peaceful citizens exercising fundamental freedoms.” Read the full release here: jccf.ca/federal-court-…

@JCCFCanada decisions.fca-caf.gc.ca/fca-caf/decisi…

BREAKING NEWS The Federal Court of Appeal dismissed the federal government’s appeal and agreed with Justice Mosley that invoking the Emergencies Act was unreasonable, and that parts of the measures violated Charter rights. The Justice Centre will release a full statement shortly.

From my latest Op-Ed: "Most Canadians are not aware that there is a movement afoot by the educational bureaucracy to purge school libraries of “harmful” and “hateful” books. Of course, what is “harmful” and “hateful” is a subjective analysis by those who see themselves as the anointed of enlightened opinion that we must all accept. Eerily, we have now entered the dystopia of Ray Bradbury’s “Fahrenheit 451“ as the intellectual class turn their backs on the free expression of ideas contained in the literary canon of Western civilization." Why the Purge of School Library Books Must End theepochtimes.com/opinion/why-th… via @epochtimes

Thank you, @finkledusty of @junonewscom for sharing this detailed account of the massive book purge by @TVDSB, as apprised by retired teacher-librarian Larry Farquharson and @HeatheratLFP of @LFPress. 📚🇨🇦 junonews.com/p/orwell-sir-j…

Did anyone else miss the huge (10k) book banning by a public school in London Ontario, banning 1984, Brave New World, Hamlet, MacBeth, To Kill a Mockingbird and books on John A. MacDonald? junonews.com/p/orwell-sir-j…

It’s really nice to see teachers coming together to speak out about the book culling at Beal Secondary School in London, Ontario first written about by @HeatheratLFP (and supporting the halt by @PaulCalandra). There’s a FB group called Educators for Human Rights that is gaining momentum in support of the teacher librarian, Larry Farquharson, who was the first to speak to Heather (and the first to speak out about the issue). There are other teacher groups forming in solidarity around other education issues as well, outside the union umbrella. I think some of these groups are even supporting the elimination of school board trustees. (That’s definitely a movement in the US.) Looks like teachers have had enough and are willing to support bi-partisan solutions in Ontario. This is a developing story … definitely one to watch. 👁️ #onted #onpoli #ldnont @HeatheratLFP @JBradshaw01 @ModestTeacher