Report of the Task Force on Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion of The Lester B. Pearson School Board

The Lester B. Pearson School Board oversees thirty-six elementary schools, twelve secondary schools, and eight adult education and vocational training centres. Its territory stretches through thirty-two municipalities from the Vaudreuil-Soulanges area near the Quebec-Ontario border to Verdun in the South-West of Montreal, and includes five boroughs on the island of Montreal. This report is the results of deliberations and evidence-based recommendations of the school board's twenty-member Task Force on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. The Task Force was established in the Spring of 2020 following an incident where two students at one of the secondary schools under the administrative governance of the school board were identified as having created a video which was based on the vilification of a visible ethno-cultural group. The Task Force was established with the mandate to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of existing policies and procedures pertaining to addressing and eliminating all forms of systemic racism and discrimination, and to produce actionable recommendations to serve as a foundation upon which individual institutions within the jurisdiction of the school board, based on demographic and educational requirements, can promote equity and inclusivity for all students and staff. The recommendations put forward in the Task Force's report deal with genders, sexualities, abilities, race and ethnicities, and religions.

[Dorval QC]

[The Lester B. Pearson School Board]

June 2021

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