Tag: London District Catholic school board
Students join fight to keep books containing N-word in Catholic board classes
High-profile criticism of a London District Catholic school board push against assigning books that contain the N-word to avoid causing emotional harm in classrooms is being echoed by a group of two dozen students at one city high school. At Regina Mundi Catholic College â which is at the centre of the fallout of the […]
Teacher faces probe for speaking out on London board’s N-word policy
The London District Catholic school board has put a teacher on paid leave pending an investigation after she spoke out about the boardâs policy on books containing the N-word, The Free Press has learned. Lawrence Hill â author of 11 books, including the Book of Negroes â spoke with Heather Hamilton last month about how […]
Noted Black novelist challenges London school board stance on N-word in books
Iconic Canadian writer Lawrence Hill says a London District Catholic school board ban on teaching his and other Black writers’ books containing the N-word will essentially erase their work from the classroom curriculum. Hill â the author of 11 books, including the Book of Negroes â first expressed his thoughts in an op-ed in The […]
LIVE: Mother Nature set to pile on with another blast of snow
As if we didn’t have enough snow already, Thursday is expected to bring another wintry wallop starting in Bruce County around Wiarton and moving southeast toward the London area. Follow along below for to-the-minute coverage from our journalists across the region 7:04 a.m. In the Owen Sound area, an estimated one inch of snow fell […]
LIVE: Snowy Southwestern Ontario faces another wintry blast
As if we didn’t have enough snow already, Thursday was bringing another wintry wallop from Bruce County around Owen Sound all the way southeast toward the London area and beyond. Follow along below for to-the-minute coverage from our journalists across the region 11:38 a.m. Officials in Oxford County have announced that libraries in Ingersoll, Tillsonburg, […]