The motion comes amidst North America-wide protests that have drawn attention to police brutality and racial profiling of Black and Indigenous people. To serve on the school board, one must live within the boundaries of Vancouver Public Schools and be eligible to vote. “They have not heard good things about the Vancouver police from their parents, from social media,” Kiraga said. @SAHoffman @NPAVancouver https://t.co/3XvNXZVjGoThe letter from VESTA, posted on Twitter on June 25, acknowledged Ballantyne's apology but said the association was not satisfied that he understood the severity and significance of his comments and their impact.

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I have always been committed to an education system that is free of racism & discrimination.

The 225-page report, conducted by Ernst and Young, contains 52 findings and makes 59 recommendations. Often when Black students are having problems in school, it’s because of issues like bullying or feeling isolated or marginalized, Kiraga said. Vancouver Public Schools announced the creation of four new positions it says will expand the district’s recently announced diversity, equity and inclusion initiative. I sincerely apologize to those who were offended," wrote Ballantyne.1.I'm sorry I misspoke at last nights Bd Mtg.

"If you want to get rid of gangs and drugs, having a 30-year-old dude in a bulletproof vest isn't going to stop that," said Haleluya Hailu, a Grade 11 student at Burnaby North Secondary. The chair of the Vancouver School Board, Janet Fraser, said three trustees are in the process of drafting a motion for the next board meeting on Monday that will look at the role of the Vancouver Police Department and RCMP in schools. Local News; Vancouver School Board struggles with $740-million maintenance backlog.

When it comes to police coming into schools to do community outreach, Kiraga said that causes stress and anxiety for many Black students who are already traumatized.

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"I'd rather see students making connections with counsellors, teachers and educators who are there first hand dealing with these students more actively and every day. … On Tuesday, members of the Vancouver Elementary School Teachers Association passed a motion that called for “no VPD or RCMP officers be invited to school events and that members no longer plan or attend events where VPD or RCMP officers are invited, until both organizations take clear steps to address the disproportionate repression of Black, Indigenous and People of Colour.” Kendra Mangione Producer, … schools

Vancouver News | Local Breaking | CTV News Vancouver Vancouver school board will consider banning police from schools. "We need to provide the space for people to make mistakes but also for people to demonstrate humility and humbleness when they make mistakes and help them learn from those mistakes," said Higginson on CBC's Another trustee, Jennifer Reddy, said hundreds of students have urged the VSB to remove police officers, saying their presence invokes a feeling of fear, not safety.One Black student from the Burnaby school district recently told CBC News that having a police presence at school intimidates her and she doesn't understand their purpose.

The Vancouver school board will discuss a motion at Monday night’s meeting that could see the police’s school liaison program suspended until a review is completed on the program. Yasin Kiraga said he’s heard of many examples where teachers call police to deal with students who are having social or behavioural problems in school.

Comments made by a Vancouver School Board trustee while defending the role of police liaisons in schools have resulted in calls from local teachers for him to step down. The motion will likely call for a suspension of the school liaison officer program during the review, Fraser said.

Comments made by a Vancouver School Board trustee while defending the role of police liaisons in schools have resulted in calls from local teachers for him to step down.In a letter to trustee Fraser Ballantyne, the Vancouver Elementary School Teachers' Association (VESTA) asked him to resign over comments he made at a June 22 board meeting that "indicate a significant lack of awareness of the systemic nature of racism in the school system.

“Especially this time right now, with George Floyd and protests against police brutality everywhere.” My comments were in NO way intended to detract from the importance of hearing from the Black, Indigenous & other racialized students & communities.

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