Less than 10 per cent of the children in Toronto are Black, yet more than half the kids in the care of the Catholic Children’s Aid Society of Toronto are Black. Priscilla Manful is determined to do something about it.
Children’s aid faces up to race issues (catholicregister.org)
https://globalnews.ca/news/6578027/peel-region-teacher-strike-ontario/
https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2020/01/28/1976260/0/en/CATHOLIC-TEACHERS-PLANNING-SECOND-PROVINCE-WIDE-WALK-OUT.html
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