Teachers get new resource to address anti-Asian racism in Toronto public schools

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Two organizations are launching an educational resource on Tuesday to equip teachers with tools to help them address anti-Asian racism in Toronto during the pandemic.

The Toronto District School Board (TDSB) and Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario (ETFO) produced the document, "Addressing Anti-Asian Racism: A Resource for Educators." It provides public school teachers with tips and suggestions on how to deal with the issue in virtual or physical classrooms.

More than 47 per cent of students identify as Asian in the TDSB.

Both the school board and the union said in a news release on Tuesday that there has been an increase in anti-Asian racism in Ontario, including violence, since the pandemic hit the province in last March after originating in China's Hubei province late in 2019.

"Acts of anti-Asian discrimination are unacceptable and cause harm to the health, well-being and safety of educators, students, families and communities," Karen Falconer, the TDSB director of education, said in the release.

"This much-needed resource offers new approaches to learning and innovative actions to identify, name and address anti-Asian racism in partnership with families and communities."

It is available on the TDSB website.

Jason To, the TDSB coordinator of secondary mathematics and academic pathways, said students need teachers to have this resource. To, a teacher, helped to write the document.

"This resource is to help educators, teachers and administrators, address anti-Asian racism in their spaces," he said.

"We know that there are students in our system all across the country who are feeling like they don't belong. We need to make sure that all students feel like they belong in a classroom."