Ontario teachers told they serve white supremacist system that must be destroyed

Advertisement 1 This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Breadcrumb Trail Links HomeNP Comment Ontario teachers told they serve white supremacist system that must be destroyed 'Education is an instrumental tool for maintaining and furthering the ideology of white supremacy,' reads pledge provided to school staff Author of the article: By Tristin Hopper Published Sep 21, 2026 5 minute read Join the conversation Detail from a slide shown to staff at an Ontario elementary school. PHOTO BY JONATHAN KAY VIA X.COM Article content First Reading is a Canadian politics newsletter curated by the National Post’s own Tristin Hopper. To get an early version sent directly to your inbox, sign up here. Article content TOP STORY Article content RECOMMENDED VIDEOS Article content Just as the school year kicked off, staff in an Ontario elementary school were apparently told that they worked within a bastion of white supremacy that needed to be destroyed from within. Article content This is according to an image shared on Wednesday by commentator Jonathan Kay, and provided to him by an Ontario teacher. Article content Article content Article content It’s a projected slide from a Sept. 14 all-staff meeting held within an unidentified elementary school in the York Region, just north of Toronto. Article content Channel Israel Columnist Jesse Kline keeps you up to date with what’s happening in Israel and the effects of antisemitism on life here in Canada. Friday mornings. Sign Up By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Interested in more newsletters? Browse here. Article content The slide presents the assembled teachers with 10 “anti-oppression agreements.” Among them, “I will accept that the institution of Education is an instrumental tool for maintaining and furthering the ideology of white supremacy.” Article content The next “agreement” then includes a commitment to “dismantle the structures and systems of white supremacy.” Article content “It was just styled as an ‘agreement,’” wrote Kay on X, adding that the teachers weren’t required to recite the text. Article content As of press time, the York Region District School Board did not respond to queries about the slide’s authenticity. Article content But the language isn’t all that different from any number of official materials distributed to Ontario teachers declaring that they are servants of a white supremacist…