Richard Bilkszto’s lawsuit against the TDSB alleges he was bullied and harassed during and after diversity training sessions in 2021
Ontario’s Education Minister says his office will review the circumstances that led to the recent death of a principal who had filed a lawsuit against the Toronto District School Board for failing to protect him after a confrontation during a diversity training session.
Mr. Bilkszto had filed a lawsuit against the TDSB earlier this year. He alleged that he was implicitly referred to as a racist and a white supremacist at a professional development session in 2021 by an outside consultant. The lawsuit alleges senior staff did not stop the harassment, which was contrary to the school board’s policy of protecting the well-being and safety of its employees.
The organization said that it had asked the TDSB to investigate when the principal first brought the issue forward. “To our knowledge, an investigation was never undertaken,” said the statement issued by chair Rita Gallippi, and Alisa Cashore, the vice-chair. Mr. Bilkszto, who had previously taught in Buffalo, N.Y., disagreed. “Bilkszto expressed his opinion that Canada is a more just society than the United States, pointing to examples of the Canadian education system and universal health care,” according to the statement of claim. He said it would have been an “incredible disservice to our learners” to suggest differently.
“Bilkszto left the training session feeling humiliated, attacked, unsupported, harassed and alone. He suffered mental distress as a result,” according to the statement of claim. In a statement on Sunday, the KOJO Institute disputed the lawsuit’s description of the training sessions as “inaccurate and incomplete” and said “all interactions with individual employees, including Mr. Bilkszto, throughout the training sessions were brief.”
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