The Vancouver Sun just published an opinion piece that I wrote recently regarding the cuts in the proposed 2016-17 budget for the Vancouver School Board.

The School Board is proposing to cut its two diversity mentor positions as a result of consistent underfunding by the province. Much remains to be done in terms of implementing the updated Sexual Orientation and Gender Identities policy that the Board passed in 2014 and support educators, students and families – cutting the anti-homophobia diversity mentor threatens this work.

Read the full piece here: http://vancouversun.com/opinion/opinion-vsb-need-diversity-mentors