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Durham school board spent $639K on race consultants with little public oversight

Records obtained through freedom of information requests show that the Durham District School Board spent at least $693,250 on anti-racism consultants.

Melanie Bennet, True North.
Jun 12, 2025
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Source: Durham District School Board

Records obtained through freedom of information requests show that the Durham District School Board spent at least $693,250 on anti-racism consultants. Taxpayers are covering the cost of hundreds of thousands of dollars in ideological consulting services with little visibility into how program funding decisions are made or how results are evaluated.

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Melanie Bennet, True North.
Researcher and investigative journalist with True North covering how ideology reshapes education, policy, and culture. I report the stories legacy media won't. Check out my show Disrupted on Juno News.
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