EXCLUSIVE: Ontario school board demands ‘culture of compliance’ with Pride flag policy

Custodian training reveals that objections, even religious ones, to hanging a Pride flag only amount to “personal discomfort” and that refusing the task may result in professional discipline.

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Fly the Pride flag or face consequences. That was the message delivered to custodial leaders at the Upper Grand District School Board as part of a custodian training session that called for a “culture of inclusion and compliance.”

According to A March 2025 training session from the Upper Grand District School Board’s human rights office, …