Newfoundland and Labrador’s Department of Education ordered the school to destroy thousands of books purchased two years ago because there was “inaccurate information about the territories of the province’s local peoples.
On February 3, in January 2023, 8,600 textbooks purchased for $ 202,140, a decision purchased for $ 202,140, the Government’s Local Education Advisory Committee said in Newfoundland and Labrador, “he said.
Wednesday, the department listed numerous problems with four books Take measures to reconcile Series used in 7th grade and 8th grade.
In the statement, the turtle’s island of the turtle, this is used by all local nations. In addition, the local lifestyle “stereotypics” describes in the example of the books, “the eastern peoples are fishing in the western people.”
“Some Newfoundland and Labrador have not seen the exact descriptions of whom and their related areas and have not seen their related areas,” the books’ inaccurate expressions of local peoples, all free education studied, etc. “
According to the department, textbooks are also the oldest members of the local communities and all local groups have clan systems that are not necessarily true for inuit and first nations in Labrador.
In addition, the books said that former Prime Minister Stephen Harper in 2008, former Prime Minister Justin Trudea in 2017, and he said, he said.
Year National Education Minister Krista Lynn Howell rejected an interview on Thursday.
‘Did someone read them?’
“How did they finish this amount to spend this money in a resource, have fewer information after a year and a half? … Read them?” NDP leader Jim Dinn said.
“This book says that our department is daily to throw outdated and inaccurate information, but these books are relatively new, in September 2023 …. How did this first enter schools?”
A copy of one of the radio-Canadian tutorials, received a 40-page book To take measures for reconciliation – United CommunitiesThe last page shows that the book is not included in the recommendation and correction committees in Newfoundland and representatives of the Labrador.
In January, Dinn, a souvenir shared with the radio-Canada, presented the words “destroy” the principles sent to English-speaking schools “destroy” Take measures to reconcile The series.
“All the purpose of local education, we perpetuate stereotypes to split these stereotypes,” Dinn said. “It’s not useful.”
The department was asked to destroy the books of schools, “so that they will perpetuate inaccurate information and remain riskless.”
“It is an ordinary experience to ask schools to throw out or not inappropriate or not approved or not approved or not approved. These will normally break down,” he said.
The books are not changed yet. The department said he was working with the local Advisory Committee to evaluate existing sources of education.
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