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Discrimination in reverse
I was deeply disturbed by the May 12 story College struggling to attract teachers. I am an educator myself and have had the experience of living and teaching in a remote northern community. I enjoyed it there and I would have stayed to make a life in my community.
While I understand the reasoning behind wanting a workforce representative of the demographics of the student population and surrounding community, I also think a job should go to the best person for that job -- someone who is qualified to teach, someone who appreciates diversity and learning about other cultures and who will perform the duties.
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How does University College of the North, or any other education institution, expect to attract and retain teachers if their most important "qualification" is being an aboriginal from the North? That is blatant discrimination disguised as a "representative hiring policy."
AMANDA SKLEPOWICH
Winnipeg
Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press print edition May 19, 2012 A16
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