Winnipeg School Division to open first education equity office

The Winnipeg School Division in which there are nearly 170 student ethnicities and almost 7,000 immigrant and refugee learners will have the province's first education equity office.

Earlier this week, trustees unanimously voted to establish a first-of-its-kind branch that will oversee anti-racism initiatives and collect data on diversity demographics in its 78 schools.

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