Toronto Children’s Aid worker launches human rights case claiming on-the-job racism
Aid worker launches human rights case claiming on-the-job racism
An Afro-Indigenous children’s services worker has launched an Ontario Human Rights case against the Children’s Aid Society of Toronto, claiming systemic racism on the job.
Sylvia Delgado, 40, who works with children in foster care and group homes, claims she was questioned and undermined over several years by a supervisor at the Toronto society who told her “anti-racism and anti-oppression isn’t my thing.”
When she tried to bring her concerns of systemic racism in the workplace to senior management, Delgado claims she was disciplined, according to her application before the Human Rights Tribunal.