Frontier School Division is reportedly suing a former employee for unspecified damages for posting disparaging statements on social media that reportedly included racial slurs, and derogatory and salacious insults. The woman was hired by the school division on temporary contracts to teach at the Helen Betty Osborne Ininiw Education Centre—a First Nation school in Norway House—and at Thunderbird School—located in O-Pipon-Na-Piwin Cree Nation. The teacher allegedly made comments online that “violated division policy” and included expressions of “dislike of a specific cultural group” and statements disparaging students. The statement of claim was filed in the Manitoba Court of King’s Bench earlier this month. The lawsuit reportedly seeks unspecified damages, a permanent injunction barring the former employee from publishing defamatory statements, and the deletion of related social media content.
