In the last five years, York Region District School Board (YRDSB) has repeatedly shown a failure by staff at all levels to adequately respond to incidents of racism perpetrated students, teachers, principles and senior staff. This pattern, along with a consistent failure by the Board of Trustees to display characteristics of transparency and good governance, led to an erosion of public confidence in the Board. In 2017, this concern was met with a Provincial review of the YRDSB governance structure and equity policies. This review displayed deep dysfunctions in the Board’s ability to carry out the essential actions of government and a dismissal of concerns surrounding racism and equity, leading to the resignation of the then-Director of Education. The Board responded to the review’s recommendations with a robust five year performance-based Equity Action Plan, covering a wide range of action items meant to overhaul the YRDSB’s policies surrounding equity in education and response to racism in the school Board. However, this pattern of failure in responding to racist incidents in still persists, with the Board facing a 2019 $1M lawsuit for failing to responding to racist abuse of a student in Newmarket.