Then they Came for the Teachers

“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by […]
Published on November 28, 2018

“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.” (Martin Luther King, Jr.)

That white, female teachers make up the bulk of the K-12 teaching force in Canada, including some 80 percent in the Province of Manitoba, should not surprise anyone. For a variety of well-known reasons, women have long been attracted to teaching.

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