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How adversity impacts the disproportionate suspensions of Black and Indigenous students

How adversity impacts the disproportionate suspensions of Black and Indigenous students

In North American elementary and high-schools, Black and Indigenous students are disciplined through suspension and expulsion more often than their peers. These same groups of students are also more often exposed to adversity and trauma such as community violence, racism and inequity. As a social worker for many years in the Greater Toronto Area and Vancouver, in children’s mental health, child […] … learn more→