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Social justice B.C. teacher on receiving end of ‘horrific’ messages

Calls for Annie Ohana’s firing from Surrey high school rising; teacher calls for support
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Teacher Annie Ohana at the counter-protesters in Surrey on Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023. Ohana is reaching out for support as she is being called a predator by “hundreds” of social media users who are also calling for her to be terminated from her job at L.A. Matheson Secondary. (Anna Burns file photo)

Surrey teacher Annie Ohana is no stranger to online and in-person harassment for her progressive teaching practices, but in recent days the educator has reached out for support as calls for her to be fired are mounting.

“I have hundreds of screenshots of horrific messaging; homophobic, Islamophobic, antisemitic, being called a c—,” Ohana told Black Press Media Monday (March 25), describing messages and comments she’s received since last week from countless social-media accounts.

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Sobia Moman

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Sobia Moman is a news and features reporter with the Peace Arch News.
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