Who is Barry Neufeld, the Former School Trustee Who’s Become a Cause Célèbre for the Canadian Right?

Published February 26, 2026 Explainer

Neufeld's history of incendiary comments goes beyond those that led BC's human rights tribunal to order he pay $750,000 to Chilliwack's LGBTQ teachers

BC School Trustee Tells Parents in Anti-LGBTQ Facebook Group to Pull Their Kids Out of ‘Public Schools’

Published March 25, 2021 News

School trustee Barry Neufeld oversees public schools in Chilliwack, BC

British Columbia School Trustee Claims ‘Fear’ of COVID-19 is ‘Greatly Exaggerated by the Government and Media’

Published November 27, 2020 New

School trustee Darrel Furgason explains comments on COVID-19 and belief that God may use the pandemic to ‘bring communism down’

Conservative MP Defends Giving ‘Community Hero Award’ to Controversial Anti-LGBTQ School Trustee

Published November 16, 2020 News

Conservative MP Mark Strahl won't retract award given to school trustee who was censured over transphobic comments about Dr. Theresa Tam

BC School Trustee Shared Cartoon Blaming ‘Independent’ Women for Low Birth Rates Among White Race

Published May 12, 2020 New

Barry Neufeld deactivates Facebook account after telling PressProgress he feels the cartoon is not ‘particularly sexist or racist’

Voters in British Columbia Decisively Rejected Candidates Pushing Anti-LGBTQ Policies in Local Elections

Published October 24, 2018 Analysis

Candidates backed by anti-SOGI social conservative groups suffered crushing losses across the province