York Region police are investigating after about 30 posters glorifying white nationalism or right-wing extremism surfaced at Newmarket High School on Monday morning, ahead of a Say No To Hate event scheduled to take place there in the evening.

“We were disappointed to see that our school was subjected to these white nationalist posters,” said a spokesperson from York Region District School Board.

“The posters were noticed by a staff member early in the morning and they immediately called York Regional Police.”

The board said the posters were removed “so as to not cause any hurt to students or staff members.”

The board said the posters are now “part of a police investigation.”

“Investigators are seeking the suspects who posted the signs as there was a cost incurred by the school for their removal,” Const. Andy Pattenden said in an email to the Toronto Star’s Emerald Bensadoun.

“The investigation is also being reviewed by a specially-trained hate crime investigator.”

The posters allege that the Monday event was inundated with “anti-European hatred” and subtly normalizes — under the disguise of humanitarianism — the gradual demise of European Canadians.

Canadian Anti-Hate Network chair Bernie Farber said it’s important to warn parents about white nationalism and how it’s “grabbing at their children.”

“It’s not something they can ignore,” he said. “It’s up to parents to educate their kids.”

Farber suspects the culprits to be either students or people who have access to the school.

Farber with Elizabeth Moore, a former white nationalist radicalized teen, and Evan Balgord, the executive director of the Canadian Anti-Hate Network and an investigative journalist, shared their insight about the rise of white nationalists with dozens of concerned parents and educators.

During his speech, Balgord said posters like those found at the school are designed to make “people react to them,” adding that’s how extremist groups target young Canadians.

Dubbing it “surprising” and “scary,” Balgord said statistics reveal that “the age group that’s doing the most hate crime is kids under 18.”

Balgord described these groups as deadly because their ideology not only supports deporting non-whites but could also incite mass murder.

These groups, he said, want Canada to be at least 96 per cent white.

Anyone with information is asked to call police at 1-866-876-5423 x7141.

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