Canada's largest school board says it is phasing out the word ``chief'' from senior staff's job titles out of respect for Indigenous peoples.
The Toronto District School Board says it has been working on removing the term from job titles for a few years, and is close to eliminating it completely.
The board says the word ``chief'' doesn't accurately represent the jobs it's used to describe, and is being replaced with terms like ``manager'' and ``executive officer''.
For instance, the title chief of social work is now the manager of social work.
The board says the word ``chief'' has also been used in a negative way in the past.