In February, the Ontario government passed Bill 157: Keeping Our Kids Safe at School Act. There’s a lot of information contained within the bill (which you can learn more about here) but here are the major pieces:

It is now mandatory for  teachers, school staff, and administration (principles and vice-principles) to intervene in all forms of [...]

To be perfectly honest, this Queer Conference has unquestionably exceeded all my expectations. Being one of the first of its kind, the event speakers openly addressed many issues that have usually been ignored and avoided in our society. As an audience, it is easy to see how this conference can be transformative for many [...]

On April, 28, 2010, I attended the Converge Conference at Ursula Franklin Academy.
This conference brought together a diverse student body, to learn about sexuality, from gay, lesbian, bisexual, straight, transsexual, intersex or transgender, through a creative aspect and its’ relation to social justice.  Throughout the day, us, students went through a series of three sessions, [...]

On April 28th of this year, Converge was held for the fifth time since 2004 at Ursula Franklin Academy.  For those who do not know what Converge is, it is a one day conference where students and teachers from the TDSB participate in dynamic sessions, which explore sexual identity.  These sessions vary from a panel of speakers [...]

In Ontario, the Ministry of Education laid out a new health education curriculum for schools in the province. It would start health education (including sexual health education) earlier in elementary schools and that sexual health education would cover more inclusive information about  queer and trans lives including information about trans and queer  identities and different [...]