Sex Ed Curriculum
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Ontario education minister open to negotiating changes to class sizesThe government announced in the spring that high school class sizes would rise from an average of 22 to 28 students over four years.EducationAug 22, 2019
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Ontario government releases new sex-ed curriculum, similar to scrapped versionOntario's new sex education curriculum retains many elements of a previous Liberal government document that sparked controversy and that the Progressive Conservatives had slammed as ideological.EducationAug 21, 2019
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Ford government to announce new sex-ed curriculum Wednesday after controversial repeal, sources sayEducation Minister Stephen Lecce is expected to make the announcement and will highlight the new plan after the government conducted months of consultations.PoliticsAug 20, 2019
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Teens who sext are at risk of harms including depression, substance use: studyThe study found teens who are sexting are four times more likely to be having sex, five times more likely to have multiple sexual partners, and half as likely to be using contraception.CanadaJun 17, 2019
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Ontario announces revamped sex-ed curriculum, increase in class sizes for high schoolThe province has released the broad lines of the new sex-ed curriculum in an announcement that also lays out its plans for other aspects of the education sector, including class sizes and teacher hiring.PoliticsMar 15, 2019
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Court dismisses legal challenge over repeal of Ontario sex-ed curriculumThe court said some of the public statements made were "ill-considered," but did not constitute an infringement of the charter.EducationFeb 28, 2019
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Ontario teachers say government sex-ed curriculum repeal created chilling effectThe Elementary Teacher's Federation of Ontario is an intervener in a human rights challenge launched by an 11-year-old transgender girl fighting the repeal of the curriculum.PoliticsFeb 8, 2019
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Transgender girl says Ontario sex-ed repeal made her nervous about returning to schoolThe 11-year-old, identified only as AB, testified today before Ontario's human rights tribunal in a case focusing on how rolling back the curriculum impacts LGBTQ students.EducationJan 22, 2019
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Human rights tribunal hearing underway to challenge repeal of sex-ed curriculumThe government's repeal of the curriculum brought in by the previous Liberal regime is also subject to a court challenge.CanadaJan 21, 2019
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Court hearing underway to challenge repeal of Ontario sex-ed curriculumOntario elementary teachers say they have taken the government to court over the sex-ed curriculum in part because of a warning to educators that came along with it.PoliticsJan 9, 2019
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