Ontario Sex Education

• Doug Ford told ministers to significantly reform health and education in 2018 mandate letters

  The ministers of the province's largest ministries were both given sweeping mandates to roll out significant -- and potentially controversial -- changes.

  Politics

  Sep 13, 2023
  
• Ontario government releases new sex-ed curriculum, similar to scrapped version

  Ontario'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.

  Education

  Aug 21, 2019
  
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• Ontario teachers say government sex-ed curriculum repeal created chilling effect

  The 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.

  Politics

  Feb 8, 2019
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• Closing arguments underway in Ontario sex-ed curriculum challenge

  They say the tribunal should also order the Progressive Conservative government to ensure any new curriculum is compliant with Ontario's human rights code.

  Education

  Feb 7, 2019
• Civil Liberties Association taking Ontario government to court over sex-ed curriculum change

  At a press conference on Thursday, the organization announced it had filed an application to fight the government's plan to introduce an interim curriculum starting in September.

  Canada

  Aug 23, 2018
• TVDSB vows to support LGBT2Q+ youth after changes to sex-ed curriculum

  "TVDSB will continue to be an inclusive organization that works to affirm all identities," including LGBT2Q+ youth and families. 

  Jul 20, 2018
• Mother fears transgender son’s identity ‘won’t be accepted’ after changes to sex-ed curriculum

  The sex-ed curriculum in Ontario will no longer include topics such as same-sex marriage, online safety, consent and gender identity.

  Education

  Jul 12, 2018
• Ontario byelection a tight race, dominated by sex-ed issue in last days

  Voters head to the polls Thursday in a tight byelection race in east Toronto that has been dominated in the campaign's waning days by controversy over the government's sex-ed curriculum.

  Education

  Aug 31, 2016
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• Ontario’s new sex ed curriculum will teach consent in Grade 2

  Ontario's revised sex education curriculum will teach Grade 1 students about proper names for body parts and how to understand non-verbal signals like facial expressions and tone of voice.

  Education

  Feb 23, 2015