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Delay threatens LGBT students in Ontario Schools
April 2, 2012
The Ontario Gay Straight Alliance Coalition (Ontario GSA Coalition) is calling on all parties at Queen’s Park to quickly pass legislation protecting LGBT students in Ontario schools.  Full Text | In French

Egale Canada and Government of Newfoundland & Labrador Working Together to Promote Gay-Straight Alliances
January 20, 2012
Egale Canada is thrilled to announce the formation of a new partnership with the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador to promote safe and caring schools for all students, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity.  Full Text | PDF File

Weighing Gay-Straight Alliances (GSAs) Against Generic Human Rights Clubs
December 19, 2011
Understanding the importance of GSAs, and how they differ from generic human rights groups can be achieved by considering several factors:  Full Text | PDF File

GSA’s Teach Acceptance and Help Save Lives
December 16, 2011
Bullying of any form and from any motivation must be addressed within our schools.  Full Text | PDF File

LGBT Community Stands Together Against Hate Crime
November 24, 2011
Members of the LGBT community will come together to launch Courage in the Face of Hate, a new initiative to combat hate crime in Canada.  Full Text | PDF File

Safe Schools
November 10, 2011
Egale Canada is excited to announce recent developments in the Safe Schools Campaign, including new and innovative resources for facilitating change in Canadian learning environments.  Full Text

Egale Canada Calls for a Full Coroner’s Review on the Issue of Youth Suicide
November 2, 2011
Egale Canada has written to the Chief Coroner for Ontario, Dr. Andrew McCallum, requesting a full coroner’s review on the issue of youth suicide, with a particular focus on LGBTQ youth.  Full Text

Canada Goes Purple
October 19, 2011
Egale Canada encourages people across Canada to “Go Purple” on Spirit Day by wearing purple clothing as a sign of support for all youth facing bullying and discrimination regarding their perceived sexual orientation and/or gender identity.  Full Text

MPs Debate National Suicide Prevention Strategy
October 11, 2011
On Oct. 4, MPs debated an opposition motion on a National Suicide Prevention Strategy. Some took the opportunity to draw attention to the tragedy of suicide among LGBT youth.  Full Text

Every Class in Every School - Order Form
October 6, 2011
Purchase a copy of Egale's final report, Every Class in Every School: The first national climate survey on homophobia, biphobia, and transphobia in Canadian schools.  Full Text

Open Letter to Australia's Minister of School Education, Early Childhoon and Youth regarding LGBTQ Youth and the Commonwealth Youth Forum
October 3, 2011
Egale Canada urges the inclusion of LGBTQ issues within the agenda of the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Forum (CYF) in Fremantle, Australia.  Full Text

TDSB Announces Project Partnership with Egale Canada
May 17, 2011
Toronto District School Board (TDSB) and Egale Canada are announcing a partnering commitment to host the first ever National Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA) summit for secondary school students in May 2013 at Jarvis Collegiate.  Link

Every Class in Every School
May 12, 2011
The first national climate survey on homophobia, biphobia, and transphobia in Canadian schools. Final Report - May 2011  Full Text | PDF File

Media Advisory: Are our Schools Safe?
May 11, 2011
Release of the findings of Every Class in Every School: Final Report on the First National Climate Survey on Homophobia, Biphobia, and Transphobia in Canadian Schools (Catherine Taylor, Ph.D., Tracey Peter, Ph.D., et al.)  Full Text

Egale's Response to the Toronto Catholic District School Board's Draft Equity and Inclusive Education Policy
May 3, 2011
As part of the TCDSB's community consultations, Egale has provided comments and recommendations on the board's draft Equity and Inclusive Education policy.  Link

SAFE SCHOOLS STEP 4: Invite your Friends and other Supporters
April 25, 2011
STEP 4: Invite your Friends and other Supporters  Full Text

SAFE SCHOOLS STEP 3: E-mail your Minister of Education
April 21, 2011
STEP 3: E-mail your Minister of Education  Full Text

SAFE SCHOOLS STEP 2: Sign the Safe Schools Petition
April 20, 2011
Sign the Safe Schools Petition asking your Minister of Education to develope an Equity and Inclusive Education Kit for your province!  Full Text

NEW: Safe Schools Campaign
April 18, 2011
Four easy steps you can take right now to make Canadian schools safer and more inclusive, respectful, and welcoming learning and working environments for all members of school communities.  Full Text

SAFE SCHOOLS STEP 1: Sponsor an Equity and Inclusive Education Resource Kit for a school near you!
April 7, 2011
STEP 1: Sponsor an Equity and Inclusive Education Resource Kit for a school near you!  Full Text

Statement on Egale Canada / MyGSA Privacy Policy
March 22, 2011
Statement on Egale Canada / MyGSA Privacy Policy  Full Text

Open Letter to Min. Dombrowsky re: GSAs in the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board
March 22, 2011
An open letter to Min. Dombrowsky re: GSAs in the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board  Full Text

Egale Responds to Halton Catholic District School Board's Ban on GSAs
March 14, 2011
HCDSB should be supporting any and all of its students and staff members who wish to form and participate in a GSA and, further, this intention should be stated publicly in the HCDSB’s Equity and Inclusive Education Policy.  Full Text

Alberta Government Supports Making Sexuality, Evolution Optional
May 1, 2009
A new bill introduced by the Alberta government proposes mandatory notification of parents when classes will be discussing evolution, sexuality or sexual orientation, as well as allowing the parents to opt their children out of them  Full Text

13th Annual Day of Silence
April 17, 2009
April 17th, marks the 13th annual Day of Silence, a student-led action to focus attention on the discrimination faced by young people.  Full Text

Youth Speak Up About Homophobia and Transphobia
April 1, 2009
The First National Climate Survey on Homophobia in Canadian Schools: Phase One Report - March 2009  Full Text

GAY TEENS SURVEYED FEEL UNSAFE IN SCHOOL
May 12, 2008
Results just released from the first phase of Egale Canada’s National Survey on homophobia and transphobia in Canadian Schools.  Full Text | PDF File

VIDEO: Egale Canada Launches First National Canadian Survey on Homophobia in Schools
January 21, 2008
Video from press conference at Queens Park on December 7, 2007.  Full Text

Are Kids Safe in Our Schools?
December 10, 2007
Egale Canada launches a national survey designed to explore the experiences of homophobia and transphobia of students in Canadian Schools.  Full Text | PDF File

Egale Canada Calls for Zero Tolerance of Homophobic Bullying in our Schools
May 17, 2007
The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms recognizes the rights of all Canadians to be free from discrimination based on sexual orientation. Yet homophobic acts, jokes and insults happen every day while people stand by and do nothing to stop it.  Full Text

Censorship Continues at Surrey School Board
May 9, 2006
A fairy-tale book about two princes who marry has been rejected for use with kindergarten to Grade 3 students by a committee of the Surrey School Board.  Full Text

Egale opposes Boissoin’s fight against safe schools
October 29, 2005
Egale opposes Pastor Stephen Boissoin, former Executive Director of Concerned Christians Canada Inc., in leading what he describes as a “war” against making schools safe for lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans-identified (LGBT)...  Full Text

Final victory for bullied student sends message to schools across Canada
October 26, 2005
Yesterday the Supreme Court of Canada refused leave to appeal to the North Vancouver School Board in the human rights complaint brought by Azmi Jubran. That means the decision of the B.C. Court of Appeal siding with the harassed youth is final and...  Full Text

Jer’s Vision Inaugural Gala
October 15, 2005
Come join us in support of Canada’s First Anti-Discrimination Scholarship for youth. 21-year-old Jeremy Dias won his 3-year Human Right Suit against his high school. He is using the money to start Canada’s First National...  Full Text

Censorship rears its ugly head again in Surrey, B.C.
September 23, 2005
This week the Surrey School Board cancelled a planned performance at Elgin Park Secondary School of The Laramie Project, a play about the 1998 hate motivated killing of Matthew Sheppard, a 21-year-old university student in Wyoming.  Full Text

Egale Applauds Conviction of Trans Teen Killers
September 16, 2005
On September 13, 2005, two of the three men accused of killing Gwen Araujo were convicted of second degree murder. Gwen was a 17-year-old trans teenager who was brutally murdered in 2002. She was beaten severely - using fists, canned goods and a metal...  Full Text

Positive change at Thunder Bay school board
September 8, 2005
Gabriel Picard successfully settled his human rights complaint against the Lakehead District School Board after the Board agreed to take measures to make its schools safer for LGBT students, a move heralded by the Ontario Human Rights Commission and...  Full Text

On International Youth Day, Egale launches Safe Schools Campaign
August 11, 2005
This Friday, August 12 is the United Nation’s International Youth Day. Egale Canada has chosen International Youth Day to officially launch its safe schools petition campaign (see petition below). Egale has circulated the petitions across the...  Full Text

Petitions
August 3, 2005
You can help collect signatures for Egale petitions by printing the PDF version, and returning the form to Egale.  Full Text | In French

B.C. Court of Appeal Supports Bullied Student
April 21, 2005
Earlier this month, B.C.’s Court of Appeal sided with a harassed youth in ruling that school boards have a duty to make significant efforts to provide students with a “discrimination-free school environment.” The decision...  Full Text

B.C. Trustees Pass Motion to Protect LGBTQ Students
April 5, 2005
On April 1, 2005 the B.C. School Trustees AGM debated and passed a motion to protect lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered (LGBT) students and/or those perceived to be LGBT in our public schools. It was brought forward by progressive trustees in...  Full Text

Lakehead District School Board Fails Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Students
December 20, 2004
After more than a year of efforts to persuade the Lakehead District School Board to properly implement their safe school and anti-harassment policies, a local family and other concerned citizens are asking the public to become aware of the serious...  Full Text

Surrey School Board Fails to Provide Safe Space
November 15, 2004
Today the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal will begin its three-week hearing into a complaint against the Surrey School Board by local moms Carol Pegura and Kim Forster. The hearing, which takes place at 605 Robson Street, 11th floor, in Vancouver, results...  Full Text

Community Groups Host Forum on Youth Poverty and Migration Issues
September 30, 2004
On October 2nd, 2004 youth as well as service providers for youth, advocates and community members will gather in Toronto for “Bent and unBroken” a one-day forum looking at migration and poverty issues affecting the queer, trans...  Full Text

LGBT Young People Deserve Better
August 12, 2004
On today, the U.N. International Day of Youth, Egale Canada wishes to highlight that our country’s youth suffer to a greater degree than most Canadians the effects of homophobia, transphobia, racism and economic barriers.  Full Text

Bill C-20: An Act To Amend The Criminal Code (Protection of Children and Other Vulnerable Persons) and the Canada Evidence Act
October 30, 2003
Bill C-20 constitutes the Government’s response to a wide variety of recently articulated public concerns. For example, a 2001 resolution of provincial Ministers of Justice had urged the federal Minister to raise the age at which a young person...  Link

Youth Overwhelmingly Support Same-sex Marriage
September 10, 2003
As colleges and universities across this country begin a new year, students are becoming engaged in one of the most important political debates about Canada’s future. “The same-sex marriage debate is profoundly about the future...  Full Text | In French

Egale to Appear Tonight Before Surrey School Board in Support of Same-Sex Materials
June 3, 2003
Egale Vancouver representative Stephen Burri will appear tonight before the Surrey School Board to support approval of three books depicting same-sex families.  Full Text | In French

Canadians Urged to Celebrate School’s OUT Day! on June 27th
May 16, 2002
As a landmark case on education rights and same-sex families heads to the Supreme Court of Canada, the national lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered equality rights organisation Egale Canada is proud to support “SCHOOL’S OUT...  Full Text

Minister Allan Rock to Attend Tonight an Egale Award Presentation to Marc Hall
April 11, 2002
The Hon. Allan Rock, PC, MP will speak tonight at an award presentation to Marc Hall, the gay student denied the right by the Durham Catholic School Board to bring his same-sex partner to his high school prom.  Full Text

Big Brothers Changes Questionnaire to Remove Sexual Orientation Question
July 5, 2001
EGALE expressed support today for the decision of Big Brothers of Toronto to remove a question on sexual orientation from its screening questionnaire. EGALE is a national organization that advances equality and justice for lesbians, gays, bisexuals and...  Full Text

Reaching Out
February 23, 1999
The purpose of this report is to examine some of the obstacles facing young lesbians, gays and bisexuals, and to identify concrete means to support lesbian, gay and bisexual youth by reducing some of these barriers.  Full Text

Reaching Out
February 23, 1999
The purpose of this report is to examine some of the obstacles facing young lesbians, gays and bisexuals, and to identify concrete means to support lesbian, gay and bisexual youth by reducing some of these barriers.  Full Text

Fighting Homophobia at School
May 1, 1997
When Christian Hernandez was 14 and a Grade 9 student at Notre Dame College High School in Niagara Falls, Ont., he screwed up his courage and told his best friend that he was gay. That was his first mistake. 'He told me he couldn’t accept it,'...  Full Text

FLUID: A group for bisexual, bi-curious, pansexual, genderqueer, questioning and other queer youth under 26
When? Wednesdays 6:30-8:30 pm October 15 - December 17 ... Call: Dino @ (416) 924-2100 x 243 ... Email: paoletti@ctys.org and cjdobins@yorku.ca  Link