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June 2023

The Acronym is your source for the latest news, events, and resources from Egale Canada.
This June, we're excited to share with you: updates on our legal advocacy work, 2SLGBTQI-related legal developments, active research studies, and more. 

Part One Application with CRTC: Reply Submission Regarding the Removal of Fox News

Part One Application with CRTC: Reply Submission Regarding the Removal of Fox News

As of June 12, 2023, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission’s (CRTC) public consultation on the removal of Fox News from Canadian airwaves has ended.

Egale Canada published an open letter to the CRTC requesting the public consultation on April 4, after our organization was featured on a horrifically transphobic Fox News broadcast. After that episode was broadcast, we received a wave of threatening, violent, and obscene messages across our communication channels.

The CRTC opened a public consultation into the removal of Fox News from Canadian television on May 3, with our open letter being the basis of the application. During the four-week public consultation period, over 7000 individuals as well as some civil society organizations made written submissions, called interventions, to the CRTC. All these interventions are public. Many reputable organizations representing equity-denied groups in Canada provided the CRTC with additional evidence of abusive comments that violate Canadian broadcasting law.

The Fox News Network also had the opportunity to respond, which they did on June 2. Their response was essentially that Egale’s application to have Fox News removed from the list of non-Canadian stations that are allowed to be broadcast in Canada is now moot because Tucker Carlson Tonight is no longer a program on Fox News. Obviously, as many interventions made clear, Tucker Carlson was one of many hateful voices on Fox, but the dangerous transphobia exemplified in his show is very much still present on Fox News. Egale’s application was never limited to Tucker Carlson.

On our website you can read Egale’s formal response to the interventions in the public proceeding and to Fox’s submission as well as a summary brief.

 
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Pride Unravelled Campaign

Egale Canada recently launched our Pride Unravelled campaign.  

Hate is trying to pull us apart and weaken the fabric of our community. So now more than ever, we need to stand together. 

Download social media shareables, find your local Pride and march, access our Pride Safety Toolkits for organizers and attendees, and more.

Learn more at egale.ca

 
Supreme Court of Canada decision affirms trans rights and the value of protective counter-speech

Supreme Court of Canada decision affirms trans rights and the value of protective counter-speech

In a victory for trans people and for advocates for 2SLGBTQI rights, the SCC’s judgment recognized that trans people are a systematically equity-denied group in Canada and that it is in the public interest to ensure that people can counter hate speech without having to fear being sued for defamation.

Learn more about this victory at egale.ca

50-30 Challenge Virtual Panel – The Importance of Representation in Governments  

At the federal level, Canada has yet to surpass 30% representation of women, and the numbers for equity-seeking individuals stand at roughly 16%. Even at our provincial and territorial legislatures, where progress has been made, the average representation of women is at 36%. These statistics underscore the urgent need for change and highlight the importance of this conversation.  

Led by Chi Nguyen, the Executive Director of Equal Voice and MLA Julie Green, this conversation will delve into strategies to increase representation, the vital role of data collection and benchmarking, and the responsibility of governments to lead by example. 

Register for this free webinar today!

Aging with Affirmation: a new research project

Research Study: Aging with Affirmation 

Aging with Affirmation is a study to examine the social service experiences and needs of older transgender and gender-diverse adults in Canada

In this project, we aim to hear from older trans and gender-diverse older adults, as well as community-based advocates and activists, policymakers and service providers located in Canada. This work is led by a trans researcher, Hannah Kia, who is an Assistant Professor at the University of British Columbia’s School of Social Work, in partnership with Egale Canada.

Learn more at awastudy.ca

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2SLGBTQI-Related Legal Developments and News

  • Gillies v. Bluewater District School Board, Ontario Superior Court of Justice 
  • Federal government to provide emergency funding to Pride festivals after Toronto Pride sounds alarm over increased security and insurance costs
  • New Brunswick makes changes to 2SLGBTQI inclusivity policy in schools 

Read a summary of these headlines and more on our website

 
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Current Career Opportunities 

View all of our career opportunities at egale.ca/careers

 

 

This Pride season, our cause marketing partners are donating all or a portion of proceeds from every purchase to Egale and 2SLGBTQI communities.

 

Egale Canada
120 Carlton Street, Suite 217  | Toronto, Ontario M5A 4K2
416-964-7887 | [email protected]

Egale works to improve the lives of 2SLGBTQI people in Canada and to enhance the global response to 2SLGBTQI issues. Egale achieves this by informing public policy, inspiring cultural change, and promoting human rights and inclusion through research, education and community engagement. 

Our vision is a Canada, and ultimately a world, without homophobia, biphobia, transphobia, and all other forms of oppression so that every person can achieve their full potential, free from hatred and bias. 

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