| | The Acronym is your source for the latest news, events, and resources from Egale Canada.
This September, we're excited to share with you: updates on our legal advocacy work, new resources, and more. |
|  | Back-to-School with Egale Canada Egale Canada has launched a new back-to-school campaign to provide resources and tools to support educators, students, and families in creating inclusive schools. Egale’s national report, Still in Every Class in Every School (2021), shows that 2SLGBTQI students continue to face homophobia, biphobia, and transphobia at school. This reality in our schools is in addition to the undeniable rise in anti-2SLGBTQI hate that we are seeing across the country and around the world. This is why it’s more important than ever that we all come together to create safe and inclusive schools for 2SLGBTQI students. Egale’s back-to-school resources have been developed to complement our existing Inclusive Schools initiatives that provide resources specifically tailored for all members of our school communities including educators, students, administrators, and parents/guardians. Resources include curriculum-aligned toolkits with videos, classroom materials, and discussion questions; downloadable school posters; educational webinars; and more. Every member of your school community is encouraged to visit egale.ca/BackToSchool to access our free resources and learn more about how to be a champion for creating inclusive classrooms for all students. |
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| |  | UR Pride Centre for Sexuality and Gender Diversity v. Government of Saskatchewan et al. Bennett Jensen, Director of Legal at Egale Canada and McCarthy Tétrault LLP as co-legal counsel for UR Pride Centre for Sexuality and Gender Diversity have commenced legal action against the Government of Saskatchewan, as the “Use of Preferred First Name and Pronouns by Students” policy violates the rights of gender diverse students under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. If the policy remains in effect, it will cause devastating and irreparable harm to gender diverse students under 16 years old who do not feel safe coming out at home. These students will face an impossible choice: be outed to their parents under the policy or remain closeted at school. Join us in calling on the Government of Saskatchewan to withdraw the policy so that all students can have equal opportunities for safety and success. We will continue to provide updates on the case on our website |
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 | Free Webinar for Educators Free Webinar: Affirming Adults in the School Community This interactive webinar explores the vital role that all adults across the school community can take up in promoting environments where 2SLGBTQI youth can thrive. We will discuss what being affirming means, and share practical strategies and support resources you can put to use right away. Teachers, school administrators, support staff, parents/guardians and community partners are all encouraged to join us for this critical discussion! French | September 26 | 4:30pm-6:00pm ET
English | November 14 | 4:30pm-6:00pm ET Free Webinar: Trans and Nonbinary Youth The webinar aims to help educators understand the unique experiences and challenges faced by trans and nonbinary students. This resource is designed to support the work of bringing critical learning and conversations about trans, nonbinary, and gender diverse identities and experiences into school communities. English | September 28 | 4:30pm-6:00pm ET
French | November 16 | 4:30pm-6:00pm ET Webinars generously supported by Desjardins |
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|  | 2022 Annual Report Egale Canada's 2022 annual report is now live! Learn how we've helped improve the lives of 2SLGBTQI people in Canada through informing public policy, inspiring cultural change, and promoting human rights and inclusion through our research, education, awareness, and legal advocacy. Read our Annual Report |
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 | Egale in the News In recent weeks, Egale’s Executive Director, Helen Kennedy was featured in national and international news outlets speaking out about the Government of Canada’s advisory for 2SLGBTQI travelers to the United States, and the need to take a serious look at how safe our 2SLGBTQI communities are right here at home. Helen spoke about this to The New York Times, The Guardian, The Associated Press, and several national Canadian outlets. |
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|  | Black Communities GBTQI Male Call for Research Participants This project aims to understand the community re-entry journey and needs of formerly federally incarcerated Black men who have a range of same-gender experiences, including same-gender sex, desires, relationships, and identities, who enjoy and love other men, including queer, gay, bisexual, gender-diverse, nonbinary, and trans men. Is this you? We want to better understand your re-entry story. Take the survey today |
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 | Relearn and React Series Be an inclusivity champion this school year with our Relearn and React Series, funded by the Ontario Ministry of Education. The Relearn and React Series, is a collection of teaching resources and materials featuring a range of subjects and topics supporting 2SLGBTQI representation and inclusion within the Ontario curriculum for grades 7-11. Join Egale’s learning management system (LMS) to access our new Relearn and React Series |
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| |  | Support Egale Through a Legacy Gift We are proud to share our partnership with Will Power, a national campaign that raises awareness about the power and impact that choosing to leave a Legacy Gift has. You can still support loved ones and leave a legacy gift for causes you deeply care about — a gift for all aspects of your life. Legacy gifts contribute to our vision of 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. By choosing to leave a Legacy Gift you are choosing to make a change for today and for the future. Learn more about leaving a Legacy Gift here |
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| Egale Canada
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| 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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