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September 2026

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This September, we're sharing with you: our Back-to-School campaign, a new research report, new resources, free webinars and more.

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**Back to School with Egale Canada
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As students return to classrooms across Canada, creating school communities where everyone feels safe, respected, and valuedis more important than ever. Egale’s Back-to-School < [link removed] > campaign is the hub for practical Inclusive Schools resources designed for educators, students, families, administrators, and school leaders.

Throughout September, Egale will be sharing classroom-ready tools, educator guides, GSA resources, webinars, activities, and more to help foster belonging and support 2SLGBTQI inclusion in schools. Whether you're looking for professional learning opportunities or resources to strengthen your school community, Egale can help you start the year equipped to build schools where everyone belongs.

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[Image alt text: A hand holds an e-reader displaying an advocacy photo of five people smiling and posing together outdoors, with a text overlay about equality. The background is a solid blue with white equal sign graphics.] < [link removed] > New Research Report: Advancing 2SLGBTQI Health Equity as a Public Health Priority

Health is a human right.

Yet many 2SLGBTQI people in Canada experience significant health inequities due to multiple and intersecting oppressions, stigma, discrimination, and barriers to health care, including within and across public health.

To highlight this issue and position 2SLGBTQI health equity as a public health priority, the National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health and Egale Canada collaborated to bring together research evidence, practice-based knowledge and public health perspectives on this topic.

Read our new report today at egale.ca/2slgbtqi-health-equity < [link removed] >

[Image alt text: Profile of a woman with long dark hair standing against a purple-lit background; a colorful light spectrum illuminates her face.] < [link removed] > True ID: A Resource Guide for Changing Names and Gender Markers on Identification Documents

Everyone deserves to be legally recognized as their whole and true self, and that's why Egale Canada and Gowling WLG are proud to share True ID < [link removed] > – a pro bono initiative and resource list to help folks update their names and gender markers on identification documents.

The True ID initiative aims to make the gender marker and name change processes more accessible for trans and gender-diverse individualsby providing pro bono notary and commissioning services to clients who want to update various forms of official ID across Canada.

For more information visit egale.ca/true-id < [link removed] >

Upcoming Free Webinars

[Image alt text: A joyful soccer team celebrating on the field. One player kneels, cheering, while another player leans over in triumph. Behind them, a person holds a transgender pride flag, with more flags in the foreground against a clear blue sky.] < [link removed] > Tracing the Impacts of Alberta’s Anti-Trans+ Legislation on Youth and their Families

Join Egale Canada as we host Mount Royal University professors Leah Hamilton and Corrine L. Mason to share their findings from a research project investigating the impacts of Alberta legislation banning access to gender affirming healthcare for youth, limiting inclusive education, and excluding transgender girls and women from ‘female-only’ sports. Using survey and focus group data with parents of 2SLGBTQI youth, the findings presented will illuminate the effects of this legislation as it rolled out across Alberta.

🕛Tuesday, September 22, at 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM ET

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[Image alt text: Two informational documents set against a purple background. One emphasizes 'Working for Change' with economic indicators, while the other presents a summary of nonprofit sector statistics, including pie charts and percentages.] < [link removed] > Draw the Line Against Transphobia in Schools – 201

Join us for a free, 90-minute, instructor-led webinar that helps educators and school personnel take action against harmful anti-trans dynamics by building skills to foster cultures of consent, gender inclusion, and healthier relationships.

*We highly encourage you to take our free 60-minute self-paced 101 module for foundational knowledge prior to the live 201 workshop.

🕛Thursday, September 24, at 4:30 PM ET

🕛Tuesday, October 2, at 6:00 PM ET

🕛Thursday, November 19, at 6:00 PM ET

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New Featured Reources

[Image alt text: A purple background with the word 'FACTS' prominently displayed alongside a checkmark icon. Below, it reads 'Spotting Fake News and Misinformation.' The image emphasizes the theme of identifying false information.] < [link removed] > FACTS: A Practical Guide to Identifying Fake News and Misinformation

The rise in anti-2SLGBTQI and specifically anti-trans hate is directly linked to the spread of misinformation, disinformation, and malinformation (MDM). While MDM is not new, it has changed. Technology and online environments have enabled the rapid spread of MDM, influencing public opinion and understanding. Know Your F.A.C.T.S. for Spotting ‘Fake News’.

- F – Find the Source,
- A– Ask for Evidence
- C– Check the Content
- T– Think Critically
- S– Stop Before You Share

Access our free guide at egale.ca/facts-guide < [link removed] >

[Image alt text: Person holding a microphone with a transgender pride flag wrapped around it, standing in front of a camera.] < [link removed] > Guidance for Reporters on Centering Victims and Avoiding Collective Blame

Coverage of Two Spirit, trans, nonbinary, and gender-diverse communities requires care, context, and accountability. Reporting choices can either reduce harm and deepen understanding or reinforce stigma, fear, and mis-, dis-, and malinformation.

This resource supports journalists and news writers with trauma-informed practices, ethical language guidance, and strategies to avoid harmful stereotypes and collective blame while fostering accurate, respectful reporting.

Use this guide at egale.ca/reporting-guide < [link removed] >

[Image alt text: A person holding a rainbow flag with the text 'Inclusive Schools with Egale Canada' overlaid, promoting inclusivity and diversity in education.] < [link removed] > Help create safer and more inclusive schools for 2SLGBTQI students

It's that time of year again... It's time to head back to school! However, this is not an exciting time for everyone. Egale Canada’s national report, Still In Every Class in Every School < [link removed] > , 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 Canada and around the world.

This is why it’s more important than ever that we all come together to create safer and more inclusive schools for 2SLGBTQI students.

Donate today < [link removed] > to help us continue providing a comprehensive suite of Inclusive Schools resources specifically tailored for all members of our school communities.

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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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