By Pascale Bourgeois Pascale is a mother of two children, a former pre-school, elementary and high school teacher and is currently completing her Doctorate in Philosophy of Education. Introduction If there is a consensus in the essentially contested[1] field of education, it’s that education should lead to freedom. No one…
An update on my daughter’s hearing at the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal My daughter’s human rights case was finally heard earlier this spring. We are waiting for the decision and expect it sometime this summer. What happened is still a raw and painful topic for us. Our daughter – now…
Written by an Ontario parent The Ontario election is in full swing, with voting day on June 2, 2022, and I have been asking every campaigner who calls or knocks the same two questions: What is a woman? What do you feel are the best treatments for gender-questioning children? Two…
The following post is republished with permission from @elizamondegreen You can find Eliza on Twitter and read her Substack here. Eliza is a grad student with a research interest in gender identity and social media influence. New Factsheet Summarizes Key Talking Points The Canada Research Chair on Transgender Children and…
Sweden prioritizes psychological support for gender diverse youth The long anticipated new guidance from the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare (NBHW) was released last week. In it, the NBHW concluded that the evidence base for medical interventions for gender diverse youth is of low quality, and that hormonal…
The Society for Evidence-based Gender Medicine Anyone who has been following the debates on medical gender transition of young people will have heard of the Society for Evidence-based Gender Medicine. Since 2019 this dedicated group of professionals has been challenging the shoddy science used to support the affirmative model of…
In light of recent events unfolding at the Waterloo Region District School Board we’re sharing a parent’s letter of concern and response from the Toronto District School Board. The communications are in chronological order below. A few observations: The parent never receives a response to her direct questions about the…
Yesterday, a teacher at Waterloo Region District School Board attempted to present some of the materials recently made available to elementary-aged students there and raise questions about their appropriateness. The Chair of the Board interrupted the presentation and called a vote to determine whether Carolyn Burjoski should be able to…
Many people will agree that referring to people by the pronouns they determine for themselves is basic to human dignity. Are our public schools, however, going beyond this mandate of teaching respect and acceptance for those who are different? The usage of pronouns have evolved from neutral 3rd person substitute…
In solidarity with parents around the world, we repost Genspect’s open letter in response to WPATH SOC v8 below. It’s not clear which standards of care are being used in Canada. CPATH (the Canadian Professional Association of Transgender Health) no longer seems to be affiliated with WPATH. Several Canadian trans…
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