The provinceās plan to abandon the current sex-ed curriculum and revert to 1998 lesson plans is a āregressive moveā that will hurt students, NDP Leader Andrea Horwath told Ontarioās elementary school teachers on Tuesday.āDoug Ford wants to drag our schools backwards,ā she said at the annual meeting of the Elementary Teachersā Federation of Ontario being held at the Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel.āHeās taking our curriculum back to the last century and heās hurting Ontarioās most vulnerable youth in the process. Letās be very clear, the updated health and physical education curriculum, and the educators who deliver it, saves lives.āHer comments, delivered in front of about 800 delegates, drew loud applause.She commended the teachers and school boards who are standing up to āoppose this regressive moveā, saying, āI know you are standing up for your students.āThe union, which represents 83,000 educators, has denounced the provinceās plan to revert to the outdated curriculum, saying it is irresponsible and does not address issues such as same-sex families, gender, internet safety, and cyberbullying.Read more: Rolling back sex-ed curriculum āirresponsible, reckless,ā teachers union president saysMore legal challenges on the way over Ford governmentās outdated sex-ed curriculumFamilies to launch human rights case over outdated sex-ed curriculumETFO president Sam Hammond told members Monday that the union will āvigorously defendā any teacher who sticks to the current curriculum, calling the governmentās behaviour āreckless.ā He said the governmentās actions conflict with a teacherās responsibility to ensure studentsā safety and that their human rights are not violated.The union has also instructed its lawyers to intervene in any proceeding before the Human Rights Tribunal and to assist applicants. L ...
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