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RSS FeedsStudents protest across Ontario demanding a modern sex-ed curriculum and more Indigenous education
(The Star Movies)

 
 

21 september 2018 14:05:54

 
Students protest across Ontario demanding a modern sex-ed curriculum and more Indigenous education
(The Star Movies)
 


Rayne Fisher-Quann’s activism used to amount mostly to tweeting from the comfort of her couch. Now, the 17-year-old is a driving force behind the provincewide high school walkouts scheduled for Friday to protest the repeal of the 2015 sex-ed curriculum and demand better Indigenous education. She’s also joined forces with another student activist, Indygo Arscott, to demand more Indigenous education.“What we really want is to open up a conversation,” said Fisher-Quann, a Grade 12 student from William Lyon Mackenzie Collegiate Institute in North York. “We want to talk and we want to have our voices heard.”About 75 schools — an estimated 38,000 students — in cities such as Toronto, Ottawa, London, Kitchener and Peterborough have said they will participate in the walkout, making it among the largest student actions in recent years. Some elementary schools, including Scarborough’s Courcelette Public School, are also taking part. Although the main day of action is on Friday, some students walked out Thursday, including those from Notre Dame High School, because it conflicted with a school event, or a professional activity day.“We are students fighting for our human right to proper education, especially for younger students,” said Notre Dame student Flora Nwakobi, 16. “At the end of the day, what affects one student affects us all.” Read more:Telephone town halls, online surveys will be part of sex-ed consultations, education minister saysSecond human rights case to challenge government over sex-ed curriculumSchool board’s sex-ed guideline for parents meant to clear up confusionIn Toronto, both public and Catholic school boards say students require parental permission to leave class; otherwise they’ll be marked absent. The Toronto District School Board advised high schools not to plan major tests or assignments for Friday so students aren’t penalized academically and says sta ...


 
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