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May 4, 2016

Ontario bishops: sex-ed instruction must remain true to Church teaching

A rally against Ontario's sex education curriculum February 2015.

Seven months after Ontario’s new sex-ed curriculum arrived in Catholic schools, Ontario’s bishops are reminding teachers to stay true to Church teaching when addressing marriage, sexuality and gender.

Published in Education
October 1, 2015

Ontario teachers still waiting on sex-ed curriculum guidelines

About 2,000 people gathered at Queen’s Park to protest the new sex-ed curriculum in June, one of many protests against the curriculum that was introduced in Ontario schools this year. Catholic teachers are still awaiting guidelines to help them teach the curriculum through a Catholic lens.

TORONTO - With classes well underway, teachers are still awaiting many of the teaching supplements to instruct them on how to teach Ontario’s new sex-ed curriculum through a Catholic lens.

Published in Canada
April 22, 2015

Sex-ed opponents call for student strike

Parents rally outside Queen’s Park following the release of Ontario’s sex-ed curriculum. Some parents plan to take their kids out of school May 4-8 in protest of the curriculum.

TORONTO - A parent group is calling for children to be pulled out of school during Education Week in Ontario to protest the province’s new sexual-education curriculum.

Published in Education
November 20, 2014

Speaking of sex

Kathleen Wynne, Premier of Ontario.

Ontario’s Ministry of Education has launched an online survey regarding the sex-ed component of a new health and physical education curriculum for elementary schools. According to an information package, the ministry is seeking input from 4,000 selected parents — one from every elementary school in the province — as it finalizes a new curriculum for implementation next September. 

Published in Editorial