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What life at school is like for students with sexual or gender minority status?

May 17, 2014 – 6:00 am | 2,690 views

In 2011, Eagle Canada published a 145-page report titled: “EVERY CLASS IN EVERY SCHOOL. Final Report on the First National Climate Survey on Homophobia, Biphobia, and Transphobia in Canadian Schools”. The study involved surveying over …

May 17, 2014 is the International Day Against Homophobia. Open up your mind.

May 17, 2014 – 5:53 am | 6,843 views

May 17 is marked as International Day Against Homophobia because, over 20 years ago,  on  May  17 1993, the World Health Organization removed homosexuality from its list of mental illnesses. Thirteen years ago I came from a country …

Intercultural Studies Symposium 2014 Symposium: The Changing Face of Inclusion in Canadian Workplaces: Questions and Strategies – May 16, 2014

May 4, 2014 – 6:12 am | 2,708 views

When: May 16, 2014
Where: UBC, Vancouver, BC

Join the Centre for Intercultural Communication for a one-day symposium that focuses on creative pathways to move communities, campuses and organizations into inclusion. Expert panelists lead presentations and discussions …