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Ontario Students Seek End to Anti-2SLGBTQ+ Discrimination in Catholic Schools

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Students in Ontario are uniting in action to demand and end to LGBTQ discrimination in Catholic schools by releasing a statement calling for structural reforms in their educational institutions. Read More

Catholic School Board Reverses Decision, Votes to Fly Rainbow Flags During Pride

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Catholic schools in one Ontario school district will finally raise rainbow flags this Pride month after a long and contentious debate among the members of the Catholic school district’s board.   Read More

An Increasing Number of Canadian Catholic School Districts Opt to Fly Pride Flags

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Readers of Bondings 2.0 will recount how, year after year, there are disputes in Canada's publicly-funded Catholic school districts about whether and how to recognize Pride Month each June. Many of these disputes center around flying rainbow flags. Thankfully, this year more districts have taken the positive step of choosing to do so, though not all. Read More

World’s Largest Publicly-Funded Catholic School System Set to Fly Pride Flags This June

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In an affirming and significant decision, the Toronto Catholic District School Board (TCDSB) will celebrate Pride Month by flying rainbow flags this June. Read More

Non-Binary Student Leads Movement to Fly Rainbow Flags at Catholic Schools This June

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Whether and how to mark Pride Month in Canada’s Catholic schools has been a point of contention in past years, and 2021 has been no different. Today and tomorrow, Bondings 2.0 will look at how two different Catholic school systems responded to requests to fly Pride flags. Read More

Conservative Group Demands Catholic School Teacher Be Fired Over “Fabulous” Book

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A Catholic elementary school teacher in Toronto has been criticized by an anti-abortion group because he chose a book that affirms children who are different from others for his fifth and sixth grade students. Read More

Catholic Official Who Compared LGBTQ Issues to Cannabalism Now Faces Charges of Harassing Student

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A Catholic education official in Ontario is facing criticism from multiple quarters over his anti-LGBTQ comments, as well as allegations that he intimidated and harassed a student over her progressive views. Read More

Catholic School Official Criticized for Comparing LGBTQ Issues to Cannibalism, Pedophilia

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A Catholic education official in Toronto is being called on to resign after comparing LGBTQ issues to cannibalism, pedophilia, and beastiality during a recent debate over whether school policies should be made more inclusive. Read More

Toronto Catholic Schools Set to Omit LGBTQ-Specific Protections from Policies Update

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Trustees for Canada's largest publicly-funded Catholic school district have backed away from adding LGBTQ-specific protections to their policies, just as those trustees face a discrimination claim made by an LGBTQ family. Read More

Canada’s Largest Catholic School District Weighs Gender Identity Protections

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Officials for the world's largest publicly-funded Catholic school district are deciding whether to make non-discrimination protections more LGBTQ inclusive by including protections for gender identity and/or expression. Read More