News & Events

Current Events

• The Alberta Government is moving to “opt-in” legislation for sex education in schools. Formerly it was “opt-out” so the majority of students still received information such as consent guidelines. It is feared that the opt-out may worsen teens’ understanding of consent and risks for sexual assault. https://edmonton.citynews.ca/2024/11/07/alberta-carrying-on-with-bill-on-sex-education-despite-school-board-push-back/
• the USA goverment has deleted thousands of pages of what contains information about gender that can’t easily be removed. These include CDC guidelines for STI medications, vaccination information and HIV guidelines. Pages are to be reworked so diverse genders are not included https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cdc-std-vaccine-gender-trump/