Back to School with Pride: Take Action Against Anti-2SLGBTQI Hate in Schools

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Every student in Canada has the right to a safe and inclusive learning environment where they (and their families) are reflected.

However, Egale Canada’s national report, Still in Every Class in Every School, shows that 2SLGBTQI students continue to face homophobia, biphobia, and transphobia at school. This reality in our schools is in addition to the undeniable rise in anti-2SLGBTQI hate that we are continuing to see across Canada and around the world.

This is why it’s more important than ever that we all come together to empower all members of the school community to create safer and more affirming schools for 2SLGBTQI students.

Use Egale’s Back-to-School resources to:  

  • Empower yourself and your fellow educators, students, and caregivers to create safer and more affirming schools. 
  • Take action against anti-2SLGBTQI hate in your classroom and school community.
  • Equip yourself with free tools for 2SLGBTQI inclusion.

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Featured Resources

Navigating Inclusion: A Leadership Compass for 2SLGBTQI Safety & Belonging

FOR EDUCATION LEADERS

This framework offers strategies to plan ahead, address resistance, empower staff, and keep inclusion central to leadership.

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Interrupting Anti-2SLGBTQI Microaggressions in Schools: A Guide for Educators

FOR EDUCATORS

This resource explains three common types of microaggressions and how to interrupt them with inclusive microinterventions.

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10 Steps to Create an Intersectional Action Club

FOR STUDENTS

This guide supports creating an inclusive club that reflects the diverse needs and identities of your school community.

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Movement and Mindfulness: An Activity Guide for GSAs

FOR GSA EDUCATORS

This activity introduces body-based exercises to help youth manage anxiety, strengthen self-regulation, and build mindfulness.

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Relearn and React: 2SLGBTQI Curriculum Resources

Curriculum-Friendly Teaching Resources and Materials

The Relearn and React Series is a collection of toolkits and companion videos aimed at introducing 2SLGBTQI content while fostering inclusive and supportive classrooms.

Covering subjects such as Health and Physical Education, Canadian and World Studies, Math, Art, and English, the series aligns with the Ontario curriculum for grades 7–11.

Each toolkit features an educational video tailored to the subject, along with a comprehensive teaching guide to navigate the topic effectively.

NEW COMPANION RESOURCES

Courageous Conversations Guides

Ready-to-use resources to counter anti-2SLGBTQI misinformation at school when using the Relearn and React Series in your classroom.

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Visit Egale’s year-round Inclusive Schools offerings for more resources, workshops, and tools to help you foster safe and inclusive schools. 

Explore Egale’s Anti-2SLGBTQI Hate Resources for Educators and Schools

Upcoming Free Webinar for Educators

Draw the Line Against Transphobia in Schools

Draw the Line Against Transphobia in Schools is a FREE 90-minute, instructor-led webinar that will help participants recognize and intervene in these harmful dynamics, and build skills for fostering cultures of consent, gender inclusion, and healthier relationships overall.

Upcoming Free Online Sessions:

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Online and In-Person Workshops  

Join us in building inclusive schools with our crafted collection of live facilitator-led online and in-person workshops. Interested in bringing one of these workshops to your school? Contact us here.  

Featured Workshops

Knowledge Sharing Workshop for Senior Education Leaders

🕔 180-Minutes | 💬 English

This session invites participants to explore school- and board-wide strategies for 2SLGBTQI inclusion through networking, small group activities, and best practices dialogue. Themes include inclusive leadership, whole-school approaches, student and family support, affirming identities, cultural responsiveness, and human rights legislation.

Change Agents: The Power of Youth Action 

🕔 75-Minutes | 💬 English/French 

In this interactive workshop, high school students will practice being change agents through a “choose your own adventure” activity that tackles social injustice. They’ll learn to overcome challenges, apply strategic steps, and leave empowered to take action for safer, more inclusive communities

NEW OFFERING COMING SOON

Combatting Anti-2SLGBTQI Hate in Schools

🕔 90-/180-Minutes | 💬 English/French 

Designed to build on current anti-bullying efforts within schools, this workshop equips educators with practical tools to prevent and address the spread of disinformation and hate-motivated rhetoric targeting 2SLGBTQI people in popular media and within the school community.

Participants will gain a better understanding of the context and impacts that anti-2SLGBTQI rhetoric occurring online and offline has on 2SLGBTQI youth and families

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