The damage and ultimate futility of hiding facts Today, a protest against teaching facts about sexuality in schools met with a counter-protest in cities across Canada, including on Parliament Hill in Ottawa. One of the anti-sex ed protesters actually said this: “Talking to kids about wieners and sex is inappropriate, and if you want to […]
That’s what Russell Blake, author of Geronimo Beach and other action novels, asked in his guest blog post on the World Literary Café. When is everyone’s favourite passtime in page form too much, whatever that is? I’ll admit I don’t read bodice rippers or erotica, so that’s not what I’m talking about. I’m asking the […]
Last week, the Ontario government published its revised health and physical education curriculum, which includes updated sexual education content. The update is actually titled The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 1–8: Health and Physical Education. There is a separate curriculum for high school, grades 9 to 12. It covers much more than sex, in fact, all forms […]