This workshop will take a cross-disciplinary approach to the
incorporation of queer inclusion in education. This programming will shares resources and strategies related to innovative ways of incorporating queer theory in the day-to-day lives of students, not just in the humanities. Examples of activities, resource materials, and other tools for secondary teachers will be provided to aid educators in learning to unpack their preconceived notions of queer identities and their place in the classroom.

A talking circle is a versatile restorative practice that can be used proactively, to develop relationships and build community. Talking circles give people an opportunity to speak and listen to one another in an atmosphere of safety, belonging and equality.

This session will give teachers an opportunity to voice concerns in their schools and to highlight and share their positive experiences.

This interactive workshop discusses healthy relationships, defines consent, develops an understanding of effective communication, and helps students resolve conflict.

This workshop explores what it means to be 2 Spirit, and the impacts colonization has on 2SLGBTQ+ Indigenous people, their communities, and support systems. We will then hold a talking circle to explore how we might decolonize support systems, what they see indigenizing as, and what sort of supports should be provided.

A fascinating and interactive presentation on queer history throughout the 20th century. The presentation explores queer people through history, the history behind the stigmatization of same-sex relationships, queer people during World War 2, the Aids Epidemic of the 1980s and the fight for equality in Canada.

A talking circle is a versatile restorative practice that can be used proactively, to develop relationships and build community. Talking circles give people an opportunity to speak and listen to one another in an atmosphere of safety, belonging and equality.

This session will give students the opportunity to voice what they need in the school environment in a non-judgemental setting.

This interactive workshop will take you behind the scenes of all the things you need to know in order to put on a successful event with your GSA. There will be a focus on how to plan events from start to finish and incorporate days of significance to advocate for LGBTQ2+ issues in your school (e.g: Day of Pink, Transgender Day of Remembrance, Queering Black History, Pride Month etc.)

Come to this panel where you will hear three distinct voices speaking about transgender identities. You will have the opportunity to ask them questions you may have.

With a comprehensive, and ever-growing list of gender and sexual identities, the participants will be invited to engage in a discussion about: race, sex, gender, orientation, class, ability, ect. The group will discuss how we each hold a multitude of identities, and what it looks like when those intersect. We will also touch on labels and the many limitations and benefits that are associated with the use of labels in our society. Participants will be encouraged to abandon assumptions about gender and sexuality, and to learn, share and embrace their own identities, regardless of what they may be now or in the future.

This workshop discusses the origins of magical realism as a genre and how it has held and continues to hold space for queer identities and artists due to its nature of operating outside boundaries. Students will read samples, have a gallery walk, learn how to use spec fic to discuss their own journeys and play with words.