Unicorn helps Ontario schools be inclusive of gender diversity

May 20, 2021May 20, 2021 Michelle Dorey Forestell 1 Comment ALCDSB, Algonquin Lakeshore District School Board, anti-bullying, anti-bullying messaging, bullying, Dr. Kyle Kirkup, Dr. Lee Airton, Faculty of Education Genders & Sexualities Alliance, Gegi, Gender and Sexuality Studies in Education, gender diversity, gender equality, gender identity, gender-based violence, Kingston, LDSB, Limestone District School Board, Queen's University, Safe Schools, School Guidance Counsellors, student safety, students, Superintendent of Education, teachers, teachers' unions, unicorn, University of Ottawa

A unicorn named Gegi is now helping Ontario public and Catholic schools welcome gender diversity. Gegi.ca is the creation of Queen’s University researcher, Dr. Lee Airton, Assistant Professor of Gender and Sexuality Studies in Education, and Dr. Kyle Kirkup, Associate Professor in the Faculty of Law (Common Law Section) at

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On guard for thee: Profile of a crossing guard

June 24, 2019June 24, 2019 Bill Gowsell 0 Comments crossing guards, École Catholique Cathédrale, education, family, family routines, Kingston, Marg Nichols, school, school year, student safety, Summer

School is winding down, and kids will be off for the summer, free from homework and tests for two months. For a successful school year, it takes a village of people to make it work. Every day, I drop my kids off at École Catholique Cathédrale before heading off

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Jeff Scott: The Countryside View – ‘Legislated Stupidity’

June 21, 2019June 21, 2019 Jeff Scott 0 Comments bus drivers, children, driving, Kingston, legislation, mirrors, Ontario, rules, school buses, student safety, students, view, windshield

Laws and policies are made with the best of intentions and for the safety of all, and are often put in place in reaction to a terrible tragedy. Unfortunately, they are enacted without thinking through the problems and consequences of the law, and actually entrench a problem by doing

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Police: Reports of student with a firearm deemed ‘unfounded’

May 15, 2019 Tori Stafford 0 Comments Frontenac Secondary School, Kingston, Kingston Police, Limestone District School Board, no hold and secure, no lockdown, public safety, student safety, student with BB gun, student with firearm, student with gun

Kingston Police responded to a report of suspicious activity at Frontenac Secondary School in the early afternoon of Wednesday, May 15, 2019. Multiple cruisers and police with weapons drawn were seen on the school property, according to student witnesses. The Limestone District School Board said that the school was

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