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Letter Writing Campaign: LGBTQ supporting policies in Albertan Schools
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Starts: Friday, January 29
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Ends: Friday, January 29
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On January 13, 2016 Minister of Education David Eggen released a document called the "Guidelines for Best Practices: Creating Learning Environment that Respect Diverse Sexual Orientations, Gender Identities and Gender Expressions". With the introduction of this LGBTQ supporting and affirming guide, he also called on Alberta's school boards to create new policies, procedures, and regulations to protect the rights of LGBTQ students and teachers, support gay-straight alliances, and create a safe learning environment.
However, there has been a whirlwind of transphobic and homophobic criticism of these new guidlines circulating in the media. Let's speak up and let the Minister of Education know that we support his calls for change, and support LGBTQ students in Alberta's schools.
Send our letters of support for this important shift towards safer spaces for LGBTQ students, staff and teachers in Alberta's schools to Minister of Education David Eggen by mail or email at
Unit A, 10212 127 Avenue
Edmonton, AB, T5E 0B8
edmonton.calder@assembly.ab.ca
Tweet your support at: #AbEdLGBTQ
Join us to write letter Friday January 29 at the Landing at the University of Alberta, mail in your own letters, or drop off your letters and the Landing will deliver them to the Minister of Education for you.
The Guidelines for Best Practices can be found here: https://education.alberta.ca/media/1626737/91383-attachment-1-guidelines-final.pdf
Event Location
Students' Union Building
The Landing
8900 114 Street
Edmonton, Alberta
T6G 2J7