Policy, Praxis, and the Education Rights of LGBTQIA Students

Session Summary

Tue, April 9, 12:20 to 1:50pm, Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Floor: 800 Level, Hall G

Session Type: Roundtable Session

Division G - Social Context of Education / Division G - Section 4: Policy and Mattering

Fighting for Catholic School Gay-Straight Alliances: Youth Influencing Education Policy in Ontario, Canada - Lee Iskander, The University of British Columbia; Tonya D. Callaghan, University of Calgary; Abigail Shabtay, McGill University; Brent Franco Saccucci, University of Toronto
Bathroom Bills and the Gender Identity Debate: Complicating the Policy Conversation About Supporting Trans Students - Amy Nichole Farley, University of Cincinnati; Bethy Leonardi, University of Colorado - Boulder
Implementation of LGBT-Inclusive Antibullying Law: What's Being Done in Schools? - Elizabethe Payne, Queering Education Research Institute (QuERI); Melissa J. Smith, University of Central Arkansas