Education
Students from a Tokyo art institute are re-learning how to smile as Japan lifts its recommendation to wear face masks.
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Read MoreA grown man exposed his penis to children while denouncing “white privilege” in a performance on the opening night of the taxpayer-funded Quebec City Museum of Civilization’s “Love me gender” exhibit.
The museum is defending the act as a “contemporary art performance” aimed at representing “artistic diversity.”
An undercover video from the exhibit’s opening night by Rebel News shows a shocking performance in which a man in a plexiglass case exposed his penis to children while discussing transgender people and denouncing white privilege.
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Read MoreA University of Manitoba recreation professor is organizing drag and gender play workshops for “queer children” with the goal of helping them affirm their “complex gender identities.”
Dr. Fenton Litwiller, who identifies as “non-binary” and uses “they/them” pronouns, seeks to “create spaces for queer joy” with a gender, youth, sexuality, and play project – which is made possible in part by funding from the Government of Canada.
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Read MoreIt looks like at least one Oxford college didn’t get the memo. In a step backwards following Kathleen Stock’s successful event at the Oxford Union earlier this week, Regent’s Park College has issued a “trans inclusion statement” that threatens students who persistently misgender their trans peers with expulsion. The Telegraph has more.
Students at the University of Oxford could be expelled for misgendering their peers under a college’s new transgender harassment policy.
Regent’s Park College – once called home by the goddaughter of the late Diana, Princess of Wales – has launched a campaign against transphobia with a “trans inclusion statement”.
The new policy says that “unlawful discriminatory behaviour, including transphobic harassment or bullying… will be regarded extremely seriously and could be grounds for disciplinary action”.
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Read MoreA University president has hit back at graduating students for promoting ‘cancel culture’ after booing the Warner Brothers CEO over the ongoing writer’s strike.
David Zaslav, 63, had been speaking to a large crowd as part of their commencement ceremony on Sunday when he was jeered by students.
Now, Boston University President Robert Brown has described the behavior of students as ‘appallingly coarse and deliberately abusive’ and said the University ‘must do better’.
In a scathing opinion piece shared on the Boston University website he wrote: ‘Our students were not picking a fight. They were attempting to implement the cancel culture that has become all too prevalent on university campuses.
‘The hundreds of virtually identical protest emails we received in my office in advance of Commencement came with an explicit ‘cancel’ hashtag, indicating an aim to prevent Mr. Zaslav from speaking.’
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Read MoreAn uptick in school absences took place on Thursday across school boards, with some parents opting to keep their children home and away from the politicized Pride movement.
Parents reject politicized Pride, keep kids home
A spokesperson from the Ontario Catholic District School Board confirmed that schools had “higher absence rates where parents indicated they did not wish to send their children to school due to Pride activities that may be taking place.”
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Read MoreNew Brunswick’s Minister of Education is considering requiring parental consent before teachers are permitted to call their children with random pronouns — something that teachers are currently allowed to do.
Minister Bill Hogan has not provided comment on the matter while the policy is under review, but admitted parental backlash sparked the debate.
But Hogan did confirm he’s reviewing Policy 713, made to support LGBT students, “after hearing concerns and misunderstandings of its implementation.”
One section under review says that teachers need to respect students’ preferred pronouns, even if the child declines to inform his or her parents.
For students under 16, schools are required to ask parents for consent before changing a child’s name on a report card and other official documents.
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Read MoreFormer Alberta United Conservative Party candidate Caylan Ford (Calgary-Mountain View) said the party’s re-election “means the government will continue to champion choice in education for another four years.”
“This is an enormous relief to the thousands of families enrolled in charter schools,” said Ford in a Wednesday tweet.
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Read MoreOntario’s top universities are paying employees generous six-figure salaries to promote and advance “Equity, Diversity and Inclusion” (EDI) initiatives and ideology, True North has learned.
The 2022 salaries were found using the Ontario Sunshine List, which publicly lists provincial public sector salaries that are over $100,000 per year. The list covers public sector employers that receive significant funding from taxpayers – including universities.
Universities in Ontario get part of their funding from the provincial and federal governments. They also receiving funds through tuition fees and other forms of revenue.
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Read MoreThe recent decision by a Catholic school board in Ontario’s York Region not to fly the pride flag during Pride Month in June is emblematic of a province-wide call to halt flag-raisings and other events expected in schools throughout the month.
Many parents are looking at pulling their children out of school during such events. A national walk-out is scheduled for June 1 and gaining traction.
“All this political propaganda that’s coming in, it’s all influences that the kids don’t need. They’re already confused enough,” German Reyes, a York Catholic District School Board (YCDSB) parent, told The Epoch Times at a May 29 board meeting.
“They need to learn about sexuality and all that stuff, but they can learn from their parents.”
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