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In compliance to a request from Premier Kathleen Wynne, Ontario has now decided to include teaching consent in its sex education curriculum. Wynne had asked Ontario’s Education Minister, Liz Sandals, to include “healthy relationships and the topic of consent” in the curriculum, which prompted the ministry to consult parents of elementary school students before making a final decision. Consequently, the province have announced that it will add topics like how to safely navigate the Internet and social media in the new curriculum for schools this fall.
Legal director of the Women’s Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF), Kim Stanton, mentioned in her remarks that “it’s extremely important for everyone to understand what their rights and responsibilities are under the law” adding that “the term ‘no means no’ gets used a lot, but actually the legal standard in Canada is ‘only yes means yes.'” Quite noticeably, the last amendment in Ontario’s sex education curriculum was made in 1998, after which only a failed attempt was made almost five years ago that was booed by some parents and religious groups. A coalition of teachers, parents and health experts urged almost two years ago that Ontario’s sex education needs to be updated to reflect new technology and the way students interact with it.
Comparing to the south of the border, the United States has only 22 states that require sex education to be taught in public schools, out of which 19 states require sex education to be medically, factually or technically accurate. Whereas, 21 states require health classes have a dating violence or “healthy relationships” component to their curriculum.
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