Recommendation 76

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Sex education

Recommendation 76:

Recommendation 76: Sex education

The commission recommends that all provinces and territories offer proper family life education. This includes sex education for boys and girls, taught in the same classroom starting in kindergarten and continuing throughout elementary and secondary schools.

Recommendation 76: Sex education

Ontario implements a new sex education curriculum, its first update since 1998. The revamped syllabus includes same-sex relationships to reflect the legalization of gay marriage in Canada in 2005.

Recommendation 76: Sex education

Ontario Premier Doug Ford cancels the2015 sex education curriculum after protests from socially conservative parents.The scrapped curriculum contains age-appropriate teachings on sexual orientation, gender identity, and consent.

Recommendation 76: Sex education

Action Canada finds that the sex education being offered in Canadian schools — which varies by province and territory — is “sub-standard, outdated, inconsistent, and sometimes inaccurate.”