EDUCATION AND SCHOOLS/L’EDUCATION ET LES ECOLES
Citations in this section refer primarily to elementary and secondary school
issues, but some items relating to postsecondary institutions have been placed
here as well. See also relevant references in VIDEOS/FILMS section and
see also related YOUTH ISSUES section.
Adam, Barry D.
“The Construction of a Sociological ‘Homosexual’ in Canadian Textbooks.”
Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology 23(3) (Aug. 1986): 399-411.
“Examines the images of homosexuality in Canadian sociology
textbooks. Coverage in general is weak and shows considerable
ambivalence…” – abstract from America: History and Life.
Adam, Barry D.
“From Liberation to Transgression and Beyond; Gay, Lesbian and Queer Studies.
at the Turn of the Twenty-first Century.” In Handbook of Lesbian and Gay
Studies, pp. 15-26. Edited by Diane Richardson and Steven Seidman.
London: SAGE Publications, 2002.
Adam is at the University of Windsor.
Adams, Mary Louise.
“The Trouble with Normal: Postwar Youth and the Construction of
Heterosexuality.” Ph.D. dissertation, University of Toronto, 1994.
(374 p.)
History of sexual behaviour of youth and sexual instruction for youth
in Canada.
Note similar title: Mary Louise Adams, The Trouble with Normal:
Postwar Youth and the Making of Heterosexuality (Toronto: University of
Toronto Press, c1997) (224 p.)
Alberta Teachers’ Association.
Safe and Caring Schools for Lesbian and Gay Youth: A Teacher’s Guide.
This electronic document of ca. 20 p. accessed May 11, 2005 by
using “Search” capability at Alberta Teachers’ Association Web site,
Alberta Teachers’ Association.
“Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity.” Website content developed
by Kris Wells. Webpage created in 2001.
See one of the following two addresses (the second of which is a
bookmark): http://www.teachers.ab.ca/ISSUES%20IN%20EDUCATION/DIVERSITY%20AND%20HUMAN%20RIGHTS/SEXUAL%20ORIENTATION/Pages/Index.aspx or
http://www.teachers.ab.ca/SiteCollectionDocuments/ATA/Issues%20In%20Education/Diversity%20Equity%20and%20Human%20Rights/Sexual%20Orientation/SOGI%20Bookmark.pdf Summary at the first URL above notes that “[t]his website has been
designed to assist educators in their legal, professional and ethical
responsibilities to protect all students and to maintain a safe, caring and
inclusive learning environment.”
It is noted at that site (at time of compiler’s viewing) that in 2004 “the
Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) subwebsite was the most
visited section of the entire ATA website.”
Alderson, Kevin G.
“A Different Kind of ‘Outing’ : Training Counsellors to Work with Sexual
Minority Clients.” Canadian Journal of Counselling 38(3)(July 2004): 193-210.
“Past research indicates sexual minority training provided to graduate
students of counseling psychology is minimal and inadequate….Results
from a four-item questionnaire e-mailed to 14 Canadian universities
suggested minimal training is offered….[A] flexible curriculum is
suggested….”
Ref.: ERIC document no. EJ 719909
Alderson, Kevin.
“Reflecting on Shattered Glass: Some Thoughts about Gay Youth in Schools.”
Alberta Counsellor 27(2)(Summer 2002): pagination not known.
(4713-word article)
Ref.: CBCA Fulltext Education database, as of Jan. 30, 2003.
All Human Beings are Born Free and Equal in Dignity and Rights: Social Justice
Readings for Teachers and Intermediate and Secondary Students.
Social Justice Committee, Burnaby Teachers’ Association. Burnaby, BC:
Burnaby Teachers’ Association, 2004.
Ref.: Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation, Stewart Resources
Centre (online) bibliography, “Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual…,” which
bibliography is fully cited elsewhere in this list, in the Bibliographies
section. The STF bibliography’s annotation indicates that scope is
broader than subject of this list, but that homosexuality and
transgendered people are among the topics included.
Amato, Paula, and Morton, Deborah.
“Lesbian Health Education: A Survey of Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency
Training Programs.” Journal of the Gay & Lesbian Medical Association 6(2)
(June 2002): 47-51.
Ref.: PsycINFO index, which includes abstract and notes that
assessment was of programs in the US and Canada.
Amiel, Barbara.
“Firing a ‘Hooker’ Is an Employer’s Right.” Maclean’s, December 18, 1995,
p. 15.
This is an opinion piece by a columnist regarding suspension of a
Ryerson Polytechnic University [Toronto] journalism teacher “who
advocates sex between men and boys and works part-time as a
prostitute.” Gerald Hannon was earlier one of the principals of
Toronto’s now-defunct gay newspaper, The Body Politic.
Andreae, Janice, and Coffey, Mary Anne.
“(De)claiming Pride: Reflections on the (Im)politics of Que(e)rying
Pedagogy.” Resources for Feminist Research 25 (3-4) (1997): 77-81.
Apples and Oranges
SEE Videos section
“Are You a Happy Homosexual? Healing Wounds and Building Confidence
at Toronto’s First High School Program for Gay and Lesbian Kids.”
Toronto Life, November 1996, pp. 85-91.
Oasis Alternative School.
Arnott, Kim.
“Speaking Out.” Education Today 10(2) (Spring 1998): 18-19.
About homosexuality, secondary school students, and sex education.
Journal published by Ontario Public School Boards’ Association.
Arsenault, Lee Anne.
“High School Confidential: Lesbian Students Speak of Public School Experiences
in Nova Scotia.” M.Ed. thesis, Acadia University, 2000.
(ca. 108 leaves)
Bacon, Joanne.
SEE entry at Creating Safer Schools for Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Youth, in this
section.
Bailey, John Reginald Howard.
“Words of Encouragement: Narratives of Second-Generation Teachers.”
MA thesis, University of Toronto, 1999.
(80 p.)
The author writes that “in positioning myself within a narrative
research framework, I explore the phenomenon of being a second
generation teacher who is gay. These are stories of how the
profession was concealed or revealed by their teaching parents” –
abstract from ProQuest Digital Dissertations.
Ballan, Michelle S.
“Disability and Sexuality within Social Work Education in the USA and Canada:
The Social Model of Disability as a Lens for Practice.” Social Work Education
27(2) (March 2008): 194-202.
Ref.: PsycINFO index, which provides abstract and notes that the paper
“provides examples of didactic material and classroom and field exercises
that integrate critical subject matter on sexual orientation and
disability….”
Bals, Myriam.
Etude exploratoire sur les attitudes, les sentiments et les connaissances d’élèves
de secondaire IV et V de la région de Lanaudière, envers l’homosexualité et
la bisexualité. Sous la direction de Martine Martin.
St-Charles-Borromée, QC: Direction de la santé publique, Régie régionale de
la santé et des services sociaux de Lanaudière, 2001.
(ca. 81 p.; ISBN 2894750889)
Bals, Myriam, 1961
L’homophobie chez les élèves de secondaire IV et V de Lanaudière : à la
recherche du sens. Par Myriam Bals sous la direction de Martine Martin.
St-Charles-Borromée, QC : Direction de santé publique et d’évaluation,
Agence de développement de réseaux locaux de services de santé et de services
sociaux de Lanaudière, 2004.
(98 p.)
Ref. : AMICUS catalogue record no. 31286108, which notes:
“Cette recherche est la suite d’une première recherche exploratoire qui
s’intitulait ‘Etude exploratoire sur les attitudes, les sentiments et les
connaissances d’ élèves de secondaire IV et V de la région de Lanaudière,
envers l’homosexualité et la bisexualité’ (Bals, 2001). ”
The earlier (2001) publication is listed in the Gay Canada bibliography
in the EDUCATION AND SCHOOLS section under author, Bals.
Barber, Wendy.
“Gay and Lesbian Issues in the Classroom.” Education Forum 24(3)
(Fall 1998): 20-21.
Teaching ideas. Journal published by Ontario Secondary School
Teachers’ Federation.
Barnes, Tisha.
“Lesbian, Bisexual and Queer Teachers (K-12): Their Experiences in the
Classroom and Their Identity Management Strategies.” M.Ed. project, Brock
University, Faculty of Education, 2005.
(151 leaves)
Refs.: Brock University Library catalogue and AMICUS catalogue record
no. 33170220
Bartels, Caroline.
“Gay and Lesbian Resources for Teenagers: A Select Bibliography.”
Teacher-Librarian Today 6(1) (2000): 17-22.
Journal published by Alberta Teachers’ Association.
Battis, Jes.
“Your Tax Dollars at Work: The State of Queer Youth Studies.”
English Studies in Canada 32(4) (Dec. 2006): 18-20.
The author notes: “I am interested not simply in charting the development
of literature and media aimed at gay teens, but in collecting and analyzing
work written by gay teens.” He continues: “Scholastic has an imprint,
“Push,” edited by David Levithan, which solely publishes teen novels and
poetry . Why isn’t anyone else writing about this?”
See related items, including Robert Fulford’s article, “Lex Luthor Hearts
Superman: Your Tax Dollars at Work,” National Post, Oct. 13, 2007,
Battis’s letter response, National Post, Oct. 15, 2007, and also
Wendy Gay Pearson’s “Queer Matters: A Response to Robert Fulford,”
English Studies in Canada 32(4) (Dec. 2006): 13-17.
Refs: CBCA index for Battis and Pearson references; online National
Post article for Fulford and Battis responses. (Compiler note: The dates on
these various references are misleading. Examination of English Studies in
Canada does, however, show that Battis and Pearson items do appear in
the issue dated Dec. 2006, even though their reference is to the October
2007 National Post article of Fulford. A further point of confusion is that
p. [18] of Battis carries the footer ESC 32.4 (September 2006): 18-20,
although it is, in fact in the 32(4)(December 2006) issue. Battis is noted as
being at Simon Fraser University and Pearson at Wilfrid Laurier
University).
“BC Court Redefines ‘Secular’ Schools: How Book-Ban Decision Opens Door to
Religion.” Vancouver Sun, September 22, 2000, pp. A1, A4.
ERRATUM: In the (earlier) Revised edition of the bibliography, this article
was referred to in a footnote as having appeared with another article in the
September 21, 2000 newspaper (also on pp. A1, A4). Citation given here
is from CBCA Fulltext Education electronic database, as of January 30, 2003.
BCTF [British Columbia Teachers’ Federation] Supports Two Initiatives That
Combat Homophobia [at Annual General Meeting].” Vancouver Sun,
March 17, 1998, pp. A1, A2.
A reaction to these initiatives is Parker’s “No Heterosexists Here: The
BCTF Pushes Education Minister Ramsey for Pro-Homosexual Curricula,”
British Columbia Report (sometimes cited as BC Report), March 30, 1998,
pp. 34-35. For the user’s information, British Columbia Report and its
sister publication, Alberta Report (which also appears as Western Report)
are strongly anti-gay/lesbian magazines whose publishers act as watchdogs
against any initiatives towards equality and inclusiveness in Canadian
society. These publications seem to the compiler to receive particularly
thorough coverage in the Canadian Periodical Index (CPI.Q) and the
interested researcher is referred to this index for citations from these
magazines. Citations from these publications have, in general, not been
included in this bibliography.
Beers, David.
“The Fringe on Top: The Christian Fundamentalists Who Control the Surrey
School Board Say They’re Reflecting the Wishes of the Populace; Facts
Suggest Otherwise.” Vancouver Magazine, December 1998, 36-42.
Concerns issue of censorship of children’s literature.
Bell, B. Richard
“Human Rights?: Whose Rights?” Solicitor’s Journal [Canadian Bar Association,
New Brunswick Branch] 19 (3) (Summer 2003): 1+
Case: Attis v. New Brunswick District No. 15 Board of Education
[1996] 1 S.C.R. 825
Ref.: Index to Canadian Legal Literature, in which descriptors
Human rights, Discrimination in employment, and Sexual orientation are
applied.
Belyea, Susan, and Dubinsky, Karen.
“‘Don’t Judge Us Too Quick’: Writing about Teenage Girls and Sex.”
Our Schools, Our Selves: A Magazine for Canadian Education Activists
5(6) (Oct. 1994): 19-43.
Broader than scope of this bibliography. Includes information on
lesbianism.
Bennett, Sharon.
“Lesbian/Queer Activism vs. Academia.” Atlantis: A Women’s Studies Journal
21(1) (Fall 1996): 139-141.
Bennett is interviewer.
Bernal, Anibal Torres, and Coolhart, Deborah.
“Learning from Sexual Minorities: Adolescents and the Coming Out Process.”
Guidance & Counselling [Guidance Centre, University of Toronto Press] 20(3-4)
(Spring-Summer 2005): 128-138.
“…widespread homophobic ideology makes the coming out process for
adolescents an event that is traumatic….”
Ref.: ERIC document no. EJ 739579.
Compiler does not know whether Canadian relevance extends beyond
place of publication of journal.
Bickmore, Kathy.
“Why Discuss Sexuality in Elementary School?” Paper presented at the Annual
Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Montreal,
April 19-23, 1999.
(15 p.)
Ref.: ERIC database, accession no. ED434893, which entry gives
“Homosexuality” as a major descriptor. Document available
from ERIC Document Reproduction Service (EDRS).
“Bigotry Keeps the Closet Full, U of T [University of Toronto] Gays Say.”
Toronto Star, November 25, 1999, p. H2.
Birgeneau, Robert J.
“Celebrating Sexual Diversity [at the University of Toronto].” Toronto Star,
October 27, 2003, p. A17.
Article also posted on University of Toronto website, as of
January 30, 2004, at www.utoronto.ca/president/201003.htm
<This link is unavailable as of August 2009>.
Birgeneau was president of the University of Toronto.
Black, William.
“Grading Human Rights in the Schoolyard: Jubran v. Board of Trustees.”
University of British Columbia Law Review 36(1) (Winter 2003): 45-55.
Case: School District No. 44 (North Vancouver) v. Jubran
9 B.C.L.R. (4th) 338
Ref.: Index to Canadian Legal Literature
Boucher, Joanne, and Stone, Sharon Dale.
“Women’s Studies in Focus: Sexuality and Feminist Pedagogy.”
Atlantis: A Women’s Studies Journal 23 (Fall 1998): 157-175.
Boyle, Pat.
“Gender Stereotyping: Putting Teens at Risk: Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual
Students Face a High Risk of Academic Problems, Depression, School
Dropout and Drug and Alcohol Abuse.” ATA Magazine 76(4)
(Summer 1996): 27-28.
ATA is Alberta Teachers’ Alliance.
“Boy’s Suicide Cited in BC Battle over How to Teach Tolerance: Parents
Protest Plan for Sexual Orientation Clubs at School.” National Post,
March 17, 2000, p. A3.
This article points to two issues receiving much media coverage,
especially in B.C., during this time period – the suicide of Hamed Nastoh,
a Surrey, B.C., student said to be gay, and the disagreements over
formation of gay support clubs for high school students in B.C. schools.
Many other news reports can be retrieved from general indexes for this period.
This citation is provided to call attention to the issues.
Brook, Paula.
“War over Words: It’s a Battle over Three Slim Storybooks. But It Has Sparked
a Bitter Values Clash in Surrey, B.C.” Chatelaine, December 1998,
pp. 46-52+ (4831 words)
There have been many reports of this issue over the months. Only
some of the major articles have been included in this bibliography,
in order to call attention to the issue. The user wishing to research
the matter more thoroughly is directed to indexes such as CPI.Q
[Canadian Periodical Index] and CBCA electronic indexes. See also
the CENSORSHIP section of this bibliography for some citations.
Bryson, Mary, and De Castell, Suzanne.
“Queer Pedagogy: Praxis Makes Im/perfect.” Canadian Journal of Education
18(3) (Summer 1993): 285-305.
Women’s studies; curricula in colleges and universities.
Burgess, Allison.
“Disrupting Heterosexual Space? The Implementation of a Campus
Positive Space Campaign” Thesis, Brock University, 2005.
Ref.: Brock University Web page “Social Justice and Equity Studies,
Student Research, Completed Theses and Major Research
Papers,” at http://www.brocku.ca/socialjustice/student_research/
(viewed October 20, 2008).
Burgess, Alison [Allison?].
“Queering Heterosexual Spaces: Positive Space Campaigns Disrupting
Campus Heteronormativity.” Canadian Woman Studies 24 (2-3)
(Winter-Spring 2005): 27-30.
Positive Space Campaign at Brock University increased queer
visibility and reacted against campus homophobia. See the
Burgess thesis reference, above in this section.
Burton, Nadya.
“Feminist Pedagogy and Unlearning Homophobia.” MA thesis,
Concordia University, 1993.
(179 p.)
Butler, Lori.
“Identifying Mentoring Needs of Lesbian Adolescents.” M.Ed. project, Brock
University, 1997.
(ca. 100 leaves)
Caloren, H., and Johnson, A.
“Canadian Nurses Association HIV/AIDS Curriculum Guidelines and Issues
Analysis for Education of Nurses in Canada.” Int Conf AIDS; 9(2): 851
(abstract no. PO-D14-3800) (1993 Jun 6-11).
Citation as given in NISC Gay & Lesbian Abstracts, derived from
AIDSLINE database.
Campey, John.
“Opening the Classroom Closet: Dealing with Sexual Orientation at the
Toronto Board of Education.” Our Schools, Our Selves: A Magazine
for Canadian Education Activists 5(6) (Oct. 1994): 82-100.
Campey, John; McCaskell, Tim; Miller, John; and Russell, Vanessa.
“Opening the Classroom Closet: Dealing with Sexual Orientation at the
Toronto Board of Education.” In Sex in Schools: Canadian Education
and Sexual Regulation, pp. 82-100. Edited by Susan Prentice.
Toronto: Our Schools/Our Selves, 1994.
Ref.: Gary Kinsman, Regulation of Desire, 2nd ed., p. 327,
footnote 115.
Also cited elsewhere as article in journal Our Schools/Our Selves,
Oct. 1994, with same pagination.
The Campus Closet: Institutional Homophobia in Ontario Post-Secondary Education.
Toronto: Ontario Federation of Students, 1991.
(42 p.)
Contents: Part 1. Homophobia on Campus / Jeff Orchard --
Part 2. Heterosexism and Homophobia in the Classroom / Rory Crath
and Peter Regier. Bibliography: p. 41-42.
Cantwell, Jordan, and Huen, Donna.
“Breaking the Barriers in Education [Program].” Classmate 32(2)
(Spring 2002): 21-23.
Ref.: CBCA FullText Education electronic index.
Concerns homophobia, Manitoba inservice teacher training,
heterosexism, and homosexual students.
Carter Julie H.
“Surrey, British Columbia: Book Ban in the Courts.” Journal of Gay and
Lesbian Issues in Education 1(4) (2004): 81-85.
Ref.: MLA International Bibliography
Cassels, C., and Fedorowich, S.
“Stress on Lesbian and Gay Adolescents in Schools.” Manitoba Journal of
Counselling 15(2) (Dec. 1988): 21-23.
Cavanagh, Sheila L.
“Female-teacher Gender and Sexuality in Twentieth-century Ontario, Canada.”
History of Education Quarterly 45(2)(Summer 2005): 247-273.
Broader than scope of this list. From ERIC abstract: “The importance
placed on heterosexual adjustment by educational administrators became
intricately tied to the worry about female homosexuality….”
Ref.: ERIC document no. EJ 742147
Challenging Homohobia: An Addendum to Skills for Healthy Relationships.
[Kingston, Ont.]: Social Program Evaluation Group, Queen’s University, [1995?].
(1 v., various pagings)
Ref.: AMICUS catalogue no. 27240196, which notes from title page of
work that the project sponsored by Council of Ministers of Education
Canada and funded by the AIDS Education and Prevention Unit under the
National AIDS Strategy, Health Canada. Target audience given as
Grade 9.
“Challenging Homophobia: Fiction and Non-Fiction Books for Classroom Use
(K-12), Parent and Professional Resources.” Bookmark 41(4) (June 2000): 61-71.
Journal published by British Columbia School Librarians’ Association
of the British Columbia Teachers’ Federation.
“Challenging Homophobia in Schools.” Teacher Librarian [Vancouver] 28(4)
(April 2001): 27-30.
Brief annotated list of primary-level fiction; intermediate,
secondary, and adult fiction and non-fiction; parent and
professional resources; items on transgender issues; videos. Only a
few items are Canadian.
Chamberlain, James.
“Teaching Pride.” Briarpatch [Regina, Sask.] 31(7)(Sept. 2002): 3-4.
Chamberlain is a kindergarten teacher in Surrey, B.C.
This is an edited version of speech given at Regina Gay Pride
Parade.
Ref.: CBCA online index.
Chamberland, Line.
“Classe sociale et insertion dans la sous-culture lesbienne.” In Women Changing
Academe = Les femmes changent l’académie, pp. 75-87. Edited by Sandra
L. Kirby et al. Winnipeg, MB: Sororal Publishing, 1991.
Note: Women Changing Academe is the proceedings of the CWSA
[Canadian Women’s Studies Association] conference, 1990,
University of Victoria. Proceedings have ISBN 1895153042 and
publication has AMICUS catalogue record nos. 16208871
and 10329336.
Chamberland, Line.
“La lente émergence du champ des études lesbiennes en langue française.”
Voix féministes no. 7 (avril 1999): 1-40.
Same title also entered elsewhere in this bibliography as contained
in collection La recherche sur les lesbiennes.
Chan, Louie; Turner, Shelley; Yiu, Verna.
“The Marginalization of Some Medical Students.” Journal of the Canadian
Medical Association 173(8) (Oct. 11, 2005): 849-850; author reply, p. 850.
Ref.: CBCA index.
Charania, Gulzar Raisa.
“Regulated Narratives in Anti-homophobia Education: Complications
in Coming Out Stories” Canadian Woman Studies 24 (2-3) (Winter-Spring
2005): 31-37.
In addition to looking at the role of coming out stories in education
programs, the author discusses how her identities as both lesbian and
Muslim interact, making it difficult for lesbian identification.
“Children’s Literature Meets Gay Studies: A New Course Dissects the Rule of
Childhood Sexuality in Works by Homosexuals.” Globe and Mail [Metro ed.],
January 8, 1998, p. C3.
Nova Scotia university.
Chorney, Rhonda Barbara.
“Shifting the Focus in Anti-Homophobia Education.” MA thesis, University
of Toronto, 1997.
(139 p.)
“Christian University Targets Gay Staffers: Code of Behaviour.” National Post,
July 4, 2001, p. A9.
King’s University College, Edmonton.
Clarke, Paul.
“Toward an Inclusive Community: Protecting the Human and Constitutional
Rights of Homosexual Educators in Public Schools.”
Journal of Educational Administration and Foundations 14(1)
(July 1999): 58-100.
“Canadian public school boards still discriminate against homosexual
educators. In British Columbia and Manitoba, recent court challenges
raise questions about disciplining educators on the basis of sexual
orientation and discussion of homosexuality in the classroom…” –
from NISC Gay & Lesbian Abstracts, as provided by ERIC.
This journal is also cited as EAF Journal or Journal of EAF, and is
published in Winnipeg by the Dept. of Educational Administration and
Foundations, University of Manitoba.
Clarke, Paul T.
“Understanding Kempling v. British Columbia College of Teachers through
Multiple Discourses on Freedom of Expression.” Education and Law Journal
17(1) (July 2007): 1-35.
Class Queers.
See VIDEOS section of this list for more detailed listing.
Cole, Susan G.
“All Kids Need to Feel Real.” Herizons 7(3) (1993): 38.
Educating against homophobia.
Collins, Damian.
“Culture, Religion and Curriculum: Lessons from the ‘Three Books’ Controversy
in Surrey, BC.” Canadian Geographer 50(3): (2006): 342-357.
“Conference Highlights Gay and Lesbian Issues.” University Affairs 42(1)
(January 2001): 33.
Concerns “Bent on Change: Rethinking Queer Issues on Campus and in
Communities,” a conference organized by staff, faculty and students of the
University of Toronto, York University and Ryerson Polytechnic University,
November 3-4, 2000 at Oakham House.
“Controversial Course Reviewed: Program Critics Spark Study by Public
Board.” Calgary Herald, December 17, 1998, pp. B1, B2.
Anti-homophobia campaign; Alberta curriculum issue.
Cramer, Elizabeth, ed.
Addressing Homophobia and Heterosexism on College Campuses.
Binghamton, NY: Harrington Park Press, c2002.
This is an American publication. Included because review in PsycINFO
index notes that “the book also includes…case studies from the U.S.,
Canada and Australia.” The book is a collection of articles wide ranging in
subject. OCLC catalogue record notes that book was co-published
simultaneously as Journal of Lesbian Studies, vol. 6, nos. 3 and 4 (2002).
Creating and Suporting a Gay/Straight Alliance.
Gay and Lesbian Educators of BC. Vancouver, BC: GALE-BC, 2001.
Ref.: Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation, Stewart Resources
Centre (online) bibliography, “Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual…,” which
bibliography is fully cited elsewhere in this list, in the Bibliographies
section.
Creating Safer Schools for Lesbian, Gay and Bisexaul Youth: A Resource for
Educators Concerned with Equity. Project coordinator/researcher: Joanne Bacon.
Toronto: Education Wife Assault, 1999.
(96 p.; ISBN 0920659101)
Cummine, B.
“Homosexuality.” Manitoba Counsellor 4(2) (Winter 1977): 14-21.
User will note relative age of this article.
Dafnos, Tia
“What Does Being Gay Have To Do with It? A Feminist Analysis of the Jubran
Case.” Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice 49(5) (Dec. 2007):
561+ (25 pages)
Ref.: Expanded Academic ASAP index.
Case of Azmi Jubran and Vancouver School Board. In this case
concerning homophobic harassment and the resulting human rights
complaint, apparently Jubran did not identify as homosexual.
Dalley, Phyllis, and Campbell, Mark David.
“Constructing and Contesting Discourses of Heteronormativity: An Ethnographic
Study of Youth in a Francophone High School in Canada.” Journal of Language,
Identity & Education 5(1) (2006): 11-29
Ref.: ERIC document no. EJ 733775
Daniels Susan Margaret.
“Attitudes towards Sexual Orientation: Adolescent Perspectives in
Newfoundland. ” M.Ed. thesis, Acadia University, 2005.
(111 leaves; ISBN 0494057289 (microfiche))
Ref.: AMICUS catalogue record no. 33224549, which includes
descriptors Homophobia and Internalized homophobia.
Davis, Jennifer, and Huen, Donna
Breaking Barriers through Education: A Guide for Facilitators: Anti-homophobia
Workshop Train the Trainer Manual for Youth Service Providers.
Winnipeg, Man.: Rainbow Resource Centre, 2000.
Ref.: Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation, Stewart Resources
Centre (online) bibliography, “Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual…,” which
bibliography is fully cited elsewhere in this list, in the
Bibliographies section.
Davison, Kevin Graham.
“Manly Expectations: Memories of Masculinities in School.” MA thesis,
Simon Fraser University, 1996.
(121 p.)
“Examines the role educational institutions play in shaping and enforcing
hegemonic masculinity….Fourteen participants, male, female,
transgendered, gay and straight were interviewed about their memories
of masculinities in schools….Sexual identity and homophobia are
examined as important elements of masculinity in school….This thesis
argues that educational institutions need to examine the role they play
in perpetuating a masculinity based solidly in inequality” – abstract
from Canadian Research Index.
Dawkins, Heather.
“Pedagogical Issues in Art and Culture.” Collapse 3 (1997): 197-222.
De Castell, Suzanne, and Bryson, Mary.
“From the Ridiculous to the Sublime: On Finding Oneself in Educational
Research.” In Queer Theory in Education, pp. 245-250. Edited by
William F. Pinar et al. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1998.
Author affiliation: Simon Fraser University.
“The absence and/or invisibility of lesbian students, teachers,
administrators, and, indeed, researchers, in educational research accounts
is profoundly troubling. Suggests that it is essential to ask this question;
our absence is not insignificant” – from introduction, as quoted in
PsycINFO.
Dealing with Name-calling.
Gay and Lesbian Educators of B.C. Vancouver, BC: GALE-BC, 2005.
Ref.: Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation, Stewart Resources
Centre (online) bibliography, “Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual…,” which
bibliography is fully cited elsewhere in this list, in the Bibliographies
section. The STF bibliographic entry summary states that “the resource
addresses name-calling (homophobic slurs in particular) in the school
context, with an important legal update, and various strategies and tips
for educators and administrators. It offers six lesson plans…[adaptable
for levels 2 to 10, etc.]”
Demczuk, Irene, 1961-
Démystifier l’homosexualité, ça commence à l’école : mieux comprendre
l’homosexualité pour prévenir l’homophobie : guide pédagogique.
Montréal : GRIS-Montréal, en collaboration avec GRIS-Chaudière-Appalaches,
GRIS-Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean et GRIS-Québec, c2003.
(120 p.; ISBN 2980795402)
Ref. : AMICUS catalogue no. 32923988; also AMICUS 28423851
Dhawan, Anita et al.
Free from Fear. Toronto: Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario, 2004.
This is, according to the Federation Web site, a kindergarten to Grade 8
curriculum resource to “assist in addressing issues related to
homophobia…”. Title sometimes given as Imagine a World That Is Free
from Fear.
Dickinson, Greg M.
“Injunction Orders Catholic School Board to Permit Same-sex Partner at
School Prom.” Education & Law Journal [Toronto] 12 (Feb. 2003): 355-366.
Case: Hall (Litigation Guardian of) v. Powers 59 O.R. (3d) 423
Ref.: Index to Canadian Legal Literature
Dickinson, Greg M.
“The Problem of Heretic Teachers: Kempling v. British Columbia College of
Teachers.” McGill Journal of Education 40(3) (Fall 2005): 383+ (22 pages).
User will find additional articles through general indexes such as
CBCA. For a second article included in this list, see “Wells, Kris”
entry, below in this section.
“Dismissal of Homosexual Teachers for Denominational Cause.”
EduLaw for Canadian Schools 7(8) (April 1996): 59-61.
Doe, Jane.
“Teaching on Thin Ice.” Our Schools, Our Selves: A Magazine for Canadian
Education Activists 3(2) (July 1991): 74-79.
Teachers; lesbianism.
Donald, Christine.
“Pioneering Lesbian Studies.” Broadside: A Feminist Review 10(3)
(Dec. 1988/Jan. 1989): 3.
Donlevy, J. Kent
“Canadian Education: Whose Values? Whose Rights? The Trinity Western
University Case.” International Electronic Journal for Leadership in Learning
[Calgary] 7(20) (November 18, 2003), n.p.
Ref.: CBCA index.
Dowling, Kristen B.; Rodger, Susan; and Cummings, Anne L.
“Exploring Attitudes of Future Educators about Sexual Minority Youth.”
Alberta Journal of Educational Research 53(4)(Winter 2007): 401-413.
“Fifty-two secondary teacher candidates from a Canadian university
completed questionnaires….” – ERIC document no. EJ 785661.
Dowler-Coltman, Greg.
“Homosexual Youth in Our Schools.” Canadian School Executive 14(8)
(Feb. 1995): 12-16.
Dowler-Coltman, Greg.
“Homosexual Youth in Our Schools.” Equality News [Manitoba Teachers’
Society] 8(1) (Oct. 1998): 26-29.
Concerns Alberta; educational policy; gay youth.
Dwyer, Victor.
“Class Action: Fighting Homophobia at School.” Maclean’s [Toronto ed.],
May 19, 1997, pp. 52, 54 (1705 words).
“Although initiatives to fight racism and sexism have received
widespread support since the mid-1980s, most programs intended to
fight homophobia in the schools have met stiff resistance. Several
such programs are described, including the Triangle Program, which
provides alternative education for gay Toronto teenagers” – from
Expanded Academic ASAP index.
Edmonson, Roger.
“A Canadian Rocky: Gay Student Activist Pierre Beaulne Fights for the
Rights of Our Neighbors to the North.” Advocate [United States] 551
(May 22, 1990): 46-47.
Carleton University student runs for student council as openly gay
candidate. Anti-gay graffiti. Complaint filed with Ontario Human
Rights Commission, naming university president. Article gives
personal history and activism work.
Edwards, Ann T.
“Let’s Stop Ignoring Our Gay and Lesbian Youth.”
Equality News [Manitoba Teachers’ Society] 7(1) (Feb. 1998): 21-22.
Ekelund, Doug.
“The Gay Teenager: Consider the Feelings, the Self-Image and the Pressures
That Influence the Gay Teen.” Education Forum 20(3) (Fall-Winter 1994):
10-13.
Journal published by the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation.
Ens, Carla.
“Coming Out in the Classroom: Implications for the Home Economics Teacher.”
MHETA Journal 28(3) (March 1996): 18-20.
MHETA is Manitoba Home Economics Teachers’ Association.
Epstein, Rachel.
“Parent Night Will Never Be the Same: Lesbian Families Challenge the Public
System.” Our Schools, Our Selves: A Magazine for Canadian Education
Activists 9(1) (Feb./Mar. 1998): 92-117.
Erlandson, Cheryl.
“Inclusive Schools?: Sharing the Stories of Gay and Lesbian Students.”
Our Schools/Our Selves [Toronto] 11(4)(Summer 2002): 97-118.
Erlandson, Cheryl Ann.
Safe Schools: Breaking the Silence on Sexual Difference. Saskatoon, Sask.:
Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation, 2002.
(52 p.)
Ref.: University of Saskatchewan Library catalogue, in which the
subject headings “Homophobia in schools,” “Gay students,” and
“Homosexuality and education” have been assigned to this work.
Erlandson, Cheryl Ann.
Uncovering the Stones: Addressing Issues of Equity in the Staff Room.
Saskatoon, Sask.: Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation, 2002.
(56 p.)
Ref.: AMICUS catalogue no. 30614818
Esson, Jean.
“From Fear to Appreciation: Respecting Gays and Lesbians in Our Schools.”
Saskatchewan Bulletin 65(8) (Feb. 10, 1999): 2.
Saskatchewan teachers; employment/rights.
Faulkner, Ellen.
Invisible Oppressions: Lesbians at Queen’s University. [S.l.: s.n.], 1990, c1989.
(214 leaves)
Ref.: AMICUS catalogue record no. 16754220.
Finlay, Cheryl Mary.
“Gay and Lesbian Adolescents: The Role of School Counsellors.”
M.Ed. thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland, 1998.
(108 p.)
“First Gay Tenants Get Housing in U of T’s [University of Toronto’s] Married
Quarters.” Toronto Star, June 20, 1989, p. A5.
Forum Droits et libertés (2002 : Montréal, Québec)
Jeunes gais et lesbiennes, quels droits et libertés à l’école? : actes du Forum
Droits et libertés. Organisé par la Commission des droits de la personne et des
droits de la jeunesse en collaboration avec des partenaires des communautés gaie
et lesbienne. Montréal : Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de la
jeunesse, Direction de l’éducation et de la coopération, 2003.
(146 p.; ISBN 2550394186; also in electronic form, URL below)
Tenu le 19 avril 2002, Centre Sheraton, Montréal.
Refs.: Canadian Research Index, which gives accession no. 3825471,
ProQuest document ID no. 1133543071 and Microlog number 104-01727.
This source also gives Maryse Alcindor as author.
OCLC catalog record number 77048402 gives URL access via BAnQ at
http://www4.banq.qc.ca/pgq/2005/3089163.pdf (viewed Sept. 8, 2008)
Francis, Margot.
“Identity Puzzles: Talking Sex in Education.” Canadian Woman Studies
17(4) (Winter 1998): 85-88.
Free from Fear.
See entry in this section at Dhawan, Anita.
“Frequently Asked Questions with Regard to Sexual Orientation.” ETFO Voice 1(2)
(March 1999): 5.
ETFO is Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario.
Gammon, Carolyn.
“Lesbian Studies Emerging in Canada.” Journal of Homosexuality 24 (1/2)
(July/Aug. 1992): 137-160.
“A historical and current overview of lesbian studies in Canada” – NISC
Gay & Lesbian Abstracts.
Ganley, Rosemary.
“Key Decision: Gay Rights and Catholic Schools.” Catholic New Times
26(10)(June 2, 2002): 1, 19.
About Marc Hall prom issue, reporting the judicial decision by
Ontario Superior Court Justice Robert MacKinnon.
Garro, Julia.
“Most Queer Students Feel Unsafe: Queer-positive Curriculum, Stronger
Antidiscrimination Policies Needed.” Xtra! [Toronto], April 9, 2009, p. 13.
Article reporting on results of EGALE Canada online survey begun 2007.
Survey still ongoing. Some results reported in article.
Gawthrop, Daniel.
“Surrey Book Ban Challenged in B.C. Court: Coalition’s Lawsuit against the
Surrey School Board is a Canadian First.” Quill & Quire 63(10)
(Oct. 1997): 22.
Books banned were Rosamund Elwin’s Canadian title, Asha’s Mums,
and the American works Belinda’s Bouquet (by Lesléa Newman) and
One Dad, Two Dads, Brown Dad, Blue Dads (by Johnny Valentine).
See elsewhere in list for article on B.C. Supreme Court ruling.
Gay and Lesbian Educators of British Columbia.
Challenging Homophobia in Schools. Vancouver: GALE BC, 2000.
(1 volume, loose-leaf)
NOTE: Revised ed. under same title, 2004.
Refs.: AMICUS catalogue record no. 27465535 and GALE BC
Web site at www.galebc.org .
The GALE BC Web site “Resources and Publications” page states,
as of February 12, 2003, that “this resource includes lots
of practical lesson plans from K-12 as well as a rationale on why
schools need to teach about sexual orientation. A comprehensive
background section on homophobia and heterosexism includes
information on: negative myths…, coming out issues, counselling
ideas, violence prevention strategies, dealing with anti-gay slurs
and how to support students by starting gay-straight alliances in
schools.”
The interested user should explore this Web site more thoroughly
for information on events, meetings, publications, gay-straight alliances
(GSA’s), and much more. The organization’s earlier publication,
“Counselling Lesbian and Gay Youth” [1996?] is apparently now out of
print.
“Gay and Lesbian Educators: The Right to Approve Classroom Materials.”
Education Law Reporter 10(6) (Feb. 1999): 50-51.
Chamberlain v. Surrey District #36.
A Gay/Straight Student Alliance in Red Deer, Alberta. Ottawa: Canadian Centre for
Policy Alternatives, 2003.
(142 p.)
Ref.: AMICUS catalogue no. 31265164, which gives the following in
Series and Notes fields: Our Schools/Our Selves, v. 13, n. 2 (#74), Winter
2004. Also AMICUS record no. 30506458, which includes longer note.
“Gay Students Face Taunts, Isolation and Even Suicide.” Gazette [Montreal],
August 31, 2001, pp. A1, A2.
“Gays Urge Tolerance in Schools: Quebecers Support Efforts to Accept
Homosexuals: Poll.” Gazette [Montreal], May 1, 2001, pp. A1, A8.
Gidney, Catherine.
“Under the President’s Gaze: Sexuality and Morality at a Canadian University
during the Second World War.” Canadian Historical Review 82(1) (2001):
36-54.
“During…World War II, the Department of Immigration vetted the
correspondence between a student at one of Canada’s denominational
colleges and his friend in an internment camp. Concerned that the
student might have homosexual leanings….[A] secret investigation
[was launched] into the student’s moral character….[T]he case was
ultimately dismissed….” –from abstract in America: History and Life.
Giles, Jim.
“Tackling the Unspoken Taboo: Homophobia in Schools.” OPSTF News
10(5) (June 1996): 20-22.
OPSTF is Ontario Public School Teachers’ Federation.
Gordon, Lenore.
“What Do We Say When We Hear ‘Faggot’?” Equality News [Manitoba
Teachers’ Society] 8(1) (Oct. 1998): 19-21.
Classroom management; labelling; student attitudes.
Grace, André P.
‘Transformational Ministry’ and ‘Reparative Therapy’ : Transformative
Learning Gone Awry.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Adult
Education Research Conference (43rd, Raleigh, NC, May 24-26, 2002).
(7 p.)
“Democratic transformative learning is the responsibility of educators
in order to eliminate not only homophobia but also racism and
patriarchy from both curriculum and campus activities. Exemplars of
this goal include The Diversity Conference of Alberta Society (DCAS)…
[concerning space and place for gay/lesbian students and adults]” –
ERIC document no. ED 472063 online.
Grace, André P.
“Writing the Queer Self: Using Autobiography to Mediate Inclusive Teacher
Education in Canada.” Teaching & Teacher Education: An International Journal
of Research and Studies 22(7)(October 2006): 826-834.
“I discuss how I write the queer self to link the personal to my positional
practice as a gay teacher educator. I overview my work with Agape,
which is a focus group that I initiated in my university’s teacher education
programme….” – ref.: ERIC document no. EJ 744978
Grace, André P., and Wells, Kristopher
“Building a Queer Cultural Change Network in Alberta through Community
and University Initiatives.” In “Queer Histories: Exploring Fugitive Forms of
Social Knowledge.” Papers presented at the Annual Adult Education Research
Conference (44th, San Francisco, June 5-8, 2003). Edited by Bob Hill.
This is the one of eight papers in the collection with an obvious Canadian
thrust, judging solely on basis of titles.
Ref.: ERIC document no. ED 478442
Grace, André P., and Wells, Kristopher.
“The Marc Hall Prom Predicament: Queer Individual Rights v. Institutional
Church Rights in Canadian Public Education.” Canadian Journal of Education
28(3)(Summer 2005): 237-270.
Grace, André P., and Wells, Kristopher.
“The Quest for a Queer Inclusive Cultural Ethics: Setting Directions for
Teachers’ Preservice and Continuing Professional Development.”
New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education 112 (Winter 2006): 51-61.
Ref.: ERIC document no. EJ 760434
Gray-Grant, Jennifer.
“Homosexual Teens Seek Some Respect.” Education Leader 8(11)
(May 26, 1995): 1, 6+.
Journal published by British Columbia School Trustees Association.
Grenier, Alain A., 1966-
Jeunes, homosexualité et écoles : enquête exploratoire sur l’homophobie
dans les milieux jeunesse de Québec. Par Alain A. Grenier pour GRIS-
Québec. Québec: GRIS-Québec, c2005.
(2 vol.; ISBN 2923428013 (v. 1) and 2923428005 (v. 2))
Ref.: AMICUS catalogue record no. 33160228, which applies
descriptors Gay high school students, Homophobia in high
schools, Homosexuality and education, Gay youth, and Gay teenagers,
all with respect to the province of Québec.
User might note also AMICUS record 33193870, which is the record
for a 137-page Rapport synthèse carrying the ISBN of vol. 1 given
above.
Gretsinger, Lorne Edward.
“Visibility or Invisibility?: The Hidden Identity: One Educator’s Narrative and Its
Implications for Educational Leadership.” M.Ed. thesis, Brock University,
2001.
(ca. 83 leaves)
Griffin, Pat.
“Homophobia in Physical Education.” CAHPER Journal 55(2) (March-April
1989): 27-31.
CAHPER is Canadian Association for Health, Physical Education and
Recreation. Article of same title appeared in Runner (see following
citation).
Griffin, Pat.
“Homophobia in Physical Education.” Runner 29(3) (Fall 1991): 18-21.
Runner published by Alberta Teachers’ Association, Health and
And Physical Education Council. Article of same title appeared
in CAHPER Journal (see preceding citation).
GRIS-Montréal.
L’homophobie pas dans ma cour! : phase 1 : le diagnostic. GRIS-Montréal;
chercheur principal, Gilbert Émond. Montréal : GRIS-Montréal, 2007.
(148 p.)
Ref. : AMICUS catalogue record no. 33961980, which notes that
item also published in electronic form.
Grubisic, Brett J., and Young, Brian.
“Fear and Loathing on the Prairie.” Fuse Magazine 17(3) (Spring 1994): 9-10.
Concerns withdrawal of University of Saskatchewan student art
exhibit. Persons mentioned: Christopher A. Lefler, Sylvia Fedoruk.
Another article on this issue, by Jim Russell, is listed in the “Arts:
Other Visual Arts” section of this bibliography.
Guiney, John J.
“School Life for Gays: A Critical Study through Story.”
M.Ed. thesis, Brock University, 2002.
(153 leaves)
Ref.: AMICUS catalogue record no. 32616138.
Hamilton, Val.
“Banned!” Bookmark 40(1) (Sept. 1998): 41-43.
Journal published by British Columbia School Librarians’ Association
of the British Columbia Teachers’ Federation.
Hammett, Roberta F.
“A Rationale and Unit Plan for Introducing Gay and Lesbian Literature into
the Grade 12 Curriculum.” In Becoming Political: Readings and Writings
in the Politics of Literacy Education, pagination not known. Edited by
Patrick Shannon. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, c1992.
As of January 16, 2003, there is a Roberta F. Hammett web site
giving address as Memorial University of Newfoundland,
Faculty of Education.
Hansman, Glen Philip.
“Multicultural Education and Queer Youth.” Montreal, [1998?]
Electronic document, accessed February 12, 2003, at
www.youth.org/loco/PERSONProject/Resources/OrganizingResources/hansman.html
Referred to in John Fisher’s Reaching Out, footnote 7.
The Fisher work is listed elsewhere, in the YOUTH ISSUES section
of this bibliography. User will note also that, as a rule, electronic
documents have not been interfiled with print items. In searching for
electronic documents on the Web, the user might, as a starting point,
use some of the addresses in the INTERNET section of this bibliography,
and, of course, general search engines.
“Hard Lessons in Gay Tolerance 101: High-School Workshop Meets Resistance
from Some Students, Some Principals.” Globe and Mail [Metro ed.],
January 13, 1998, pp. A1, A8.
Hear Me Out: True Stories of Teens Educating and Confronting Homophobia.
See entry in the section at Rooney, Frances, ed.
Hilborn, Terri L.
“Suspension of Teacher for Anti-homosexual Comments Upheld by Supreme
Court of British Columbia.” Education and Law Journal [Toronto] 14(1)
(August 2004): 85-92.
Kempling v. The British Columbia College of Teachers.
Ref.: CBCA index.
Homophobia and Education: A Primer.
Developed by Danny Firestone et al. for Education Against Homophobia.
Toronto, Ont.: s.n., 1994.
(16 p.)
Includes bibliographical references, p. 16.
Education Against Homophobia (Organization).
“Homophobia in the Schools.” Manitoba Teacher 78(4) (Jan. 2000): 4.
L’Homophobie à l’école : en parler et agir : actes du colloque du 18 octobre 2002.
Montréal: Association canadienne pour la santé mentale, Filiale de Montréal,
[2005?].
(88 p.; ISBN 2921948230)
“Textes présentés lors d’un colloque tenu à l’Université du Québec
à Montréal, le 18 oct. 2002. ”
Ref. : AMICUS catalogue record no. 30788474
“Homosexual Teacher in Surrey Wins Discrimination Grievance: Grievance Was
Filed after Grade 1 Boy Was Removed from His Class because Parents
Objected to a Gay Teacher.” Vancouver Sun, November 25, 1998,
pp. B1, B3.
Honeychurch, Kenn Gardner.
“Queen of the Class: Sexual Identities in Pedagogical Spaces.”
Cultural Studies: A Research Volume 5 (2000): 225-249.
“Draws on personal experience to explore the role of dissident sexual
identities in pedagogical spaces” –from Sociological Abstracts summary.
Hornsby, Eunice Ellen.
“Using Policy to Drive Organizational Change.” New Directions for Adult and
Continuing Education 112 (Winter 2006): 73-83.
“…addresses recent changes in public policy and organizational practice
that affect LGBTQ individuals and the role that organizational policy can
play in establishing and maintaining respectful and inclusive workplaces.”
--from ERIC database no. EJ 760436, which gives Canada as one of
several geographic identifiers.
Howard, J. Paul R.
“Different Rights, Different Perspectives: Observations on the Same-sex
Marriage Debate.” Education Canada 43(4)(Fall 2003): 40-43.
“…[p]roposed federal legislation would legalize same-sex marriage but
not resolve the larger, underlying issue of how educators and society
reconcile conflicts between religious freedoms and equality rights.”
Ref.: ERIC document no. EJ 679154
Howard, J. Paul R.
“Following Up on ‘Jubran’ : Boards, Bullying, and Accountability.”
Education Canada 42(3)(Fall 2002): 40-41.
About B.C. high school student who filed complaint that school
board failed to protect him from homophobic harassment. Tribunal found
school liable but tribunal “did not show that the board’s breach
of duty caused the harm.” Decision being appealed.
Ref.: ERIC document no. EJ 656347
Howard, J. Paul R.
“Tolerance in the School System: Should Teachers Be Held to One Standard
and Their Teaching Tools to Another? Law Matters.” Education Canada 43(2)
(Spring 2003): 40, 42-43.
“The Canadian Supreme Court demanded concrete evidence of unlawful
conduct that actually fostered discrimination before certain teachers were
adjudged to be unsuitable to teach in public schools. A year later,
the court held that a school board’s decision not to approve certain
curricular materials depicting same-sex parents was unlawful….”
Ref.: ERIC document no. EJ 666832, abstract.
Howard, Paul.
“The Long Arm of Human Rights Law: Can We Legislate Beliefs?”
Education Canada 41(3) (Fall 2001): 36-37 (979 words).
Trinity Western University versus British Columbia College of Teachers.
Author is a Toronto lawyer and law lecturer at University of Windsor.
Huculak, Charlotte.
Breaking the Silence: Gay and Lesbian Issues in Education.
Saskatoon, SK: Gay & Lesbian Health Services of Saskatoon, 2001.
Ref.: Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation, Stewart Resources
Centre (online) bibliography, “Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual…,” which
bibliography is fully cited elsewhere in this list, in the Bibliographies
section.
Human Rights / Anti-homophobia Resource Guide: Developing Safe School
Communities. Winnipeg: Winnipeg School Division No. 1, 2002.
(225 p.; ISBN 0921759843)
Ref.: AMICUS catalogue no. 27915611.
Note in AMICUS record that work includes bibliographic
references, p. 125-158.
“Human Rights Complaint [British Columbia] Questions Education Guidelines:
Gay Teacher Says Sexual Orientation Should Be on the List of Issues Taught
in Anti-Discrimination Classes.” Vancouver Sun, May 3, 1999, p. B3.
Murray Warren named in index entry.
Inside the Academy and Out.
SEE entry at Ristock, Janice L.
An Introduction to the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual Transgender and Two-spirited
Communities: A Guide to Social Work Students. Prepared at Project
Interaction, McGill University of Social Work. Montreal: McGill University
School of Social Work, [200-?].
See information at: http://www.mcgill.ca/interaction/publications/manual/
(viewed October 14, 2008).
NOTE: Title also given beginning with the phrase: Student Manual.
Isaac, Barbara, and Herringer, Barbara M.
“Pinking the Ivories: Academic Outings in Social Work.”
Canadian Woman Studies 16(2) (Spring 1996): 73-76.
“It’s about Sex…and Talking: Queers Have Their Cake and Eat It Too at Hart House
[University of Toronto].” The Newspaper [University of Toronto independent
weekly], vol. XXVI, no. 13, November 20, 2003, p. 6.
Jackson, Janna Marie.
“Reclaiming Queerness: Self, Identity, and the Research Process.”
Journal of Research Practice 3(1) (2007): article M5.
“…explores some of the challenges and benefits of doing a
dissertation with participants from a population to which I belong
and in a topic some consider controversial, that of gay and lesbian
educators….I describe the homophobia I experienced….”
Ref.: ERIC document no. EJ 800342
Jeffs, Lisa.
“’So You Think I Should Be Shot?’: Unteaching Homophobia.”
Women’s Education 11(3) (Spring 1995): 6-10.
Toronto Board of Education’s Human Sexuality Program.
Journal published by Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities
for Women, Toronto.
Johnston, Ann D.
“Gay-Bashing Comes Out.” Maclean’s [Toronto ed.], May 24, 1999,
p. 50 (943 words).
Concerns, to some extent, Manitoba Boards of Education.
Kehler, Michael D.
“Masculinities and Resistance: High School Boys (Un)Doing Boy.”
Taboo: The Journal of Culture and Education 8(1)(Spring-Summer 2004):
97-113.
“In Australia, Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom there
has been a resurgence in attention directed at boys and schooling. The
media and public discourse describes it as a burgeoning moral panic….
This paper explores the ways in which four young men in high school
unsettle dominant heteronormative constructions of masculinities….”
Ref.: ERIC document no. EJ 795529, abstract.
Kendall, Christopher N.
“Educating Gay Male Youth: Since When Is Pornography a Path towards
Self-respect?” Journal of Homosexuality 47(3-4) (2004): 83-128.
Ref.: CSA Sociological Abstracts, which notes that the author
examines some assumptions about pornography “within the
context of the gay male pornography defended in Little Sisters,”
the legal case concerning the Vancouver bookstore that was
taken to the Supreme Court of Canada.
Khayatt, Didi.
“L’identité sexuelle et l’enseignement: devons-nous nous affirmer au travail?”
Sociologie et sociétés 29(1) (printemps 1997): 83-97.
“Analyse des raisons invoquées pour inciter les professeurs
homosexuels à révéler ou non leur orientation sexuelle devant leurs
étudiants; les problèmes soulevés par une telle affirmation”–Repère
résumé.
Khayatt, Didi.
“Jeri Wine: Out and Proud.” Resources for Feminist Research 32 (1/2): 166-168.
Biographical.
Khayatt, Didi.
“Surviving School as a Lesbian Student.” Gender and Education [England]
6(1) (1994): 47-61.
“Canada” has been applied as a descriptor by article indexer.
Khayatt, Didi.
“Terms of Desire: Are There Lesbians in Egypt?” In Language Socialization
in Bilingual and Multilingual Societies, pagination not known. Edited by Robert
Bayley and Sandra R. Schecter. Clevedon; Buffalo: Multilingual Matters, c2003.
Ref.: ERIC document no. ED 475519
Another source indicates this book is no. 39 in series Bilingual Education
and Bilingualism
Khayatt, Madiha Didi.
“Compulsory Heterosexuality: Schools and Lesbian Students.”
In Knowledge, Experience and Ruling Relations: Studies in the
Social Organization of Knowledge, pp. 149-163. Edited by Marie
Campbell and Ann Manicom. Toronto: University of Toronto Press,
1995.
Khayatt, Madiha Didi.
“Gender Role Conformity in Women Teachers.” Ph.D. dissertation,
University of Toronto, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, 1987.
(342 p.)
Conformity; teacher attitudes; lesbianism.
Khayatt, Madiha Didi.
Lesbian Teachers: An Invisible Presence. Albany, N.Y.: State University
of New York Press, 1992.
(304 p.; ISBN 0791411710; 0791411729)
“Explores the situation of the lesbian teacher and her disposition not
to reveal her sexual orientation. It is set in the Canadian context of the
early to middle 1980s and draws primarily on the experiences of 18
women employed by the Ontario public school system” – NISC
Gay & Lesbian Abstracts. Contains 283 references.
Khayatt, Madiha Didi.
Lesbian Teachers: An Invisible Presence. Albany, N.Y.: State University
of New York Press, 1992.
(304 p.; ISBN 0791411710; 0791411729)
“Explores the situation of the lesbian teacher and her disposition not
to reveal her sexual orientation. It is set in the Canadian context of the
early to middle 1980s and draws primarily on the experiences of 18
women employed by the Ontario public school system” – NISC
Gay & Lesbian Abstracts. Contains 283 references.
Klan, Terry.
“Counselling Gay and Lesbian Youth: SAG ’93 [summary of workshop
presentation].” Manitoba Journal of Counselling 20(2) (Nov. 1993): 20-25.
Klan, Terry.
“Counselling the Confused Adolescent [on homosexuality].”
Manitoba Journal of Counselling 19(1)(Oct. 1992): 9-13.
Knickerbocker, Nancy.
“Gay and Lesbian Students Speak Out on Stress and Violence at Schools.”
Equality News [Manitoba Teachers’ Society] 9(1) (Oct. 1999): 8-9.
Knickerbocker, Nancy.
“GSAs [Gay/Straight Alliances].” Teacher [B.C.] 12(7) (May/June 2000): 7.
Knight, Calvin Edward, 1970-
“The Triangle Program: Experiences of Lesbian, Bisexual and Gay Students
in the Classroom.” M.A. thesis, University of Toronto, 2000.
(ca. 190 leaves, with bibliographical references leaves 179-190)
The [Toronto] Triangle Program is under aegis of Oasis Alternative School.
See also, e.g., related article, “Are You a Happy Homosexual?”,
in this EDUCATION section, above]
Knowling, William R.
“A Report on the Attitudes towards Homosexuals of First-Year English Students
Who Know Homosexuals Compared to the Attitudes of First-Year English
Students Who Do Not Know Any Homosexuals.” Typescript; Paper for
H. Janes, Faculty of Business Administration, Memorial University of
Newfoundland, 1985.
(11, 13, 9 leaves, with bibliography l. 12)
Ref.: AMICUS catalogue record no. 12353161.
Korinek, Valerie J.
“‘The Most Openly Gay Person for At Least a Thousand Miles’: Doug Wilson
and the Politicization of a Province, 1975-83”.
Canadian Historical Review 84(4)(December 2003): [517]-550.
The province is Saskatchewan.
Kuehn, Larry.
“Homophobic Taunts Lead to Human Rights Award.” Our Schools/Our Selves
12(1)(Fall 2002): 15-16.
British Columbia Human Rights Commission and a student
harassment issue.
Kutz, Stan.
“Sexual Orientation, Homophobia and the Catholic School.” Reporter 21(3)
(February 1996): 27-29.
Journal of the Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Association;
sometimes called OECTA Reporter.
Latt, Petra.
“The Educational Experiences of Young Lesbians, Bisexuals, and Gays.”
M.Ed. thesis, Lakehead University, 2007.
(53 leaves)
Ref.: AMICUS catalogue record no. 33630932.
Lauwers, Peter D.
“Remarks to the Christian Legal Fellowship.” Journal of the Church Law
Association of Canada 111 (Fall 2003): 358-377.
Case: Hall (Litigation Guardian of) v. Powers 59 O.R. (3d) 423
Ref.: Index to Canadian Legal Literature, which assigns the two
descriptors Catholic schools and Sexual orientation
LBGT-MUN
The LBGT Guide to MUN. St. John’s, Newfoundland: LBGT-MUN,
Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2003-2004.
(71 p.)
Ref.: AMICUS catalogue no. 29838692, to which one descriptor
applied is Gay students – Services for – Newfoundland and Labrador –
St. John’s.
Lebrun, Marcel René.
“The Knowledge and Attitudes of Manitoba Teachers about AIDS.”
M.Ed. thesis, University of Manitoba, 1994.
(148 p.)
Lemay, Nicolle.
“Representations of Gay and Lesbian Life in Fiction for Teens.”
Teacher-Librarian Today 6(1) (2000): 10-16.
Journal published by Alberta Teachers’ Association.
Lenskyj, Helen.
“Beyond Plumbing and Prevention: Feminist Approaches to Sex Education.”
Gender and Education 2(2) (1990): 217-230.
“An ideal program would cover the full range of human preferences
and practices. Discusses the benefits of such a policy for lesbian and
gay youth…” – NISC Gay & Lesbian Abstracts, from ERIC.
Lenskyj, Helen.
“Changing Sex Education: Putting Homophobia and Sexual Orientation on the
Agenda.” Orbit 28(1) (1997): 18-20.
Concerns Ontario curriculum.
Journal published by Ontario Institute for Studies in Education,
University of Toronto.
Lenskyj, Helen Jefferson.
“More Activism: Challenging Homophobia in Toronto Schools.” In A Lot to
Learn, chapter 5 (pp. 127-144). By Helen Jefferson Lenskyj. Toronto:
Women’s Press, 2005.
Earlier version of this chapter appeared as: “Going Too Far?:
Sexual Orientation(s) in the Sex Education Curriculum.” In
The Sociology of Education in Canada, pp. 277-289. Edited by
L. Erwin and D. MacLennan. Toronto: Copp Clark Pitman, 1994
(ref. to this earlier version given in A Lot to Learn, p. 178)
Lenskyj, Helen.
“Sex Education: Beyond Plumbing and Prevention.” Broadside: A Feminist
Review [Toronto] 10(5) (Aug./Sept. 1989): 10, 15.
Includes homosexuality, according to indexer-applied descriptor.
Lesbian and Gay Studies and the Teaching of English: Positions, Pedagogies, and
Cultural Politics. Edited by William J. Spurlin. Urbana, IL: National Council of
Teachers of English, c2000.
(326 p.; ISBN 0814127940)
Ref.: Web site of the [United States] National Council of Teachers of
English (www.ncte.org , viewed Oct. 15, 2008). The following is an
extract from the annotation of this work, displayed on their Web site:
“…wide-ranging, international collection….From classrooms in India
to the United States to South Africa to Canada, these and other teachers
theorize lesbian, gay, and transgendered positions in the classroom, offer
pedagogical strategies,…and examine the broader social and political
contexts….” A table of contents is also displayable. (Interested user could
use Search box to retrieve title on their site)
Compiler unable to examine, but included because of Canadian mention,
although Canadian contributor(s) not identified.
Lesbian Studies Coalition of Concordia, comp.
Lesbian Studies Documentation. Montreal: Lesbian Studies Coalition of
Concordia, Concordia University, 1988.
(1 vol., various pagings; in English and French)
Lessons Learned: A Collection of Stories and Articles about Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian and
Transgender Issues. Ottawa, ON: Canadian Teachers’ Federation, 2005.
Ref.: Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation, Stewart Resources
Centre (online) bibliography, “Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual…,” which
bibliography is fully cited elsewhere in this list, in the Bibliographies
section. The descriptors in that list are: Homosexuality and education,
Homophobia in schools, Gay students, and Gay teachers.
NOTE: French-language version: Leçons apprises.
Love, Myron.
“Prof Draws Fire for Views on Anti-Homophobia Education.”
Canadian Jewish News 29(19) (May 13, 1999): 30
Hymie Rubenstein; university teacher; Winnipeg.
This issue mentioned also in article “Gay-Awareness Program
Stirs Debate” (National Post, April 29, 1999, p. A11). See also
“Squaring Off over Sexuality” (National Post, April 15, 1999, p. A3).
Lowes, Carol.
“Christian Parents Flee Public Schools: Canadian High Court Orders School
Board to Reconsider Pro-gay Books. Christianity Today 47(3) (March 2003):
23 (563 words)
Luhmann, Susanne.
“Queering/Querying Pedagogy? Or, Pedagogy Is a Pretty Queer Thing.”
In Queer Theory in Education, pp. 141-155. Edited by William F. Pinar et al.
Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1998.
Author affiliation: York University.
MacBride, John D.
“Private versus Public: How One Gay Professor Negotiates the Boundaries
between His Personal and Professional Lives.” M.Ed. thesis,
Brock University, 2000.
(ca. 105 leaves)
MacDonald, Sean
“Acknowledging the Rainbow : The Need for the Legitimization of Lesbian,
Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Youth in Canadian Schools.” Education & Law
Journal 16(2) (October 2006): 183-218.
MacDonnell, Judith A.
“Educational Issues Perceived by Expectant Lesbian Couples.” M.Ed. thesis,
Brock University, 2001.
(ca. 372 leaves)
MacDougall, B.
“Rebutting a Millennium of Moral Teaching?: The Judicial Response to Cases
on Homosexuality and Education.” In Pursuing Academic Freedom:
Free and Fearless?, pp. 47-61. Edited by Len M. Findlay and Paul M.
Bidwell. Saskatoon, Sask.: Purich Pub., c2001.
Paper from conference held at University of Saskatchewan, 1996.
MacDougall, Bruce.
“A Respectful Distance: Appellate Courts Consider Religious Motivation of
Public Figures in Homosexual Equality Discourse – The Cases of
Chamberlain and Trinity Western University.” University of British
Columbia Law Review 35(2)(Winter 2002): 511-538.
MacDougall, Bruce.
“Silence in the Classroom: Limits on Homosexual Expression and Visibility
in Education and the Privileging of Homophobic Religious Ideology.”
Saskatchewan Law Review 61(1) (1998): 41-86.
MacFarlane, Glenda.
“A Lesson from Beechy: Censorship Begins at Home.” NeWest Review
18(4) (April/May 1993): 33-34.
Drama; education and schools; Saskatchewan.
MacKinnon, Kathleen.
“The BCTF [British Columbia Teachers’ Federation] Anti-Homophobia
Campaign and the Right-Wing Backlash.” Our Schools, Our Selves:
A Magazine for Canadian Education Activists 8 (Dec. 1997): 82-93.
MacLeod, Phyllis Ann.
“Boxing In Our Youth: Lesbian Adolescents Speak Out about Their
Secondary School Experiences.” MA thesis, University of Victoria,
1996.
(93 p.)
“Four lesbian adolescents (ages 18-20) were interviewed….This study
is qualitative in nature stemming from a feminist perspective” – abstract
in Canadian Research Index.
Maney, D.W., and Cain, R.E.
“Preservice Elementary Teachers’ Attitudes toward Gay and Lesbian Parenting
[research summary].” Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality 6(3)
(Fall 1997): 236-237.
The Margins of the Blackboard: Mainstreaming Lesbian Material.
Keynote speaker: Minnie Bruce Pratt. North York, Ont.: Nellie Langford
Rowell Library, 1998.
(59 p.; ISBN 0968476503)
Ref.: AMICUS catalogue record no. 21258159.
Martindale, Kathleen.
“Addressing Heterosexism in the Women’s Studies Classroom.” In A Reader
in Feminist Ethics, pagination not known. Edited by Debra Shogan.
Toronto: Canadian Scholars’ Press, 1993.
Martindale, Kathleen.
“What Is Known about Homophobia in the Classroom and the Limited
Applicability of Anti-Homophobia Workshop Strategies for Women’s
Studies Classes.” Canadian Woman Studies 12(3) (Spring 1992): 95-98.
Martino, Wayne, and Kehler, Michael.
“Male Teachers and the ‘Boy Problem’ : An Issue of Recuperative
Masculinity Politics.” McGill Journal of Education 41(2)(Spring 2006):
113-131.
“…we interrogate the call for more male role models within the
context of boys’ education debates in Australia and North America….”
Ref.: ERIC document no. EJ 768611
Mason, Gary.
“Same-sex Education is Important, But It Will Take Time.” Globe & Mail
[Toronto], Sept. 27, 2008, p. A10.
Two years ago, Peter and Murray Corren, a B.C. same-sex couple
dropped a human rights complaint in exchange for having role in
curriculum drafting. They accuse the government of reneging. Article
develops from this. Mention of a “Social Justice 12” elective course.
McCaskell, Tim.
“Homophobic Violence in Schools.” Orbit 29(4) (1999): 20-21.
Journal published by Ontario Institute for Studies in Education,
University of Toronto.
McCaskell, T., and Russell, V.
“Anti-Homophobia Initiatives at the Former Toronto Board of Education.”
In Weaving Connections: Educating for Peace, Social and Environmental
Justice, pagination not known. Edited by Tara Goldstein and David Selby.
Toronto: Sumach Press, 2000.
(ISBN 1894549015)
McCroy, Winnie.
“Maryland Youth Hope to Increase Visibility by Observing Day of Silence.”
Baltimore Gay Paper 20(10) (1999): A2.
Although this is an American reference, it states that “on April
7, 1999 high school and college students across the United States
and Canada commemorated [sic] the fourth annual Day of Silence
to advocate for equal treatment of gay youth” – NISC Gay &
Lesbian Abstracts. The compiler has not encountered a Canadian
reference to this event.
McCue, Peter.
“Addressing the Invisible Minority: Facing Homophobia.”
Teacher [B.C. Teachers’ Federation] 3 (6) (Apr./May 1991): 9.
McDonald, Barbara Karen, 1943-
“Rereading Anecdotal Moments: Landscape for Un-Making the Teacher.”
Ed.D. dissertation, University of Toronto, 2000.
(187 leaves)
McLean, Melva.
“Pushing Pulp Back to Academia: A Case Study of a Trade Publisher Seeking
Academic Course Adoptions.” M. Pub. thesis, Simon Fraser University, 2002.
(69 leaves)
Ref.: AMICUS catalogue no. 27661127, in which descriptor
Arsenal Pulp Press (Firm) is assigned.
McMahen, Lawrence.
“[Svend] Robinson Decries Lack of Support for Homosexuals [Breaking the
Silence conference].” Saskatchewan Bulletin 65(10) (March 31, 1999): 5.
Teachers; gay rights; anti-homophobia education. See subsequent
article, “Cochrane Praises Cooperation of Stakeholders” in
Saskatchewan Bulletin 66(11) (April 5, 2000): 5.
McNinch, James, and Cronin, Mary, eds.
“I Could Not Speak My Heart”: Education and Social Justice for Gay and Lesbian
Youth. Regina, Sask.: University of Regina, Canadian Plains Research Center,
c2004.
(365 p.; ISBN 0889771782)
Ref.: National Library of Canada, AMICUS catalogue record no. 29928731
McNinch, James; Totten, Marilyn; and Thompson, Scott.
Que(e)rying Inclusive Practice: Exploring and Challenging Homophobia in
Curricula and Schools. Saskatoon, SK: Dr. Stirling McDowell Foundation, 2005.
Meiners, Erica.
“Remember When All the Cars Were Fords and All the Lesbians Were Women?
Some Notes on Identity, Mobility, and Capital.” In Queer Theory in Education, pp. 121-140.
Edited by William F. Pinar et al.
Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1998.
Author affiliation: Simon Fraser University.
Meyer, Elizabeth J
“A Feminist Reframing of Bullying and Harassment: Transforming Schools
through Critical Pedagogy.” McGill Journal of Education 43(1)(2008): 33-48.
Ref.: ERIC document no. EJ 797262
Meyers, Helene.
“To Queer or Not to Queer: That’s Not the Question.” College Literature
[West Chester, PA] 24 (Feb. 1997): 171-182.
Lesbian and gay studies in Canada and relationship to queer theory.
Millard, Peter.
“Breaking the Silence: Silence is Essential in Maintaining Homophobia. That’s
Why Gays and Lesbians Are Breaking the Silence in the School System.”
Briarpatch [Regina, Sask.] 29(6) (July/Aug. 2000): 6-8.
Mitchell, Alanna.
“Welcome to Canada’s Gay High School.” Globe & Mail [Toronto],
May 29, 2004, p. F6.
About Toronto’s Triangle Program for queer students who find it difficult
to deal with the regular school system. Profiles of four young male
students and one female student who attend the high school.
Mizzi, Robert C.
“Peace Out: Visualizing the Invisible in Peace Education.”
M.Ed. thesis, University of Alberta, 2002.
(68 leaves)
Ref.: AMICUS catalogue record no. 27444049, which applies
Gay rights as one of the descriptors. Degree of relevance unknown
to compiler.
Moffatt, Lyndsay, and Norton, Bonny
“Reading Gender Relations and Sexuality: Preteens Speak Out.”
Canadian Journal of Education 31(1) (2008): 102-123.
Examines “a diverse group of 47 preteens’ constructions of gender
relations, masculine/feminine desires, and sexuality….” – ref. : ERIC
document no. EJ 797188
Moon, Richard.
“Sexual Orientation Equality and Religious Freedom in the Public Schools
(Case comm.).” Review of Constitutional Studies 8 (2003): 228-284.
Case: Trinity Western University v. College of Teachers (British
Columbia), Chamberlain v. Surrey School District No. 36
Ref.: Index to Canadian Legal Literature
Mooney, Elizabeth.
“Exploring Past Experiences to Shape the Practice of Anti-oppressive Pedagogy.”
M.Ed. thesis, University of Saskatchewan, 2006.
Electronic access:
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/SSU/TC-SSU-02212006112853.pdf
Broader than scope of this list.
“…explores the use of memories of past school experiences to help
identify unnamed and unchallenged incidents of oppression that occurred
in elementary and high school. What are the implications for educators
when past school experiences indicate that racism, classism, sexism,
homophobia, and other harmful practices took place, but went unexamined
and unclaimed as such?....” – from abstract as presented in AMICUS
catalogue record no. 32462667.
Morrison, Todd G. et al.
“Gender Stereotyping, Homonegativity, and Misconceptions about Sexually
Coercive Behavior among Adolescents.” Youth & Society 28(3)
(Mar. 1997): 351-382.
SEE ALSO erratum: Youth & Society 29(1) (Sept. 1997): 134
“1,124 questionnaires were distributed to randomly selected schools
in Newfoundland and Labrador for administration to students in
Grades 10 and 12…” – abstract in PsycINFO.
Mulé, Nick J.
“Equity vs. Invisibility: Sexual Orientation Issues in Social Work Ethics and
Curricula Standards.” Social Work Education 25(6) (September 2006): 608-622.
Ref.: PsycINFO index, which provides abstract and notes that the
“responsibility of the social work profession to be inclusive and
equitable…is reviewed…[and that] a comparative review of Canada, the
United Kingdom…and the United States…and international standards
regarding sexual orientation issues in social work codes of ethics
and curricula standards was undertaken….”
Myers, Ted.
“The Talking Sex Project: Descriptions of the Study Population and Correlates
of Sexual Practices at Baseline.” Canadian Journal of Public Health 83(1)
(Jan./Feb. 1992): 47-52.
“Myths and Facts, Statistics, Definitions [Homosexuality]; Why It Is Important
to Address Homophobia in Our Schools; Ten Strategies for Teachers to Address
Homophobia in Their Classroom and School; Handling Homophobic Incidents
How to Interrupt and Stop Homophobic Behaviour; How Does Your Organization
Rate? [Homophobia]; The Need for Change: Developing an Action Plan for Your
Community [Homophobic Violence].” Equality News [Manitoba Teachers’ Society]
9(2) (Feb. 2000): 4-17.
A number of short, related articles within the page range given have been
grouped into a single entry for this bibliography.
Namaste, Ki.
“Academics and Activists: Acknowledging Institutional Complicity.”
Fuse Magazine 16(3) (Spring 1993): 9-10.
Concordia University and the Université du Québec à Montréal jointly
sponsored “La Ville en rose,” premier colloque québécois d’études
lesbiennes et gaies, 12-15 nov. 1992.
Namaste, Ki.
“Deconstruction, Lesbian and Gay Studies, and Interdisciplinary Work.”
In Gay and Lesbian Studies, pagination not known. Edited by Henry
L. Minton. New York: Harrington Park Press, 1992.
Geographical relevance uncertain. Namaste has other entries in this bibliography.
Not seen, but article apparently published
simultaneously in Journal of Homosexuality 24(1/2)(1992).
Ref.: OCLC catalog record, accession no. 47926687.
Nersessian, Mary.
“Cardinal’s Decision Shocks Nun.” Globe & Mail [Toronto], March 8, 2004,
p. A3.
Concerns Archbishop of Toronto, Aloysius Ambrozic’s, refusal to
confer doctoral degree on Roman Catholic nun. She calls church
homophobic; her thesis concerned lesbians
Also see Christina Cathro in Catholic New Times 28(4)
(February 29, 2004): 3 (1450 words).
Nguyen, Hanh Thi, and Kellogg, Guy.
“Emergent Identities in On-line Discussions for Second Language Learning.”
Canadian Modern Language Review 62(1)(Sept. 2005): 111-136.
Analysis of electronic postings by ESOL students participating in
discussions on gay rights and homosexuality.
Ref.: ERIC document no. EJ 720245
Oberg, Dianne.
“Safe and Caring Schools for Gay and Lesbian Youth.” Teacher-Librarian
Today 6(1) (2000): 6-9.
Journal published by Alberta Teachers’ Association.
Ontario. Superior Court of Justice.
SEE LAW – YEAR 2002 for judgment document in a case concerning Marc Hall
and the Durham Catholic District School Board (Ontario).
Out and In: Information for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgendered Law School
Applicants. Newtown, PA: Law School Admission Council, c2000.
(5, 7 p.)
AMICUS catalogue record no. 25626388 assigns both --United States
and --Canada as geographic subdivisions to descriptors.
OUTlet: Queer Youth Speak Out.
SEE Videos section of this list.
Oxaal, Zoe.
“Second-guessing the Bishop: Section 93, the Charter, and the ‘Religious
Government Actor’ in the Gay Prom Date Case.” Saskatchewan Law Review
66(2) (Summer 2003): 455-484.
“Parents Rally in Opposition to Gay-Straight Clubs in Schools.” Vancouver Sun,
March 13, 2000, p. A1, A2.
Parker-Jenkins, M.
“Alleged Homosexuality [of a teacher].” Canadian School Executive 4(7)
(Jan. 1985): 11-14.
Parravano, Serge.
“Homophobia and Heterosexism: Experiences of Gay and Lesbian Teachers in
the Classroom and in the School.” MA thesis, University of Toronto, 1995.
(138 p.)
“Interviews with 16 gay and lesbian teachers provided information on
experiences of homophobic harassment and heterosexism, ‘coming out’
in the classroom, gay and lesbian studies in the curriculum, support
services for gay and lesbian teachers, and school, board and Ministry
policies and strategies for dealing with homophobic harassment and
heterosexism in the future” – abstract from Canadian Research Index.
Paterson, Hillary M.G.
“The Justifiability of Biblically Based Discrimination: Can Private Christian
Schools Legally Refuse to Employ Gay Teachers?” University of Toronto
Faculty of Law Review 59(1)(Winter 2001): 59-105.
Patil, Smita.
“Teachers Approve Resolution: Homophobia in BC Schools.”
Kinesis, April 1997, p. 4.
Petersen, Cynthia.
“Living Dangerously: Speaking Lesbian, Teaching Law.” Canadian Journal
of Women and the Law 7(2) (1994): 318-348.
Lesbian law teachers.
Piddocke, Stuart; Magsino, Romulo; and Manley-Casimir, Michael.
Teachers in Trouble: An Exploration of the Normative Character of Teaching.
Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1997.
(301 p.; ISBN 0802074367)
Very much broader than scope of this bibliography. See, however,
Chapter 4, “Sexual Misconducts,” which discusses homosexual
relationships, transvestism, and transsexuality in addition to gender
bias, heterosexual relationships, and other sexual issues.
Pilkington, Neil W., and Cantor, James M.
“Perceptions of Heterosexual Bias in Professional Psychology Programs: A Survey
of Graduate Students.” Professional Psychology: Research & Practice 27(6)
(Dec. 1996): 604-612.
“64 professional psychology student members of the American
Psychological Association’s Division 44 (Society for the Psychological
Study of Lesbian and Gay Issues) were surveyed…” –from PsycINFO.
Author affiliation: McGill University, Montreal.
Pitt, Alice J.
“Fantasizing Women in the Women’s Studies Classroom: Toward a Symptomatic
Reading of Negation.” In Queer Theory in Education, pp. 299-319. Edited by
William F. Pinar et al. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1998.
Author affiliation: York University, Faculty of Education.
Pottie, Lisa M.
“Cross-Border Shopping and Niche Marketing: Academic Economies and
Lesbian and Gay Studies.” College Literature 24(1) (Feb. 1997): 183-193.
“Reflects on the introduction of lesbian & gay studies into the Canadian
university system in light of current economic constraints. It is suggested
that university administrators are excited by such interdisciplinary
programs at least in part because they promise to expand curriculum with
a minimal increase of funding” – from Sociological Abstracts.
Pour une nouvelle vision de l’homosexualité. Montréal : Régie régionale de la
santé et des services sociaux de Montréal-Centre, Direction de la santé
publique, c2003.
(ISBN 2894943865)
“Coffret d’intervention sur l’orientation sexuelle pour les milieux
jeunesse…”, consisting of (at least) four parts, which carry subtitles to the
above title, and authors, as follows:
Guide de l’intervenant / conception et réalisation : Martine Fortier,
Elysabeth Lacombe, Marie-Christine Pinel (22 p.)
(AMICUS catalogue record no. 28379051)
Le vrai visage de Jane: guide d’animation / conception et réalisation :
Elysabeth Lacombe, Marie-Christine Pinel (9 p.)
(AMICUS catalogue record no. 28389906)
Pour en savoir + : bottin de ressources / conception et réalisation :
Elysabeth Lacombe, Manon Hudson, Marie-Christine Pinel (56 p.)
(AMICUS catalogue record no. 28380741)
Pour agir -- : recueil d’activités complémentaires / conception et
réalisation du recueil : Martine Fortier, Elysabeth Lacombe (42 p.)
(AMICUS catalogue record no. 28380738)
NOTE: similar title immediately following, but with differing authors,
publisher and pagination. Relationship between these and following
entry not determined.
Pour une nouvelle vision de l’homosexualité : intervenir dans le respect de la diversité
des orientations sexuelles : guide du participant. Coordination : Nicole Marois,
Benoit Vigneau. Québec: Institut national de santé publique ; Québec : Ministère
de la santé et des services sociaux, 2003.
(203 p.; no. ISBN given)
NOTE: similar four-part title immediately preceding.
Relationship of those with this entry was not determined.
Ref.: AMICUS catalogue record no. 33659021.
Prentice, Susan, ed.
Sex in Schools: Canadian Education & Sexual Regulation.
Toronto: Our Schools/Our Selves Education Foundation, 1994.
(158 p.; ISBN 0921908199)
Broader than scope of this bibliography. Topics in section III include
gender roles and sexual orientation.
Probyn, Elspeth.
“The Outside of Queer Cultural Studies.” University of Toronto Quarterly
64(4) (1995): 536-546.
“Proper Schooling for Teenage Lesbians in Canada.” In The Third Pink Book:
A Global View of Lesbian and Gay Liberation and Oppression. Edited by Aart
Hendriks, Rob Tielman, and Evert van der Veen. Buffalo, NY: Prometheus Books, 1993.
Québec (Province). Conseil permanent de la jeunesse.
Durablement vôtre : document de synthèse de l’évènement mission : durable,
pour un développement dans le vent! Recherche et rédaction, Alexandre
Meunier; collaboration, Hélène Dumais, Danielle Gagnon, Francine Griffith.
Québec : Conseil permanent de la jeunesse, c2007.
(191 p.; ISBN 9782550517108)
Ref.: AMICUS catalogue record no. 34310471, which notes that item
also available on the Internet. Catalogue record notes descriptors
concerning services to adolescent/young homosexuals in Quebec and
prevention of homophobia in Quebec secondary schools.
Québec (Province). Conseil permanent de la jeunesse.
Sortons l’homophobie du placard – et de nos écoles secondaires.
Recherche et rédaction, Lorraine Fournier; comité de travail, Sophie Paquet…
et al.; collaboration, Danielle Gagnon, Francine Griffith. Québec : Conseil
permanent de la jeunesse, c2007.
(128 p.; ISBN 9782550497462)
Ref. : AMICUS catalogue record no. 34310461, which notes that work
also available on the Internet. A second AMICUS record, no. 34013045,
is for an electronic record “restricted to subscribing institutions.”
Descriptors concern service in Quebec to adolescent homosexuals and
prevention of homophobia in Quebec secondary schools.
Rainbows and Triangles: A Curriculum Document for Challenging Homophobia and
Heterosexism in the K-6 Classroom. Toronto: Toronto District School Board &
Elementary Teachers of Toronto, 2002.
(107 p.)
Ref.: National Library of Canada AMICUS catalogue record no. 30693811
“Project leaders, Ken Jeffers, Vanessa Russell, Alice Te”
Rao, Zhaoping.
“How to Teach Sexual Identity in Chinese EFL Teacher Education by Using
Feature Films.” M.Ed. project, Queen’s University, 2006.
(103 leaves).
Ref.: AMICUS catalogue record no. 32806345.
Rayside, David.
“Queerying the Academy.” OCUFA Forum, Fall 1998, pp. 16-17+.
Ontario; university faculty; homosexuality.
Rayside, David.
“Sexual Diversity and the Social Sciences in English Canada.”
International Journal of Canadian Studies 10 (Fall 1994): 145-150.
Rayside, David.
“Towards Equality for Lesbians and Gay Men.” Univesity of Toronto Bulletin
February 26, 1990, p. 20.
About University of Toronto’s Committee on Homophobia.
NOTE: There is also his “Disposable Rights: Progress But Little Power –
So Far,” University of Toronto Magazine 22(1) (Autumn 1994): 48,
the relevance of which to this list has not been determined.
“Reform BC Backs Book Ban [by Surrey School Board].” Globe and Mail
[Metro ed.], February 24, 1998, p. A4.
Person mentioned: Wilf Hanni.
Reis, Beth.
“Why Should the Public Schools Teach about Sexual Orientation?”
BC Counsellor 12(1) (1990): 18-25.
Richards, Bernadette.
“Breaking the Silence.” Saskatchewan Bulletin 64(10) (April 1, 1998): 1, 3.
Homosexuality; students; suicide; human rights education.
Risdon, Catherine L.; Cook, Deborah; and Willms, Dennis.
“Gay and Lesbian Physicians in Training: A Qualitative Study.”
Canadian Medical Association Journal 162(3) (Feb. 8, 2000): 331-334.
Ristock, Janice L., and Taylor, Catherine G.
Inside the Academy and Out: Lesbian/Gay/Queer Studies and Social Action.
Toronto: University of Toronto Press, c1998.
(365 p.; ISBN 0802008607; 0802078486)
Review: Peter Dickinson, Literary Review of Canada 7(10)
(Summer 1999): 6-8.
Robb, Nancy.
“Fear of Ostracism Still Silences Some Gay MDs, Students.”
Canadian Medical Association Journal 155(7) (Oct. 1, 1996): 972-977.
Robb, Nancy.
“Medical Schools Seek to Overcome Invisibility of Gay Patients, Gay Issues
in Curriculum.” Canadian Medical Association Journal 155(6)
(Sept. 15, 1996): 765-770.
Roberts, Heather.
“The Invisible Minority: The Role of the School Counsellor in Serving the Needs
of Gay and Lesbian Students.” BC Counsellor 21(1) (1999): 55-65.
Robertson, Heather-jane.
“In Canada: Under the Rainbow.” Phi Delta Kappan 86(9)(May 2005): 713-715.
Inclusive education, by not ignoring gender, race, sexual orientation, etc.,
“alarms those who are attempting to rein in schools that have initiated
anti-heterosexist programs….Schools that literally or metaphorically
display the rainbow flag…have made a profound difference in the lives of
thousands of students.”
Ref.: ERIC document no. EJ 712941
Robinson, Gregory, and Cohen, May.
“Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Health Care Issues and Medical Curricula.”
Canadian Medical Association Journal 155(6) (Sept. 15, 1996): 709-711.
Rooney, Frances, ed.
Hear Me Out: True Stories of Teens Educating and Confronting Homophobia:
A Project of Planned Parenthood of Toronto. Toronto: Second Story Press,
c2004.
(197 p.; ISBN 1896764878)
“Originally presented as part of T.E.A.C.H.’s presentations to
schools: Safely out” – Toronto Public Library catalogue note.
Ross, Becki.
“Sex, Lives, and Archives: Pleasure/Danger Debates in 1970s Lesbian
Feminism.” In Women Changing Academe: The Proceedings of the 1990
Canadian Women’s Studies Association Conference, pp. 89-112. Edited by
Sandra L. Kirby et al. Winnipeg : Sororal Publishing, 1991.
Ross, Lori E., and Tate, Jude.
“Addressing the Needs of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered, Queer, and
Questioning Clients within University Psychiatric Services: Reflections and
Recommendations.” Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health 22(2)
(Fall 2003): 59-68.
Roughley, Robert A.
“The Gay Male Youth Experience: Gay Identity Development, Psychosocial
Perspectives and Educational Roles and Expectations.” Project [?],
Queen’s University, 2000.
(123 leaves)
Ref.: AMICUS catalogue record no. 24055095.
Rutherford, Ian George.
“Teens Educating and Confronting Homophobia: Space, Anti-Oppression
Education and Identity.” MA thesis, University of Toronto, 1998.
(121 p.)
The thesis is a study of the Toronto-based “Teens Educating Against
and Confronting Homophobia (TEACH)”, a peer-based youth program
focused on addressing issues of homophobia – abstract from ProQuest
Digital Dissertations.
Ryan, Bill, et al.
“Transforming Schools of Social Work into Spaces of Social Action: A Critical
Exploration of Project Interaction, the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Two-
Spirit Initiative of McGill University’s School of Social Work.”
Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health 22(2) (Fall 2003): 69-84.
Ref.: CBCA index.
Rynor, Michah.
“What It Takes to Be Great: Taking Pride in Sexual Diversity: U of T Pioneers
Lay Foundations for an Inclusive Environment for the LGBTQ Community.”
News@UofT online University of Toronto
newsmagazine, with this story at www.news.utoronto.ca/bin6/040618-149.asp , as of July 7, 2004.
Saewyc, Elizabeth M., et al.
“Hazards of Stigma: The Sexual and Physical Abuse of Gay, Lesbian, and
Bisexual Adolescents in the United States and Canada.” Child Welfare 85(2)
(March-April 2006): 195-213.
This periodical issue is special issue: LGBTQ Youth in Child Welfare.
Safely Out: Activities to Challenge Homophobia in Schools.
Compiled by Joanne Bacon, Vanessa Russell, Alice Te; produced by the
Equity Studies Centre, Toronto Board of Education and Teens Educating
And Confronting Homophobia (T.E.A.C.H.). Toronto: The Centre [and]
TEACH, 1997.
(116 p.)
“Same-Sex Partners to Be Eligible for STRP Benefits.”
Saskatchewan Bulletin 65(11) (April 21, 1999): 16.
Saskatchewan teachers; gay rights re pensions, etc.
See also earlier, related article, “Same-Sex Benefits for Teachers Passes
[Council resolution],” Saskatchewan Bulletin, 64(11)(May 1, 1998): 5.
Saunders, Mary.
“Book Ban Breaks the Law: Following Is an Excerpt from the Supreme Court
of BC’s Wednesday Ruling against the Surrey School Board’s Ban on Young
People’s Books with Homosexual Content.” Vancouver Sun, December 17,
1998, p. A19.
This is just one of several reports of this ruling. See also, e.g.,
Globe and Mail [Metro ed.], December 17, 1998, p. A5.
Schieder, Elsa.
“Integrating Lesbian Content.” In Weaving Alliances: Selected Papers
Presented for the Canadian Women’s Studies Association at the 1991 and
1992 Learned Societies Conferences = Tisser les liens…, pp. 47-59.
Edited by/préparé par Debra Martens. Ottawa, Ont.: Canadian Women’s
Studies Association, c1993.
Author discusses her experiences and strategies in integrating lesbian
content into post-secondary courses. Author had been teaching for
ten years when this article was presented.
Schneider, Margaret.
“Educating the Public about Homosexuality.” Annals of Sex Research 6(1)
(1993): 57-66.
“Author proposes that homosexuality is stigmatized because it is
perceived to be a threat to prescribed gender roles. The accusation
of pedophilia is one the most effective aspects of homophobia and
heterosexism….Educational strategies are proposed that will help
correct misconceptions about homosexuality” – abstract in
Gay & Lesbian Issues: Abstracts of the Psychological and
Behavioral Literature, 1985-1996, p. 134.
Schneider, Margaret, and McCurdy-Myers, Joan.
“Academic and Career Choices for Lesbian and Gay Young Adults.”
In NATCON Papers = Les Actes du CONAT: Papers Presented at the
Annual Meeting of the National Consultation on Career Development
(NATCON) (25th, Ottawa, Ontario, January 25-27, 1999), pp. 7-16[?].
Toronto: National Consultation on Career Development, Career
Centre, University of Toronto, 1999.
Ref.: ERIC database record, accession no. ED435079.
Schneiderman, David.
“Canada: Supreme Court Addresses Gay-positive Readers in Public Schools.”
International Journal of Constitutional Law 3(1) (January 2005): 77-85.
“School Board Enacts Equity Policy [Toronto].” Toronto Star, December 16, 1999,
p. B3.
Gay rights.
“School Rule Condemning Homosexual Practice Vindicated.” Education Law
Reporter 10(7) (March 1999): 55-57.
Trinity Western University v. British Columbia College of Teachers.
“School Trustees Create Storm over Gay Rights.” Globe and Mail, March 7, 1997,
p. A2.
Action plan for gay/lesbian/bisexual youth and staff safety in Alberta.
“School’s Position on Gays Allowed: Approve Program, Teachers College Told.”
Globe and Mail [Metro ed.], September 13, 1997, p. A8.
Trinity Western University, Langley, B.C.; British Columbia
College of Teachers.
“Schools Can’t Ban Gay Books, Court Rules: BC Board Faulted for Giving in to
Objections of Religious Parents [Supreme Court of Canada].” Globe and Mail
[Metro ed.], December 21, 2002, pp. A1, A10.
Ref.: CBCA electronic index
James Chamberlain; Surrey (B.C.) School Board.
For a viewpoint in the gay press, see, e.g., Michelle Maloney Leonard,
“Unconfusing the Kids: Why Not Teach Queer Culture in Schools?”
Xtra! [Toronto], February 6, 2003, p. 17.
Schrader, Alvin and Kristopher Wells.
Challenging Silence, Challenging Censorship: Inclusive Resources, Strategies
and Policy Directives for Addressing Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Trans-identified
and Two-spirited Realities in School and Public Libraries. Ottawa, ON:
Canadian Teachers’ Federation, 2007.
(96 p.; ISBN 0889893608)
Two reviews noted were: Gerald Walton, Canadian Journal of Education,
31(1): 263-268 and Sarah Sutherland, Partnership: The Canadian Journal
of Library and Information Practice and Research [Toronto], 3(1) (2008):
1-2 (both indexed in CBCA)
Schrader, Alvin M. and Wells, Kristopher.
“Queer Perspectives on Social Responsibility in Canadian Schools and Libraries:
Analysis and Resources.” School Libraries in Canada, 24(4) (2005).
Electronic article accessed June 27, 2005, at
www.schoollibraries.ca/articles/151.aspx.
Provides extensive discussion and list of education resources in an article
of length equivalent to approximately 35 printed pages.
Seeing the Rainbow: Teachers Talk about Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Transgender and
Two-spirited Realities. Ottawa, Ont.: Canadian Teachers’ Federation, c2002.
(134 p.; ISBN 0889893381)
Co-published by the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario.
Ref.: National Library of Canada AMICUS catalogue record no. 28296540
Segal, Alan Michael.
“Schools, Identity, and Homosexuality.” Ph.D. dissertation, University of
British Columbia, 1995.
(179 p.)
“This work is a life-history analysis of thirteen homosexuals
aged 17-22, ten of whom are male. The thesis concentrated on
[the following] themes: concepts of sexuality and their portrayal
in the curriculum; school episodes or experiences; teachers’ and
administrators’ role(s) in these experiences; concepts of identity;
and the institutional intent of schools to influence students” –
abstract from Canadian Research Index.
“Sex Ed Helps Kids Cope [with homosexuality].” Medical Post 33(27)
(Aug. 5, 1997): 54.
“Sex Education for Children up to 9 Years.” Produced by the Family Guidance Bureau.
RCA Victor Recording Services Canada.
(recording; format unknown)
Ref.: N. Richards communication. Compiler has not examined.
Purchased for University of Saskatchewan Library collection, 2008.
Unknown degree of significance to this list.
Sexual Orientation and Discrimination: Lesbian/Gay Student Experiences.
Winnipeg, Man.: Social Work Graduate Students’ Association, 1992.
(36 p.)
First of three-part series on theme of “Discrimination in the Social
Services” – note in AMICUS catalogue record no. 22381315.
“Sexual Orientation: Homosexuality, Lesbianism and Homophobia.”
In A Resource Guide for Teachers of Health Education in Secondary Schools:
Draft for Review. Toronto: Toronto Board of Education, February 1992.
Ref.: Kinsman, Regulation of Desire, 2nd ed., p. 327, ftnt. 115.
Compiler does not know if there were later versions of this.
Not seen.
“Sexual Orientation: Protection from Discrimination.” EduLaw for
Canadian Schools 5(10) (June 1994): 76-77.
Shariff, Shaheen.
“Cyber-libel and Cyber-bullying: Can Schools Protect Student Reputations
and Free-expression in Virtual Environments?” Education and Law Journal
16(3) (March 2007): 307-342.
One of several descriptors applied to the CBCA index record is
“sexual orientation.” Review of law to help schools
address cyber-bullying -- CBCA abstract.
Shariff, Shaheen.
“Managing the Dilemma of Competing Rights: The Case of the Three Books.”
M.A. thesis, Simon Fraser University, 1999.
(223 p.)
Shariff, Shaheen; Case, Roland; and Manley-Casimir, Michael.
“Balancing Competing Rights in Education: Surrey [British Columbia] School
Board’s Book Ban.” Education & Law Journal 10 (Jan. 2000): 47-105.
Shortall, Ann.
“Coming Out: Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Rights in Canada.” Newfoundland and
Labrador Teachers’ Association. Bulletin 42(2) (Nov. 1998): 22-23.
Gay teachers; employment.
Journal may sometimes be cited as NLTA Bulletin or Bulletin (NLTA).
Shortall, Ann.
Piecing Together a Caring Community: A Resource Book on Dismantiling
Homophobia. St. John’s, NL.: Newfoundland-Labrador Human Rights
Association, [2003?].
(59, 66 p.)
Refs.: AMICUS catalogue record no. 28354653 and also .
Memorial University of Newfoundland Library catalogue.
Both carry the spelling “dismantiling.”
Descriptors in AMICUS record concern homophobia prevention
and homophobia in schools/education in Newfoundland and Labrador.
Shortall, Ann.
“The Role of the Teacher: Helping Lesbian and Gay Students.” Newfoundland
and Labrador Teachers’ Association. Bulletin 43(2) (Oct./Nov. 1999): 26-27.
Journal may sometimes be cited as NLTA Bulletin or Bulletin (NLTA).
Shortall, Ann.
“The Social Construction of Homophobia and Heterosexism in the
Newfoundland Education System.” MWS thesis, Memorial
University of Newfoundland, 1998.
(135 p.)
Another item by Shortall, titled “Homophobia: Role of the Counsellor,”
is listed in the Memorial University of Newfoundland library catalogue as
of January 29, 2001. No further bibliographic information is given
in that catalogue record.
Singer, Sonya Elaine.
“Voices from the Margins: Lesbian Teachers in Nova Scotia’s Schools.”
MAEd thesis, Mount Saint Vincent University, 1997.
(163 p.)
“Six-Year-Olds Benefit from Gay Parent Books: Teacher.” National Post, June 13,
2002, pp. A1, A5.
Ref.: CBCA electronic index.
James Chamberlain; Surrey (B.C.) School Board; book censorship
issue.
Slobodian, Louise.
“Private Life, Public Life: Can They Be Separated?” Catholic New Times
21(19) (Nov. 30, 1997): 7
Joseph Stellpflug dismissed by York Region Roman Catholic Separate
School Board for commitment to a homosexual relationship –CBCA
electronic index, which carried full text of 1159 words as of Dec. 29/00.
Small, Peter.
“Gay Student to Address School Board: Wants Decision Banning Prom Date
Overturned.” Toronto Star, April 4, 2002, p.B5 (also see related, on p.B1)
Issue ongoing at compilation time. Student: Marc Hall; Monsignor John
Pereyma Secondary School, Durham Catholic District School Board (Ontario).
Also see Globe and Mail [Metro ed.], e.g., May 11, 2002, pp. A1, A10 for
Ontario Superior Court judge’s ruling; pp. A10 and A19 for other articles;
and April 13, 2002, p. A15 and April 20, 2002, p. F2.
“Small-Town Life Tough on Gay Teens: Coming Out Can Be an Ordeal in a Place
Where Homophobia is the Norm, Students Say.” Toronto Star, June 29, 1999,
pp. E1, E4.
High school students; Ontario.
Smith, George W.
“Homophobic Schools: Factories of Violence.” Manitoba Journal of
Counselling 21(3) (March 1995): 22-23.
Same author/title in Orbit 24(1) (March 1993): 18-19.
Smith, George W.
“The Ideology of ‘Fag’: The School Experience of Gay Students.”
Sociological Quarterly 39(2) (1998): 309-335.
Indexer has included “Toronto’ and “Canada” as descriptors.
Smith, Miriam.
“Questioning Heteronormativity: Lesbian and Gay Challenges to Education
Practice in British Columbia, Canada.” Social Movement Studies 3(2)
(October 2004): 131-145.
Ref.: CSA Sociological Abstracts, which provides abstract.
Snider, Kathryn, comp.
“Race and Sexual Orientation: The (Im)Possibility of These Intersections in
Educational Policy.” Harvard Educational Review 66(2) (Summer 1996):
294-302.
Author affiliation: Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Toronto.
“Critiques the Toronto Board of Education’s Triangle Program, designed
for lesbian and gay youth who are at risk of dropping out of high school” –
abstract from PsycINFO.
See comments on this article by: Tim McCaskell, Harvard Educational
Review 68(1) (Spring 1998): 96-98, and Margaret Schneider,
Harvard Educational Review 68(1) (Spring 1998): 98-103.
See also Snider’s reply to these comments: Harvard Educational Review
68(1) (Spring 1998): 103-105.
Solomon, Steven, and Russell, Vanessa.
“Addressing Homophobic Bullying in the Elementary Classroom.”
Orbit [Toronto] 34(2): 24-26.
“The Standout – Brent Power: Student, Queer-Straight Alliance Founder,
Popular Guy.” Saturday Night, May 27, 2000, pp. 14-15.
Founder of secondary school organization in Coquitlam, B.C.
Start, Dale E.
An Evaluation of the Ontario Ministry of Education AIDS Education Policy.
London, Ont.: University of Western Ontario, Faculty of Graduate Studies,
1993.
(92 p.; Microlog no. 96-05661, 2 fiche)
“Analyses the current Ontario AIDS education policy to see whether
it provides for a behavioural risk reduction approach….[E]xamine[s]
implementation at two school boards in south-western Ontario….
Evaluates the extent to which AIDS education programs address the
needs of specific populations, in particular the gay, lesbian, and
bisexual students” – abstract from Canadian Research Index.
Stephenson, Daniel Patrick.
“Slices of Silencing, Schools, and Soul-Searching: Psychosocial Experiences of
Gay Adolescents.” M.A. thesis, Mount Saint Vincent University, 1998.
(130 leaves)
Stoddart, Kenneth.
“People Like Us: Memories of Marginality in High School and University.”
Qualitative Inquiry 7(2) (April 2001): 171-191.
“…some of the author’s experiences with racism, classism, homophobia,
& death as a high school student in Canada during the late 1950s & early
1960s” -- from Sociological Abstracts summary.
Stone, Sharon D.
“Reflections on Lesbian Feminist Activism in the Classroom.”
Atlantis: A Women’s Studies Journal 23(1) (Fall 1998): 160-166.
“Students at Trinity Western University Have Pledged Not to Smoke, Drink, Swear,
Take Drugs, Fornicate or Have Gay Sex: Are They Unfit to Teach Your Children?”
Globe and Mail [Metro ed.], January 11, 2000, pp. R1, R2.
Teacher education at a B.C. university. This is one of several general
news articles on this issue to have appeared at about this time. This
citation given to provide representation of the issue. One local
Vancouver article, “TWU’s Teacher Training Program Faces
Challenge,” appeared in Vancouver Sun, December 10, 1999, p. A3.
Also see elsewhere in this section.
“Students Combat Homophobia by Forming Gay Straight Clubs.”
Canadian Press Newswire, March 9, 2000 (797 words)
Full text available through CBCA Fulltext Education index,
last accessed Dec. 26, 2000.
Article discusses formation of gay-straight alliance clubs in
high schools in various areas of Canada and mentions specifically
Mr. Brent Power, a bullied Coquitlam, B.C. high school student
who responded to his experiences by forming such a club.
Sumara, Dennis J.
“Gay and Lesbian Voices in Literature: Making Room on the Shelf.”
English Quarterly 25(1) (1993): 30-34.
Journal published by Canadian Council of Teachers of English.
Sumara, Dennis J., and Davis, Brent A.
“Interrupting Heternormativity: Toward a Queer Curriculum Theory.”
Curriculum Inquiry 29(2) (Summer 1999): 191-208.
Publication “for the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education”
Sumara, Dennis, and Davis, Brent.
“Telling Tales of Surprise.” In Queer Theory in Education, pp. 197-219.
Edited by William F. Pinar et al. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates,
1998.
“Bridged to the work of curriculum theory, queer theory asks that the form
of curriculum and the relations of pedagogy be appropriated as spaces to
interpret the minutiae of differences among persons, not merely among
categories of persons” – abstract from PsycINFO.
“Supreme Court Continues to Define Balance Between Religious Freedom and Freedom
from Discrimination.” Education & Law Journal 11(3)(February 2002): 391-409.
Ref.: CBCA FullText Education electronic index, which
indicates that this concerns the Trinity Western University v.
College of Teachers case.
“Surrey [B.C.] Parents to Get Say on Gay Support Clubs.” Vancouver Sun,
March 25, 2000, p. A1, A2.
This article is one of a number on the subject of creation of clubs
in B.C. secondary schools to provide support for gay/lesbian
students. This front-page newspaper article is included to represent
the issue in this list. The interested user can retrieve additional
articles through indexes.
Sykes, Heather.
“Pedagogies of Censorship, Injury, and Masochism: Teacher Responses to
Homophobic Speech in Physical Education.” Journal of Curriculum Studies
36(1) (Jan.-Feb. 2004): 75-99.
“I examine how physical education teachers respond to homophobic
name-calling, as revealed in life history interviews with ‘lesbian’,
‘gay’, and ‘heterosexual’ teachers” in Canada and USA.
Ref.: ERIC document no. EJ 695071
Sykes, Heather.
“Teaching Bodies, Learning Desires: Feminist-Poststructural Life Histories
of Heterosexual and Lesbian Physical Education Teachers in Western
Canada.” Ph.D. dissertation, University of British Columbia, 1998.
(229 p.)
Sykes, Heather.
“Turning the Closets Inside/Out: Towards a Queer Feminist Theory in
Women’s Physical Education.” Sociology of Sport Journal 15(2)
(1998): 154-173.
Author did Ph.D. dissertation at University of British Columbia.
“Tackling the Issue of Homosexuality at School.” Globe and Mail [Metro ed.],
June 23, 1995, p. A2.
Calgary Board of Education incorporates sexual orientation into
harassment policy.
Tadei, Kim, and Dr. Stirling McDowell Foundation for Research into Teaching.
It’s O.K. To Have This Book in Your Public School Library!
Saskatoon, SK: Dr. Stirling McDowell Foundation, 2002.
Ref.: Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation, Stewart Resources
Centre (online) bibliography, “Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual…,” which
bibliography is fully cited elsewhere in this list, in the Bibliographies
section.
“Talking about Homosexuality: From 9 to 12.” Today’s Parent [Toronto],
April 1996, pp. 103-105 (1212 words).
Tang, Stephen.
“Gay and Lesbian International Students.” M.A. thesis, Royal Roads University,
2007.
“…examines support provided to gay and lesbian international students by
student services professionals at The University of Western Ontario….”
Ref.: AMICUS catalogue record no. 33666273 (microform format record).
Taylor, Catherine.
“ ‘Am I That Name?’: Constructions and Misconstructions of Lesbian Studies.”
Resources for Feminist Research 32 (1/2) (2007): 86-113.
Taylor, Catherine Gwen.
“University Education and the Struggle for a Freer Future: Impasses and
Passageways in Contemporary Discourses of Lesbian Studies and the
Liberal Arts.” Ph.D. dissertation, University of Toronto, 2000.
(257 p.)
TDSB Anti-homophobia Education Resource Guide: Ensuring a Safe, Positive, and
Inclusive Learning Environment for All Students from Diverse Communities,
Backgrounds, and Abilities. Toronto: Toronto District School Board, c2006.
(79 p.)
Alternative title in catalogue record:
Anti-homophobia Education Resource Guide.
Ref.: AMICUS catalogue record no. 34418142.
“Teacher’s Disclosure of Lesbian Lifestyle Arbitrable.”
Education Law Reporter 10(5) (Jan. 1999): 42-43.
Assiniboine South Teachers’ Association of the Manitoba Teachers’
Society v. Assiniboine South School Division # 3.
“Teachers Need to Help Make Schools Safe for Gays, Lesbians [Breaking the Silence
conference].” Saskatchewan Bulletin 67(9)(April 4, 2001): 3.
Ref.: CBCA FullText Education electronic index. “Breaking the
Silence: Gays and Lesbians in Our Schools” has been an annual
conference held at the University of Saskatchewan. As of February
5, 2003, the sixth annual conference, sponsored by the College of
Education, is being advertised to take place March 28-29, 2003.
Published proceedings of these conferences have not been discovered
by compiler, although some references to the conference will be
found in this bibliography.
“Teens Tackle Gay-Bashing: Students in Small Town Move to Stop
Harassment of Homosexuals.” Halifax Chronicle Herald, July 13, 1999, p. C8.
Report on a Bradford, Ontario high school.
Teeter, Brad.
“Homophobic School Trustees Beaten Back in Nanaimo [British Columbia].”
New Directions 5(2) (Nov./Dec. 1989): 12.
Temple, Julia R.
“ ‘People Who Are Different from You’ : Heterosexism in Quebec High School
Textbooks.” Canadian Journal of Education 28(3) (2005): 271-294.
Ref.: ERIC document no. EJ 728342
Thomson, Lynn, comp.
Opening the Closet Doors: An Annotated Bibliography and Resource List Enabling Educators
to Provide Advocacy and Support for Lesbian and Gay Youth.
Vancouver, B.C.: B.C. Teachers’ Federation Lesson Aids Service, 1992.
(37 p.) (Order no. 2305).
“Top Court Backs Christian University: BC School Can Train Teachers Despite
Anti-Gay Beliefs.” Vancouver Sun, May 18, 2001, pp. A1, A2.
Trinity Western University.
See also “Supreme Court Upholds Private School’s Right to Antigay
Beliefs,” Globe and Mail [Metro ed.], May 18, 2001, p. A3.
Toronto Board of Education.
Sexual Orientation: Focus on Homosexuality, Lesbianism and Homophobia:
A Resource Guide for Teachers of Health Education in Secondary Schools.
Toronto: The Board, 1992.
(4 vols. in 1 binder)
Contents: Introduction and Part A: Information Related to the Unit –
Part B: General Strategies for Teaching the Unit – Part C: Specific
Strategies for Teaching the Unit – Part D: Resources for Teaching the Unit
“Triangle Program Helps Gay Students.” Journal of Addiction & Mental Health 4(3)
(May/June 2001): 2 (194-word news note).
Oasis Alternative Secondary School, Toronto.
There is more elsewhere in this bibliography on the issue.
“Union Backs Gay School Texts: Teachers Urge School Boards to Buy Material.”
Toronto Star, August 16, 2001, pp. A1, A18.
Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario.
See article following day: “Union Vote on Gay Texts Angers Parents
Groups,” Toronto Star, August 17, 2001, p. A8.
Ursel, Susan.
“Supreme Court Continues to Define Balance between Religious Freedom and
Freedom from Discrimination.” Education and Law Journal 11(3) (Feb. 2002):
391-409.
Trinity Western University v. College of Teachers.
Ref.: CBCA index.
Van Brummelen, Harro, and Sawatsky, Kevin.
“Colliding Rights in the Schools: Trinity Western University v. The British
Columbia College of Teachers.” Journal of Educational Thought 36(3)
(December 2002): 207-228.
Discusses denial by College of Teachers of university’s teacher education
program and teacher certification because of the university’s prohibition
on homosexuality. Report on suit and Supreme Court of Canada
determination.
Ref.: ERIC document no. EJ 661515
Vancouver School Board [British Columbia].
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Transsexual, Two-Spirit,
Questioning POLICY. 2004.
As accessed May 11, 2005 at
www.galebc.org/LGBTTQPOLICYFEB2004.pdf
Vilches, Silvia Leonor, 1962-
“Managing Visibility: The Process of Managing Equity Issues for Gay, Lesbian,
Bisexual, Two-Spirited, and Transgender People in an Academic Environment.”
M.A. thesis, University of Victoria, 2002.
(155 leaves)
Ref.: AMICUS catalogue record no. 28584153, from the note in which the
following is taken: “In this thesis study I explored the experiences of …
(GLBTTQ) people in the work and study context at the University of
Victoria….”
[Vriend, Delwin: Excerpt from Summary and Full Text of Supreme Court Ruling
in Delwin Vriend Case]: Is the Court Usurping the Power of the Elected
Legislature; Why the Supreme Court Ruled in Favour of Delwin Vriend;
Why the Alberta Law Hasn’t Included Sexual Orientation; Include Gays:
What Triggered This Case.” Globe and Mail [Metro ed.], April 3, 1998,
p. A17.
Compiler-supplied title proper. Several articles, all from same
source and treating same issue have been combined into this
single entry.
Walton, Gerald.
“Bullying and Homophobia in Canadian Schools: The Politics of Policies,
Programs, and Educational Leadership.” In Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender Issues
in Education: Programs, Policies, and Practices. Edited by James T. Sears.
New York: Harrington Park Press, c2005.
(ISBN 1560235233 and 1560235241)
Waxman, Tobaron.
“I Am the Unicorn.” Fuse Magazine 21(1) (Winter 1998): 50-52.
One person’s account of being the only gay person in the
university drama program.
Wells, Kristopher.
Gay-Straight Alliances in Alberta Schools: A Guide for Teachers.
Edmonton, AB: Alberta Teachers’ Association, 2005.
Ref.: Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation, Stewart Resources
Centre (online) bibliography, “Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual…,” which
bibliography is fully cited elsewhere in this list, in the Bibliographies
section.
Wells, Kristopher.
Gay-Straight Student Alliance Handbook: A Comprehensive Resource for
Canadian K-12 Teachers, Administrators and School Counsellors.
Ottawa, ON: Canadian Teachers’ Federation, 2006.
Ref.: Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation, Stewart Resources
Centre (online) bibliography, “Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual…,” which
bibliography is fully cited elsewhere in this list, in the Bibliographies
section. Note in the STF bibliography states: “This handbook is an
expanded national version” of Wells’s work published by the Alberta
Teachers’ Assocation (see entry above, in this section)
Wells, Kristopher.
“Generation Queer: Sexual Minority Youth and Canadian Schools.”
Education Canada 48(1) (Winter 2007-2008): 18+
Ref.: ERIC document no. EJ 782698; CPI.Q index.
Wells, Kris.
“Poisoning the School Environment: Conduct Unbecoming a Member of the
Teaching Profession [Kempling v British Columbia College of Teachers].”
ATA Magazine 86(3) (Spring 2006): 20+ (1568 words)
ATA is the Alberta Teachers’ Association.
User will find considerable additional discussion through indexes
such as CBCA. See also Dickinson, above in this section.
Wells, Kristopher, 1971-
“Understanding Difference Differently: Sex-and-gender OUTlaws in
Alberta Schools.” M.Ed. thesis, University of Alberta, 2003.
“This study is based on research conducted with four Queer young
adults (17-22 years old) in Alberta schools and communities….” –
National Library of Canada AMICUS catalogue record no. 29965705
Wicks, Michael.
“A Day without Homophobia.” Teacher [BC] 3(7) (June 1991): 7.
Actions to take with gay and lesbian students.
“Wilson, Douglas (1950-92),” by Donald W. McLeod. In Who’s Who in
Contemporary Gay and Lesbian History: From World War II to the Present Day,
p. 450-451. Edited by Robert Aldrich and Garry Wotherspoon. London;
New York: Routledge, 2001.
Activist, publisher, writer. Article points out that the University of
Saskatchewan’s dean of the College of Education refused to let Wilson,
a postgraduate student, supervise practice teachers because Wilson was
openly involved with the gay movement. The decision was supported by
the University of Saskatchewan president, and appeal to the Saskatchewan
Human Rights Commission was unsuccessful.
Wine, Jeri Dawn.
“Lesbian Academics in Canada.” Resources for Feminist Research 32 (1/2):
15-22.
Reprint from “The Lesbian Issue” of Resources for Feminist Research
12(1) (1983).
Wine, J. D.
“Lesbians in Canadian Academe.” CAUT Bulletin 36(3) (March 1989): 5 [insert].
CAUT is Canadian Association of University Teachers.
Wine, Jeri D.
“On Prejudice and Possibility: Lesbians in Canadian Academe.”
Atlantis: A Women’s Studies Journal 14(1)(Fall 1988): 45-55.
Winnipeg School Division No. 1 [Manitoba].
Human Rights / Anti-Homophobia Resource Guide. 2002.
Listed on the School Division’s “Pathfinder: Human Rights” Web page,
www.wsd1.org/PC_LMS/pf/human_rights.htm ,
with information that publication is available through Reference Library,
Library Media Services, Winnipeg School Division, and is filed at their
library call number 306.766 HUM. List accessed May 11, 2005.
Wolfman, Oscar.
“Homophobia in Education: Dividing Practices of Sexuality in Two Ontario
Public School Boards.” MA thesis, Carleton University, 1996.
(213 p.)
“How homophobia is deployed as a dividing practice to normalize
specific forms of gendered and sexual behaviour in high school
students is investigated by comparing a discursive analysis of
Ontario Ministry of Education and Toronto and Ottawa Public
School Board policies and curricula with the lived experiences of
lesbian, gay, and bisexual students attending those boards” –
abstract from Canadian Research Index.
Yallop, John J. Guiney.
“Exploring an Emotional Landscape: Becoming a Researcher by Reawakening
the Poet.” Brock Education [St. Catharines, Ont.] 14(2) (Spring 2005): 132-144.
Ref.: CBCA index.
Young, Claire, and Majury, Diana.
“Lesbian Perspectives.” In Breaking Anonymity: The Chilly Climate for
Women Faculty, pagination not known. By Chilly Collective. Waterloo,
Ont: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 1995.
Zine, Jasmin.
“‘Negotiating Equity’: The Dynamics of Minority Community Engagement in
Constructing Inclusive Educational Policy.” Cambridge Journal of
Education 31(2)(2001): 239-269.
Toronto situation is subject of this paper. Broader than scope of the
bibliography, but with important implications.
“Religious and ethnic communities objected to the displacement of race,
ethnicity and religion and what they regarded as the centering of sexual
orientation in a policy which would integrate gay and lesbian issues into
the curriculum. Advocates for separate policies argued that all forms of
difference could not be equated…” –from PsycINFO abstract.