Event Date: Thursday, April 25, 2019
Sex Ed Conference – Politics, Practices, Perspectives
Thursday, April 25
8:30 - 4:30
IGAB Atrium
8:30-9:00
Registration
9:00-9:15
Introduction
9:15-10:45
Sex Ed in the Global Context
Shuchi Karim
“Addressing Adolescent and Young Peoples' Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights: Challenges Faced by Sex Education Programs around the World”
Marijke Naezer
"Empowerment through Sex Education? Rethinking Paradoxical Policies"
11:00-12:30
Consent in Sex Ed Curricula
Jen Gilbert
“What We Talk about When We Talk about Consent.”
Nadine Thornhill
“A Comprehensive Approach to Teaching Consent to Prepubescent Children”
12:30-1:30
Lunch
1:30-3:00
The Question of Progress in Ontario’s Sex Ed Practices and Policies
Lauren Bialystok
“Touchy Subject: Progressive Sex Education in Polarized Times”
Christabelle Sethna
“Sex Education and Parental Responsibility in Early 20th Century Ontario”
3:15-4:15
Student Panel: What Should Ontario Teach?
Ayesha Khanna (Western)
Hannah Maitland (York)
Kyle Rubini (Western)
4:15-4:30
Concluding Remarks
Sponsored by the Department of Women's Studies & Feminist Research, The Elinor Ratcliffe Fund and the Social Science Student Donation Fund