Alberta’s education minister won’t rule out withholding provincial funding from two private religious schools that refuse to comply with a law giving students the right to form a gay-straight alliance. Pastor Brian Coldwell, the board chair for Edmonton-area schools Harvest Baptist Academy and Meadows Baptist Academy, said it’s religious persecution for the government to force ...

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In B.C. schools will have to incorporate lessons about sexual orientation in anti-bullying messages Anti-bullying policies in all schools in British Columbia will soon have to include explicit references to sexual orientation and gender identity. Education Minister Mike Bernier announced Thursday that school districts and independent schools will have until the end of the year ...

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The curriculum was updated last year for the first time since 1998, although some changes prompted protests from parents. Progressive Conservative Leader Patrick Brown is promising to scrap the Liberals’ sex-ed curriculum if his party forms government after the 2018 election. In a letter distributed this week — with days to go before a by-election ...

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‘There’s a big difference between protecting students and the promotion of a lifestyle’ A Spruce Grove pastor who oversees two Christian private schools has accused Alberta’s education minister of wielding “dictatorial power” on the issue of LGBTQ rights, and says his board has no intention of complying with the government’s new policy. “I have a ...

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