Tue Sep 20, 2022 – 9:32 pm EDT
GUELPH, Ontario (LifeSiteNews) — A Canadian school board is conducting a survey that questions young children about their sexuality.
The Upper Grand District School Board in Guelph started asking children as young as age 11 on September 19 to divulge and explain their sexual orientation and gender identity to school staff in a non-anonymous survey.
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The Guelph school board claims that the voluntary survey is necessary in order to gain “the tools to identify and name specific areas where bias and oppression are creating barriers to our racialized and marginalized students.” The board also said it is “only through identifying and naming areas of oppression” that the district will “be able to make systemic changes that will create more equitable outcomes for all our students.”
The survey, which also includes questions on race, religion, and disabilities, encompasses kindergarten through Grade 12, although the questions on sexual orientation and gender identity are limited to grades 7-12. For children not yet in Grade 9, the parent or guardian will complete the survey on behalf of their child. Students in Grade 9 and up will complete the survey
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