Are children just “rights holders in waiting"? How should children’s right to privacy be protected? How should we understand children’s rights in light of policies such as Saskatchewan’s recent “Parents’ Bill of Rights” and efforts to ban Gay-Straight Alliances in schools, along with books that tell stories of same-sex parents and Pride celebrations? How, in such an environment can schools and teachers provide inclusive education for all students?

Join panellists Professor Anne McGillivray, Faculty of Law, University of Manitoba, Aubrey Abaya, Public Legal Education Coordinator, Centre for Constitutional Studies, University of Alberta, and members of Dr Tonya Callaghan’s research team “Advancing Healthy & Socially Just Schools and Communities” at the University of Calgary. Dr Callaghan is the author of the 2023“ Out of the closet: Heterosexism and transphobia in our schools and globally”.