Defend The Updated Ontario Sex Education Curriculum

The Issue

Sign this petition to send a thank you for the update to the Ontario Sex Education Curriculum, it was far over due and much appreciated :) We need to show that many more people are happy and welcome the changes.

"Teaching about sexual health and development does not increase sexual behaviour, and can actually prevent risky sexual activity."

Facts like those are found in Government of Ontario documents:
What is in the Health and Physical Education Curriculum? (New!)
Grades 1-6 Parent's Guide
Grades 7-12 Parent's Guide 
Full Curriculum + More Resources (en Français ici)
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Quick Summary: http://globalnews.ca/news/1845754/what-ontarios-new-sex-ed-curriculum-teaches-in-grades-1-through-12/
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Many ill-informed voices are taking over the social media sphere. Fueled by a ridiculous protest to pull kids out of school, there is an attempt to persuade public opinion and roll us back to a curriculum made before most of us had access to the internet [1].

What's at stake here is our kids learning the body of scientific and psychological knowledge we've researched and gained in the past two decades. This education is meant to protect our children from sexual harassment, sexual assault [2], unwanted pregnancies, and sexually transmitted infections [3].

Those parents do have a choice and no one is stopping them from removing their kids from sex education classes. But public policy should be that every student deserves access to sex education, an education that just so happens to protect those equipped with the knowledge.

The fact of the matter is we're living in the internet age, the holes in our education will have our young kids searching on Google, and some of those search results will be flat out incorrect information. So I ask who would you like teaching our kids: properly equipped and respectful teachers who are our neighbours, friends, and family; or having our kids learn from the internet which could be from anyone, misinformed, and from anywhere. The third option, regrettably, is our children go off doing something preventable and having to suffer the consequences.

#SupportSexEd

Video Update 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mp45UsXGFRs

[1] http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2015/05/04/fact-checking-10-claims-made-by-parents-against-the-ontario-sex-ed-curriculum.html

[2] http://globalnews.ca/news/1980202/majority-of-canadians-lack-full-understanding-of-sexual-consent-poll-finds/

[3] http://www.rawstory.com/2015/05/chlamydia-outbreaks-hits-nearly-10-percent-of-small-texas-school-in-district-with-no-sex-ed-policy/

Confirmed victory
This petition made change with 29,667 supporters!

The Issue

Sign this petition to send a thank you for the update to the Ontario Sex Education Curriculum, it was far over due and much appreciated :) We need to show that many more people are happy and welcome the changes.

"Teaching about sexual health and development does not increase sexual behaviour, and can actually prevent risky sexual activity."

Facts like those are found in Government of Ontario documents:
What is in the Health and Physical Education Curriculum? (New!)
Grades 1-6 Parent's Guide
Grades 7-12 Parent's Guide 
Full Curriculum + More Resources (en Français ici)
عربي‎ · 繁體中文 · 简体中文 · فارسى · Polski · ਪੰਜਾਬੀ · اردو

Quick Summary: http://globalnews.ca/news/1845754/what-ontarios-new-sex-ed-curriculum-teaches-in-grades-1-through-12/
_ _ _

Many ill-informed voices are taking over the social media sphere. Fueled by a ridiculous protest to pull kids out of school, there is an attempt to persuade public opinion and roll us back to a curriculum made before most of us had access to the internet [1].

What's at stake here is our kids learning the body of scientific and psychological knowledge we've researched and gained in the past two decades. This education is meant to protect our children from sexual harassment, sexual assault [2], unwanted pregnancies, and sexually transmitted infections [3].

Those parents do have a choice and no one is stopping them from removing their kids from sex education classes. But public policy should be that every student deserves access to sex education, an education that just so happens to protect those equipped with the knowledge.

The fact of the matter is we're living in the internet age, the holes in our education will have our young kids searching on Google, and some of those search results will be flat out incorrect information. So I ask who would you like teaching our kids: properly equipped and respectful teachers who are our neighbours, friends, and family; or having our kids learn from the internet which could be from anyone, misinformed, and from anywhere. The third option, regrettably, is our children go off doing something preventable and having to suffer the consequences.

#SupportSexEd

Video Update 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mp45UsXGFRs

[1] http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2015/05/04/fact-checking-10-claims-made-by-parents-against-the-ontario-sex-ed-curriculum.html

[2] http://globalnews.ca/news/1980202/majority-of-canadians-lack-full-understanding-of-sexual-consent-poll-finds/

[3] http://www.rawstory.com/2015/05/chlamydia-outbreaks-hits-nearly-10-percent-of-small-texas-school-in-district-with-no-sex-ed-policy/

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The Decision Makers

Kathleen Wynne
Premier of Ontario
Responded
Ontario is updating the health and physical education curriculum, including sex education, to keep our kids healthy and safe. I would like to thank you for your support and ask that you keep up the important work of talking about why these changes are so critical. Please take a moment to share your support on Twitter by clicking this link: http://bit.ly/1SlQO35 If you want to stay up-to-date on our plan to give kids accurate, current information and to help them stay safe and healthy, visit our website: http://bit.ly/1HQB8BW It has been 17 years since the sex education section of the curriculum was updated in 1998, long before the internet, smartphones, Facebook and Snapchat. Over 60 per cent of Grade 5 and 6 students access the internet through a portable computer such as a tablet or a laptop. We want our kids to have accurate, current information, to help them stay safe and healthy. The curriculum review is one of the most extensive ever undertaken by the Ministry of Education, involving parents, students, teachers, faculties of education, universities, colleges and community groups. Of parents surveyed, 96% said it is important that their children learn about expected changes during puberty before their bodies begin to change. The World Health Organization says that giving kids accurate information at an early age actually helps prevent risky behaviour and early sexual activity. Parents play an integral role in their children’s education, especially in educating children on sexuality and sexual health – this curriculum will not replace the role of parents in educating their children on sexual health. Again, thank you for your work to help keep our kids healthy and safe. Thank you, Kathleen Wynne, Premier of Ontario
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Petition created on May 5, 2015