On November 15, the Trillium Lakelands District School Board (TLDSB) *Positive Space Committee hosted a Fall in love with your GSA Conference at the Haliburton County Education Centre.
The day-long initiative invited Grade 7 to 12 students from across the Board and their Gender-Sexuality Alliance (GSA) leader(s) to the collaborative event to share and discover new ideas and supports to launch or sustain a successful GSA.
In the morning, attendees had the opportunity to hear from keynote speaker and Trent University assistant professor and faculty advisor, Rachael Nicholls. In the afternoon attendees participated in two workshops, organized by Trent University Ph.D. student specializing in education, gender, and social justice, Lisa Trefzger Clarke, and Trent University teacher and nine-time Aurora Award winner for fantasy and science fiction, Derek Newman-Stille.
Please see the video below for highlights from the day:
*The TLDSB Positive Space Committee is a sub committee of the TLDSB Equity and Inclusion Task Force. They are a group of people who promote positive space as one of many opportunities for system learning under the umbrella of Ontario’s Equity and Inclusive Education strategy. The goal of Positive Space is to cultivate safer and more inclusive spaces for 2SLGBTQIA+ communities within TLDSB. To learn more, visit the Board’s Positive Space – 2SLGTBQIA+ page.
