Day of Pink Blog

May 12, 2012
Article from the Mount Forest Confederate Presentation at WHSS: Humour and life experiences reinforce anti-bullying message...
May 11, 2012
The power of the Parliament Hill breakfastread more
May 11, 2012
Message from Bob Rae:It is an honour for me to send greetings to everyone here tonight at this fundraiser for anti-bullying programmed as part of the preparation for the International Day Against Homophobia and I am sorry that my schedule does not allow me to be there with you. I would like to thank Jeremy Dias and everybody involved with Jeremy's...
May 10, 2012
As Amit Khanna saw his 30th birthday draw near, he wanted to do more than just get wasted with friends in a bar. So he’s making his May 11 party — YOUnique Ties — a fundraiser for the anti-homophobia organization Jer’s Vision. Jer’s Vision is the brainchild of ...
May 08, 2012
Full article on Notable.caJeremy Dias is a 28-year-old uOttawa graduate who works at JersVision.org, where he educates and engages youth in Canada in dialogues on homophobic and transphobic...
May 08, 2012
Bully: The kids aren't alrightby Joeseph Bélangerfull article here on Xpress.ca read more
May 04, 2012
PREVNet’s 6th Annual Conference will take place at the Chestnut Conference Centre in downtown Toronto on June 19, 2012. The theme of this year’s conference is “Creating Healthy Relationships to Prevent Bullying: Get the Tools to Take Action”....
May 03, 2012
On April 12th and 13th Mel and Shannon presented anti-queerphobia workshops and a consent workshop to students at Ridgemont high school. All of the students had great questions and generated very productive conversations about how they can work to address homophobia and transphobia in their school and communties. In the consent workshop, students...
May 02, 2012
Check out this great Xtra.ca article about Rainbow Day on the HillRainbow Day on the Hill arcs over Parliment: Gay teens shadow MPs in a landmark programby Bradley Turcotte ...
May 02, 2012
Students from W.E. Gowling Public School organized anti-bullying activities with the help of teacher Maxine Kossy. They made a play, showed videos, and created presentations to celebrate the Day of Pink. Congratulations to their great initiative!
May 01, 2012
Check out this great article by 2B Magaine. Dany Morin hosts LGBT Youth on Parliment Hill for Rainbow Dayby Jordan ArseneaultPairing young activists with Members of Parliament to live a day in the life of an elected official isn’t a new idea. Unless you’re pairing LGBT youth with out MP’s, as Dany Morin did for today’s...
May 01, 2012
In November of last year, Minister of Education, Laurel Broten, courageously introduced Bill-13 – the Accepting Schools Act. This legislation if passed would do a number of things, including:read more
Apr 29, 2012
A message from a Vacouver school visited this year:read more