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Donn Short

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Religious Belief And The Queer Classroom.Pdf, Donn Short Dec 2017

Religious Belief And The Queer Classroom.Pdf, Donn Short

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This study examines the influence of religious affiliation on lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, two
spirit, queer, and questioning (LGBTQ)-inclusive practices. Using data from a national survey of
educators from pre-kindergarten to grade 12, multivariate analyses of variance models were
employed in order to test the effects of religious affiliation on several LGBTQ-inclusive outcome
measures. Results show that religious affiliation does have a significant impact on the likelihood
that educators will (or will not) practice LGBTQ-inclusive education, however, the pathways to
such practices vary considerably across religious groupings. Recommendations are suggested in …

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Safe Schools: The Threat From Within?, Donn Short Dec 2010

Safe Schools: The Threat From Within?, Donn Short

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Safe school policies in many urban schools in Ontario have featured security guards, electronic surveillance, student identification tags, discipline, and zero tolerance. In 2000, the Ontario Ministry of Education passed the Safe Schools Act, which set out a list of offences that could trigger expulsion, suspension, and other disciplinary responses. Interestingly, it did not define safety. In a parallel move, the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) adopted The Equity Foundation Statement in 1999 – a comprehensive commitment to equity and a rally against racism, homophobia, sexism, and oppression based on class. This article explores the disconnect between students’ and teachers’ …

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Religion-Based Claims For Impinging On Queer Citizenship, Donn Short, Bruce Macdougall Dec 2009

Religion-Based Claims For Impinging On Queer Citizenship, Donn Short, Bruce Macdougall

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Competing claims for legal protection based on religion and on sexual orientation have arisen fairly frequently in Canada in the past decade or so. The authors place such competitions into five categories based on the nature of who is making the claim and who is impacted, the site of the competition, and the extent to which the usual legal and constitutional norms applicable are affected. Three of the five categories identified involve a claim that a religion operate in some form in the public area so as to impinge on the usual protection of equality on the basis of sexual …

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Conversations In Equity And Social Justice: Constructing Safe Schools For Queer Youth, Donn Short Dec 2008

Conversations In Equity And Social Justice: Constructing Safe Schools For Queer Youth, Donn Short

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Queers, Bullying And Schools: Am I Safe Here?, Donn Short Dec 2006

Queers, Bullying And Schools: Am I Safe Here?, Donn Short

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This article reports on interviews conducted with students and educators in various Toronto-area high schools in an attempt to gauge how and to what extent so-called "formal" law (laws, policies, regulations) interacts with other, sometimes, competing normative or- ders, such as gender codes, sexuality, race, religion, in the educational setting. This approach is necessary to understand how anti-harassment and anti-homophobia policies are complicated by these other regulating influences.

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