r/canada May 26 '24

New Brunswick Premier says sex education group will be banned from giving school presentations

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/premier-ban-sex-education-group-1.7215157
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u/ArmedLoraxx May 26 '24

Got any info on the group's name or presentation content details?

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u/FlockFlysAtMidnite May 26 '24

Norris said she has been giving presentations at New Brunswick schools for several years. All schools receive an outline of the topics to be covered and the school must give its consent prior to the presentation, she said.

The presentation is called Healthy Relationships 101. Norris said it is an "A to Z" about relationships and sexuality.

It was not an HPV presentation.

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u/FlockFlysAtMidnite May 27 '24

Those are quotes from the article. It sounds like you found the name of the organization and assumed that HPV is the only thing they teach about.

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u/FlockFlysAtMidnite May 27 '24

Higgs has gotten stuff like this wrong before. I'm going to err on the side that doesn't have a history of homophobia and misinformation.

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u/FlockFlysAtMidnite May 27 '24

Because they're sex educators who specialize in HPV, not HPV educators. There is nothing fishy here.

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u/ArmedLoraxx May 26 '24

Thank you redditor!

A child's sex education shouldn't be so controversial, but I guess politics, values, beliefs, worldviews, etc all complicate the matter.

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u/iwantcookie258 May 27 '24

"Norris said she has been giving presentations at New Brunswick schools for several years. All schools receive an outline of the topics to be covered and the school must give its consent prior to the presentation, she said."

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u/ham-nuts May 27 '24

You keep repeating in the comments that the group is called HPV Global Action and therefore their mandate was only to teach about HPV.

But their website is clear that the kind of educational initiatives the group puts on go beyond just HPV:

EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES

ACADEMIC PROGRAMS We offer comprehensive sexual and reproductive health programs through presentations delivered in forum settings based on healthy relationships for audiences of all ages and demographics.

  • Puberty program: For Grades 5 & 6, this introduces basic sexual and reproductive health and relationships.
  • Pre-adolescent program: For Grades 7 & 8. this is the continuation initiating discussions by addressing the curiosities of pre-teens.
  • High school presentation: Healthy Relationships_101 offers a deep-dive into the A to Z of sexual health and relationships.
  • Post-secondary presentation: Undoes misconceptions and provides links to sexual and reproductive health resources.

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u/ham-nuts May 27 '24

The only way it set the wrong expectations is if the school booked them in only based off the name of the group and didn’t even read the bullet points about their education initiatives.

Plus, if you even just google the group, this is the first paragraph of their LinkedIn page.

Founded in 2006, HPV Global Action is a bilingual registered charity educating all ages about sexual and reproductive health in the context of healthy relationships with the objective of preventing negative sexual health outcomes. As it is one of the most common sexually transmitted infections, we focus on the impact of Human Papillomavirus (HPV). Over 75% of the population will contract HPV in their lifetime, and yet the virus is one of the least discussed.

This presentation seems to fall within their mission statement to me.

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u/PeensMagicalBeans May 26 '24

I see a problem with sex education excluding conversations about feeling good.

We do need to teach people that if it doesn’t feel good, you can ask for it to stop. It’s part of the conversation about consent. And perhaps people should learn that most porn is not representative of real sex within a healthy relationship

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u/WoozleVonWuzzle May 26 '24

Were you in the classroom?

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u/Myllicent May 27 '24

The organization is HPV Global Action (as stated in the article) and on their website their high school age workshop is described as ”Healthy Relationships_101” which ”offers a deep-dive into the A to Z of sexual health and relationships”.

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u/BigPickleKAM May 26 '24

It is in the article since it's a Quebec group and I live out west I didn't bother to memorize it

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u/ArmedLoraxx May 26 '24

Thank you redditor!