Resources on Sexuality Education
The resources below serve as a starting point on understanding the politics of sexuality and health education. We welcome feedback and suggestions on areas to expand and, of course, please let us know if any links are broken by using the "contact us" form at the bottom of the page.
Bialystok, Lauren. “My Child, My Choice? Mandatory Curriculum, Sex, and the Conscience of Parents.” Educational Theory 68.1 (2018): 11-29. Doi: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/edth.12286
Bialystok, L. and Wright, J. “’Just Say No’: Public Dissent over Sexuality Education and the Canadian National Imaginary.” Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education 40.4 (2019). Published online May 29, 2017. CLICK HERE
Cohen, Jacqueline N., E Sandra Byers, and Heather A. Sears. “Factors Affecting Canadian Teachers’
Willingness to Teach Sexual Health Education.” Sex Education 12.3 (2012): 299-316. CLICK HERE
Connell, Erin. “Desire as Interruption: Young Women and Sexuality Education in Ontario,
Canada.” Sex Education 5.3 (2005): 253-368. CLICK HERE
Flicker, Sarah and Salehi, R. “Predictors of Exposure to Sexual Health Education among Teens Who Are
Newcomers to Canada.” The Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality 19.4 (2010): 157-67. CLICK HERE
Grace, Andre. "Alberta Bounded: Comprehensive Sexual Health Education, Parentism, and Gaps
in Provincial Legislation and Educational Policy." Canadian Journal of Education 41:2 (2018): 472-497.
Larkin, J., Flicker, S., Flynn, S., Layne, C., Schwartz, A., Travers, R., Pole, J. and Guta, A. "The Ontario Sexual Health Education Update: Perspectives from the Toronto Teen Survey (TTS) Youth." Canadian Journal of Education 40.2 (2017): 1-24. CLICK HERE
McKay, Alexander, Sandra Byers, Susan Voyer, and Terry Humphreys. “Ontario Parents' Opinions and
Attitudes towards Sexual Health Education in The Schools.” The Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality 23.3 (2014): 159-66. CLICK HERE
Rayside, David. "Sexual Diversity, Religious Mobilization, and Moral Traditionalism in Ontario,
1986–2015." In D. Rayside, J. Sabin, & P. Thomas (Eds.), Religious Contention in Canadian Party Politics. Vancouver: UBC UP, 2017, 159-195.
Shipley, Heather. “Challenging Identity Constructs.” Religion and Sexuality: Diversity and the Limits of Tolerance. Eds. Pamela Dickey Young, Tracy J. Trothen, and Heather Shipley. Vancouver: UBC, 2015. 97-118. CLICK HERE