Manitoba Teachers’ Society votes to infuse ‘LGBTQ’ issues throughout provincial curricula
The Manitoba Teachers’ Society ( MTS ) passed a resolution on Saturday to lobby the provincial government to revamp its entire spectrum of existing curricula to include “ LGBTQ ” (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer) issues, people, and values. About 90 percent of 290 delegates to MTS’s Annual General Meeting — representing 15,000 public school teachers — voted in favor of the resolution, according to MTS President Paul Olson. If the resolution is adopted, the government would require all schools receiving public funding, both public and private, to follow the reengineered curricula. The new curricula must “explicitly speak to sensitive issues being addressed in the classroom” if it is to be an “aid in creating inclusive learning environments for all students and teachers,” according to an MTP press release. For example, a math problem in the revised curricula “might include a mother and father, but can also include a single parent or parents of the same