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Dalton McGuiny (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) A group that has been pushing for the reinstatement of the controversial sex education curriculum that was dropped by the Ontario Liberal government after outrage from parents and family organizations has started a new campaign hoping to sway public opinion. A coalition of groups spearheaded by the Ontario Physical Health Education Association (OPHEA) is trying to create public acceptance for the curriculum that was shelved in 2010 by running newspaper ads, hosting a website, and holding public meetings in an attempt to white wash the sex ed program. OPHEA will hold a public meeting today, Tuesday, Dec 10th at 7pm, at David Lewis Public School, 130 Fundy Bay Blvd (near Warden Ave. & McNicoll Ave.), Toronto . "You may have heard about the ads the sex-ed activists are running in newspapers this month trying to persuade the public that there is huge public demand to update the sex ed curriculum," said Teresa Pierre, Ph...

A high-profile coalition of education and health groups is urging Kathleen Wynne ’s Liberal government to reintroduce the radical sex ed curriculum that was shelved in 2010 after blowback from parents. That program would have had students learning about “sexual orientation” and “gender identity” as early as grade 3, and oral and anal intercourse as early as grade 7. The coalition, which is spearheaded by the Ontario Physical Health Education Association and includes SickKids Hospital , the Council of Ontario Directors of Education, the Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario , and the University of Toronto , among others, issued a set of reports Monday urging the province to get a new curriculum off the ground by the fall. They claim that Ontario’s existing 1998 curriculum is “woefully out of date” and ultimately hurting the province’s children. In particular, the groups are concerned that the curriculum needs to be more fully brought into line with the government’s...