Grade 4 brings the onset of puberty, burgeoning crushes and big questions. Host Bronwin Parks and Elinor Svoboda discuss how an encounter with ‘the question box’ in health class changed Bronwin's middle childhood. This leads the hosts to investigate how the Alberta curriculum approached homosexuality in 1988. Spoiler: It hasn’t really changed 30 years later. 

This episode includes interviews with: Associate Professor Dr. Tonya Callahan from University of Calgary, and licensed clinical psychologist Dr. Kate Thomson.

Resources:

Homophobia in Hallways by Dr. Tonya Callaghan (book - adult) -https://utorontopress.com/9781487522674/homophobia-in-the-hallways/

Teaching About Gender Diversity by Susan Woolley & Lee Airton (book - adult) - https://www.teachingaboutgenderdiversity.com/

Queer There And Everywhere by Sarah Prager (book - kids) - https://sarahprager.com/queerthere/

Amaze (website - organization) - https://amaze.org/

How To Talk And Listen To Transgender People (video) - https://youtu.be/HbQZ7jAvgoI?feature=shared