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Community Meeting – Toronto

Faith Sanctuary Pentecostal Church in Toronto is hosting a community P.E.A.C.E. meeting on Sunday, September 27 at 6:30pm. All those concerned about the new Ontario sexual health curriculum are invited to attend.

For more information contact: 416 244 4898 Ext. 121 or email vm@faithsanctuary.com

Community Meeting – Pickering

The Pickering Islamic Centre is hosting a special P.E.A.C.E. presentation with Director Phil Lees on the coming changes to the Ontario health and physical education curriculum. The event will take place on Sunday, June 14 at 2:30 pm.

For more information, contact Javed Akbar at (905) 426 7887.

Organization wants to work with schools

By Trevor Terfloth, Chatham Daily News Parents with concerns over the province’s new sexual education curriculum should not only work with schools, but also talk with their children, says a speaker and former educator. Phil Lees, president and founder of P.E.A.C.E. (Public Education Advocates for Christian Equity) Ontario, gave a presentation to more than 100 people at Gregory Drive Alliance Church on Thursday. He provided a rundown of the curriculum, set to be introduced in September, noting that some of the material isn’t age-appropriate or Continue reading →

Community Meeting – Aylmer

A P.E.A.C.E. community meeting is being held at Luton Hall in Alymer, Ontario on Saturday, April 25 at 10 a.m. All those in the surrounding area concerned about the coming changes to the Ontario public school health curriculum are invited to attend.

Community Meeting – Ajax

Westney Heights Baptist Church in Ajax is hosting a community P.E.A.C.E. presentation on Saturday, May 23rd, regarding the coming changes to the Ontario health curriculum. All those concerned are invited to attend.

For more information, contact Pastor Brian Wardlaw at (905)839-4621

Making sex education work

*Foreword – This report provided by the Institute of Marriage and Family Canada is one of the best resources available for getting a clear understanding of this issue.  Once you’ve read the report, check back into the website for more tips and tools you can use. – PEACE Ontario*   By Peter Jon Mitchell, Institute of Marriage and Family Canada November 2014 – *excerpt* In 2010, the Ontario Ministry of Education put a revised Physical Education Curriculum for grades one to eight on hold. Some parents objected to elements Continue reading →

Release curriculum, consult parents says advocacy group

Toronto, Monday June 3, 2013 – OPHEA’s (Ontario Physical and Health Education Association) summary document, ‘It’s Time to Take Action for Ontario’s Kids’, claims students are being disadvantaged because of a curriculum that is 15 years old.  The document states that “kids are using out-of-date strategies to deal with drug use, Schools lack the support they need to help students in distress (mental health problems), Students need to learn about healthy eating, and only 7% of children are meeting Canada’s physical activity guidelines of 60 Continue reading →

Hamilton Parent Launches Law Suit

Things are really beginning to heat up here in the province. The Hamilton School Board has been served with a law suit from a family that used our document to communicate their faith and were told they do not have the right to know when curriculum conflicts with their values. This is most unusual for Hamilton Board has accepted hundreds of these forms for more than 4 years, and has adopted a religious accommodation policy that includes accommodating for sensitive curriculum issues. Hamilton dad takes Continue reading →