The every teacher project

Since that time, media attention to the suicides of bullied LGBTQ youth has brought the issue of the safety of LGBTQ-identified students from the back burner to the front, leading to the development of policies that emphasize detection and punishment of homophobic and transphobic harassment. [...] In the Every Teacher Project we set out The Every Teacher Project vii to investigate the perspectives of Canadian educators on the safety and inclusion of LGBTQ students and topics in schools. [...] Almost three-quarters of survey participants chose “Inclusion” instead of “Security” and “Regulation” in answer to the question, “What does school safety mean to you?” Our analysis attests that Canadian educators understand that the safety of marginalized students depends on their inclusion as fully respected members of the school community. [...] We also acknowledge the financial support of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (through a three-year Standard Research Grant, 2010 competition, #410-2011-0845), and of The Manitoba Teachers’ Society, The University of Winnipeg, and the Legal Research Institute at the University of Manitoba. [...] These terms and the acronym or manner of speech, name, clothing, diet, “LGBTQ” are used in the study to refer to beliefs and practices, leisure preferences, sexual orientations and gender identities places of origin and so forth.