Public Policy at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy | University of Toronto

We constantly hear about how girls are outperforming boys in school, but these gains are not translating into success later in life. Girls do better than boys in primary education, women outnumber men in post secondary education, and then are severely outnumbered on boards and in senior management. Is the education system built for women to excel in school but not as leaders?

Join us in hearing from a diverse panel of education policy experts and front-line workers in the K-12 school system. We will hear about a range of current issues in the school system such as single-sex curriculum, gender based violence in schools, and about the efforts to develop the first gender studies curriculum in the Ontario secondary school system.

This event will be moderated by Vasiliki Bednar, Action Canada Fellow and SPPG Alum 2010

Panel

• Michelle Cho, Student Equity Program Advisor with the Gender-Based Violence Prevention, TDSB
• Dr. Douglas Gosse, PhD, General Editor, LGBTTIQQ2SA Stories of Pride, Courage and Social Justice in Canada & Professor, Schulich School of Education
• Dr. Caroline (Carly) Manion, Ph.D. Adjunct Professor at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto. Specializing in gender and education policy from a comparative and international perspective.
• Anne Marie Longpre, Teacher at West End Alternative and member of the Miss G Project for Equity in Education.

If you have any questions please feel free to email us at genderandpublicpolicy@gmail.com

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This event was made possible by the generosity of the School of Public Policy and Governance Student Leadership Fund.

*If you have an accommodation need for a planned meeting, please contact Beth Elder directly at beth.elder@utoronto.ca and we will do our best to make appropriate arrangements.