Description: The BC Safer Schools Coalition is made of organizations and individuals who believe that all students, staff, and family members have the right to feel safe and welcome at school, regardless of race, class, ability, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression. We formed in May 2014 in order to mobilize support for the Vancouver School Board's updates…
The BC Safer Schools Coalition is made of organizations and individuals who believe that all students, staff, and family members have the right to feel safe and welcome at school, regardless of race, class, ability, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression.
We formed in May 2014 in order to mobilize support for the Vancouver School Board’s updates to the Sexual Orientation and Gender Identities Policy. The policy includes many measures to better support trans* students. Read more about this policy here. We were proud to see this policy adopted in Vancouver on Monday June 16, 2014, and will work to see similar polices adopted in school districts across British Columbia.
We believe that: