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Across the globe, governments are passing anti-LGBTQ+ curriculum laws that curtail queer and gender-inclusive education initiatives, prohibit trans students’ inclusion in sports, and require the…

As editors, each of us came to this special issue of Our Schools/Our Selves with both shared and distinct concerns about the recent iteration of…

I have always been a fan of how historical narratives evolve, and how they influence current contexts. And, often, how that history is then erased…

The rise of Canada’s parental rights movement isn’t just about sex ed or trans youth—it marks the return of an ideological project that seeks to…

As a public education advocate, I am particularly attuned to the ways that the “parental rights” (PR) movement has been used to undermine faith in…

In spite of the role trustees play in communities across the country, school board elections in Canada have historically been rather perfunctory affairs, often beset…

Over the past five years, the school system in Manitoba has been the subject of public dialogue, debate and conflict. During the COVID-19 pandemic, schools…

Parental rights is a constructed term strategically framed to evoke legitimacy and moral authority (Fowler and Mountz, 2024). It is a phrase that rings with…

Over the past 15 years, there has been a rapid rise in anti-SOGI (Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity) mobilization, primarily led by self-identified “parental rights”…