Tarot for Sex Ed! A note from the moderator of this blog

Hi everyone,

As you may know, sex education was essentially removed from the curriculum in Quebec in January of 2005. Stunning, since this province has one of the highest rates of youth having unprotected sex and sexually transmitted infections going. Head and Hands, a community group I work with is going into the schools this fall and will be teaching sex ed in several local high schools through their SENSE Project. As an innovative fundraiser, they are inviting you to help support sex education and have a little fun as well. For a donation of $10 (or more if you can do so), you can get an online tarot reading over Facebook to answer one of life's burning questions!

Here's how: Add Channing Rodman as your friend. You can find her by typing her name in the facebook search bar or by going to the Head & Hands group page Send her a message saying you are interested in the tarot reading. She'll answer your question, send you pictures of your cards... Karma will give you a big smooch for doing your thing for sexual health!

To pay, go to Head and Hands and click on "Canada Helps" (this is an online donation method and requires a credit card.) It is an easy step-by-step donation process that will take less than5mins to complete. You'll get an email tax receipt for your donation to H&H from Canada Helps. This is an excellent and reputable organization, and they are really needing our help right now... Jump on the karmic bandwagon, and do your thing, woooo :-)

If you are NOT on facebook, email me (link on my profile) and I'll set the reading up for you with Channing. I see the future, and it has SEX ED in it!

Birds and Bees- Launching a Sex Ed Zine!

Here in the province of Quebec in Canada, the government essentially eliminated sex education from the curriculum, effective January 1, 2005. Instead, teachers are supposed to "infuse" it throughout the curriculum. French teachers are being given workshops on how to do so, to date English teachers are not. It's not a mandated thing, it's really up to individual schools to apply as they see fit. As you can imagine, most teachers don't feel comfortable teaching sex ed, so if it isn't a requirement, it isn't going to happen. In Canada, most students already report less than two hours of sex education throughout their entire high school career. This move makes safe spaces for youth to have meaningful learning about sex education even more diminished. Quebec, incidently, has the highest rate of youth having unprotected sex in the country.

One of the activist community groups that is doing something positive and proactive about this in Montreal is Head and Hands, who are introducing The Sense Project into schools this September. The Sense Project is going into several Montreal area schools and will be delivering sex education programs taught by trained community volunteers, and will be training youth to be peer sexualities educators as well. They're doing a fantastic job, and this is really important work.

On July 15th, The Sense Project will be launching The Birds and the Bees - A Sex Ed Zine as a fund raiser and awareness project. All you Montrealers, come out to the Sala Rossa (4848 St-Laurent) to show your support for the healthy growth of sexual health education in this province. Doors open at 8 pm, and ten bucks will get you in AND a copy of the new sex ed zine, with all proceeds going to The Sense Project.

Some of the featured lineups on the evening's roster of entertainment include:


- Performances by People for Audio, Nightwood, City of a Hundred Spires and Anti-School Year

- A panssexual kissing booth

- Circus acts

Come out and show your support for this important cause! See you there :-)