From the court battles of the past to the growing awareness of gender identity issues today, the stories in this collection highlight some of the challenges and realities within LGBTQ+ communities in Canada today.
- 2017
- 13-14
- 20 Titles
Included in this collection
Canadian Race Relations Foundation Accidental Activist
Accidental Activist is a story of an immigrant from Tanzania who came to Canada as a young boy. In the process of overcoming personal challenges of identity and belonging, El-Farouk has dedicated himself to creating a world of wellness and oneness.
- 2020
- 00:22:38
- 13-14
- Added on: 05/14/2020
The Fifth Estate Becoming Ayden
Changing sex. Not simple, not well understood, not consistently regulated, but here to stay and getting complicated. The Fifth Estate follows 17-year-old Adina Scheim from Toronto, who is becoming a boy named Ayden. Ayden is willing to go to great lengths to alter her female body to correspond with her male self-image. And Ayden is not alone. One Canadian clinic ...
- 2004
- 00:40:27
- 15-17
- Added on: 06/14/2013
News in Review - September 2003 Canada Debates Same-Sex Marriages
In June 2003 an unprecedented court decision made same-sex marriages legal in Canada. For some, this development was an inevitable step in the evolution of human rights. But for others, the decision failed to acknowledge the institution of marriage’s critical role in society and its religious significance. News in Review takes a look at the controversy.
- 2003
- 00:13:52
- 13-14
- Added on: 09/15/2003
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Canada Debates Same-Sex Marriages
CBC Books Canada Reads 2020: Samra Habib on We Have Always Been Here
Samra Habib's first book spans continents — from Pakistan to Canada — as Habib describes her long journey through religious persecution, racism and embracing her identity as a queer Muslim woman. Samra Habib is a journalist, photographer and activist based in Toronto.
- 2020
- 00:04:05
- 13-14
- Added on: 03/02/2020
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How to use Canada Reads in the classroom
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Canada Reads 2020: Backgrounder on We Have Always Been Here (PDF)
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Canada Reads 2020: Backgrounder on We Have Always Been Here (PPT)
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Canada Reads 2020: We Have Always Been Here excerpt (PDF)
The National Canada's LGBT seniors fear discrimination in elder care
Many of Canada's LGBT seniors fear discrimination in elder care, believing they'll have to once again hide their pride to avoid prejudice.
- 2018
- 00:07:15
- 13-14
- Added on: 07/11/2018
Ideas Desire Denied
A new kind of human rights struggle is now being waged - by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people all over the developing world. They're fighting gay-free zones in Ukraine, life in prison for homosexuals in Uganda, and "curative rape" for lesbians in South Africa. IDEAS producer Mary O'Connell explores how they're creating a new era of rainbow geopolitics.
- 2014
- 00:53:59
- 15-17
- Added on: 02/05/2014
News in Review - January 2020 Exposing Hate: Are Hate Crimes on the Rise in Canada?
A CBC News investigation discovered that there were nearly 1,800 hate crimes reported to Canadian police last year. But that number likely doesn’t tell the whole story. Inaccurate reporting and different classifications make a true calculation nearly impossible. Nonetheless, hate seems to be growing across this country. But no place more so than Hamilton, Ontario, which has the infamous title ...
- 2020
- 00:12:32
- 13-14
- Added on: 02/21/2020
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NIR-20-01 - PPT - Exposing Hate: Are Hate Crimes on the Rise in Canada?
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NIR-20-01 - PDF - Exposing Hate: Are Hate Crimes on the Rise in Canada?
CBC Short Docs Genderize
In 2012, transgender filmmaker Chase Joynt sat down with Benton (age 12), Madeleine (10) and Dexter (6) to talk about gender, puberty, school and parents. Four years later, he revisits the kids to see what’s changed — but not before the kids flip the camera on the adults to ask some questions of their own. The result is a poignant, ...
- 2016
- 00:13:12
- 13-14
- Added on: 06/20/2017
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