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Title: Mississauga high school balks at awareness day after students suggest trans spe
Post by: Shana A on April 06, 2010, 07:17:58 AM

Mississauga high school balks at awareness day after students suggest trans speaker
EDUCATION / Students 'not ready' for trans guest
Greg Beneteau / Toronto / Monday, April 05, 2010

http://www.xtra.ca/public/National/Mississauga_high_school_balks_at_awareness_day_after_students_suggest_trans_speaker-8458.aspx (http://www.xtra.ca/public/National/Mississauga_high_school_balks_at_awareness_day_after_students_suggest_trans_speaker-8458.aspx)

For the past five years, students at Cawthra Park Secondary School in Mississauga have been encouraged to learn about social justice causes through Social Awareness Day, the highlight of which is a talk by a prominent activist.

But there will likely be no Social Awareness Day (SAD) at Cawthra this year — and organizers are accusing the school administration of scuttling the event rather than invite a transgender speaker to the school.