Go Rogue! Workshop Series

The new Ontario gov­ern­ment has decid­ed that our province’s young peo­ple don’t need to learn essen­tial infor­ma­tion on safer sex, con­sent, gen­der iden­ti­ty, res­i­den­tial schools and truth and rec­on­cil­i­a­tion, and more.

We dis­agree.

spe­qtrum has teamed up with SACHA, The Aids Net­work, YWCA Hamil­ton, and North Hamil­ton Com­mu­ni­ty Health Cen­tre to bring YOU the infor­ma­tion that your school WON’T.

When: 6 – 8pm
Where: YWCA Senior’s Cen­tre – 75 Mac­Nab Street South, Hamil­ton ON

Rogue work­shops are open to ALL youth 16 – 29*.

Acces­si­bil­i­ty:

Gen­dered wash­rooms will be con­vert­ed to all gen­der in the Senior’s Cen­tre, and there are sin­gle non-gen­dered acces­si­ble wash­rooms on the first floor and base­ment of the YWCA.

The space is phys­i­cal­ly acces­si­ble. Fid­get toys avail­able. Please let us know if you have any access needs.

*We won’t be card­ing folks at the door.

August 8^th – Consent

The new changes to sex edu­ca­tion in Ontario makes it so youth are not going to be taught about gen­der iden­ti­ty, same sex mar­riage, con­sent, online vio­lence, and much more.

This SACHA work­shop for youth aged 16 – 29* will help par­tic­i­pants get the facts about con­sent, sex­u­al assault, and bystander intervention.

Let us know you’re com­ing by fill­ing out this form – https://​con​sent​.brown​pa​pertick​ets​.com/

August 15^th – Safer Sex

Let’s talk about (Queer Inclu­sive Safer) Sex!

Join Eno and Eddy from The Aids Net­work to talk about all kinds of sex, safe­ty, and sex­u­al­i­ty as part of our Rogue Work­shop Series.

August 22^nd – Truth and Reconcilitation

Learn the TRUTH about Cana­di­an res­i­den­tial schools and reconciliation.

Lau­ra Koo­ji, local two-spir­it activist, will bring some real talk on what Truth and Rec­on­cil­i­a­tion means, and how we, as young peo­ple, can par­tic­i­pate in that process.

August 29^th – Youth Action Planning

Call­ing all queer, trans, and two-spir­it youth, and our allies to join us in plan­ning for ACTION to make sure this gen­er­a­tion and gen­er­a­tions to come receive clear and essen­tial edu­ca­tion on gen­der, sex­u­al­i­ty, and consent.

The first hour will be led by Mela from NHCHC, who will com­pare and con­trast the 2015 Health and Phys­i­cal Edu­ca­tion Cur­ricu­lum with the ancient 1998 cur­ricu­lum that will be rein­stat­ed this fall.

The sec­ond hour, facil­i­tat­ed by Jyss from spe­qtrum, will focus on devel­op­ing a plan of action to ensure our peers receive the edu­ca­tion they need and deserve.