Welcome to the SOGI education community.
A wide range of community organizations, programs, and services are ready to support you. See below.
Friends of
SOGI 1 2 3
These groups are providing SOGI-related resources directly to schools.
Alberta Resources:
Alberta GSA Network
The Alberta GSA Network is a collective of resources specific to students, teachers, and school staff in Alberta’s K–12 schools. Their goal is to connect with local organizations, community groups, and schools across Alberta to help start, strengthen, and sustain GSAs and QSAs.
Alberta Teachers’ Association
Links to SOGI resources for teachers, counsellors, and administrators and answers frequently asked questions.
The altView Foundation
altView promotes one simple idea: that 2SLGBTQ+ people across Alberta should not feel isolated, unsupported, and afraid of being themselves. altView works with youth, families, and service providers in smaller cities and rural communities to provide supports where few may exist.
Camp fYrefly
Camp fYrefly is an educational, social, and personal leadership retreat for queer and trans youth between the ages of 14 and 24. It focuses on building and nurturing leadership skills and personal resiliency.
Diversity Toolkit
This University of Calgary website features a collection of provincial, national, and international online diversity resources; funding sources; glossaries; exemplary projects; and selected reading lists. The Diversity Toolkit is designed for teachers, scholars, and activists who wish to promote the acceptance of differences within schools and communities.
PRISM Elementary Toolkit and PRISM Secondary Toolkit
PRISM is an acronym for Professionals Respecting and Supporting Individual Sexual Minorities. The PRISM Elementary and Secondary Toolkits were created by practicing Alberta teachers to help secondary schools promote safe and supportive spaces for sexual and gender minorities.
Society for Safe and Caring Schools and Communities
SACSC focuses on legislation and practices that ensure schools are welcoming, caring, respectful and safe learning environments. SACSC features an excellent diversity guidebook series, which includes many SOGI-related materials.
Safe and Caring Schools for Two Spirit Youth
A comprehensive guide for teachers and students on Two Spirit people created by The Society for Safe & Caring Schools & Communities in Alberta. The information provides ways to support Two Spirit youth in your school and community.
Skipping Stone
Skipping Stone connects trans and gender diverse youth, adults and families with comprehensive and low barrier access to the support they need and deserve including: community, mental health, medical services and educational opportunities.
National Resources:
Canadian Centre for Sexual and Gender Diversity (CCCGSD)
CCCGSD empowers gender and sexually diverse communities through education, research, and advocacy, and is a national force within the movement to end 2SLGBTQ+ discrimination.
Egale
Egale is a national charity promoting 2SLGBTQ+ human rights through research, education and community engagement.
Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG)
PFLAG Canada is a national charitable organization that offers local, practical, and emotional peer-to-peer family support for individuals with a loved one going through a gender/sexual identity journey.
Two Spirits in Motion
The national organization creates, maintains and strengthens a safe and supportive social environment for Two Spirit peoples to feel and be loved, to succeed, to become empowered to make their own decisions and to find and express their purpose in life.
You Can Play Project
You Can Play works to ensure the safety and inclusion for all who participate in sports, including 2SLGBTQ+ athletes, coaches and fans.
Comité pour la diversité sexuelle et l’identité de genre (CSQ)
Nous vous informons que nous travaillons actuellement à concevoir un tout nouveau site Internet pour vous, plus convivial et garni d’outils de référence précieux pour mieux comprendre, pour mieux prévenir et pour mieux agir contre l’homophobie et la transphobie.
International Resources:
Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN)
The leading national US-based education organization focused on ensuring safe and affirming schools for LGBTQ students.
Gender Spectrum
Gender Spectrum helps to create gender sensitive and inclusive environments for all children and teens.
Gender Unicorn
The Gender Unicorn, a teaching tool from Trans Student Education Resources, is available in 10 languages.