Articles 2022

Les meneurs de la SOGIC nous parlent des occasions que cette collectivité dynamique offre aux avocats et anticipent l’incidence future de la section sur la profession et les progrès vers l’atteinte de l’égalité.

Conversion therapy is a blight on Canadian society, causing arguably irreparable harm to the LGBTQ2S community. According to the Canadian Department of Justice, lower income, Indigenous, and transgender people are disproportionately represented amongst those who have been exposed to conversion therapy. The recent Bill C-6 attempts to bring criminal law reform in line with LGBTQ2S rights to ban the harmful practice across the country.

COVID-19 brought chaos to all corners of the globe. After the pandemic forced an early return home from a legal internship in South Africa, my professional journey in Canada had a slow and painful start. Meanwhile, I was also on a more personal journey: discovering and understanding my gender identity.

In my recovery from depression and alcoholism, I found purpose in life when I once found none. Once deeply ashamed, I now hope my recovery story can help others.

The first openly gay Master ever appointed in Canada, Master Robert Muir is remembered by friends and colleagues as a model of professionalism and mentorship whose legacy will live on in the many members of the justice community who benefitted from his thoughtful leadership and instrumental support.

Dans ce deuxième article d’une série célébrant le 25e anniversaire de la Section sur l’orientation et l’identité sexuelles (SOGIC), Douglas Elliott, l’un de ses premiers coprésidents, parle du rôle qu’il a joué dans la production d’un changement durable dans la lutte pour l’égalité, du temps qu’il a passé sur le rapport de l’ABO sur le sida jusqu’au vote décisif qui, à Mont-Tremblant, a créé la section nationale de la SOGIC.

La Section sur l’orientation et l’identité sexuelles (SOGIC) célèbre ses 25 ans à l’avant-plan de la défense des personnes LGBTTIQ2S au Canada. Fondée à l’occasion de la Journée mondiale du sida en 1994, la SOGIC a maintenant des chapitres et des représentants dans chaque province canadienne. Dans le premier d’une série d’articles offrant une rétrospective du travail du groupe, Chris Ellis et Paul Saguil, anciens présidents du chapitre ontarien de la SOGIC, se remémorent leur implication.

The unsettling truth is that the fight over Ontario’s 2015 sexual health curriculum was a fight over a very imperfect document. People expect a lot of a sex ed document: it’s supposed to touch on a broad range of topics, including anatomy, gender, sexual intercourse, birth control, online safety, relationships, and bullying. Some of these are sensitive subjects. Ideally, the curriculum should capture the social realities facing today’s students, and prepare them for the world they live in.