What do kids really know about sex?

The last time I had sexual-education was in grade 9. The curriculum I had was the very same one that students use today. Incidentally, it was the first year the curriculum had been applied enmasse. 1999.


But what do I really remember from health and sex-ed?

DON'T DO DRUGS

WEAR A CONDOM

DON'T HAVE SEX

DRUGS ARE BAD

What the Ontario sex-ed curriculum really said

I love research. Some would say I'm addicted to researchahol. (Seriously, I need a 12-step program.)

Before I begin my interviews and before I can even begin generating a source list, I need my fix.

But I tend to get carried away.

Reading articles, studies, court-documents, text-books, websites and government documents gives depth to a story. But I want to read everything. Everything.

And the sex-ed story was no exception.

I had many questions to answer: why did the Ontario government withdrawl the proposed changes to the sex-ed portion of the health and physical education curriculum? What was so controversial? What were the timelines? What did the curriculum look like prior? What did the proposed chages really say?

We're still under construction!

We should have our first stories posted next week!

Aileen looks at the do-it-yourself trends in sexuality.

Legalization of prostitution is on the menu with Vanessa's article.

Wondering whatever happened to Ontario's sex-ed curriculum? Veronica's got the story.

And lines are blurred with Vicki's piece on art versus porn.

So stay tuned!