This Pride Month, OSBCU celebrates alongside 2SLGBTQIA+ students, workers, families, and communities — and reaffirms what our 57,000 education workers across Ontario know to be true: every person deserves to feel safe, respected, and valued, in every school, every workplace, and every community.
Pride is a celebration of diversity, resilience, and the power of being exactly who you are. It is also a reminder that the work of building genuinely inclusive spaces is never finished.
Our members work in every corner of Ontario’s schools. Whatever role we play, we all share a responsibility to make sure every student feels safe and every worker is treated with dignity. When a student sees that the people around them show up with compassion and solidarity, it matters. When a worker is treated with respect, it matters.
At a time when 2SLGBTQIA+ communities across Canada and beyond continue to face discrimination, hostility, and attacks on hard-won rights, we know that passive support is not enough. Education workers have always understood that what we do — and what we refuse to tolerate — sends a message to the students and communities we serve.
Every student deserves to learn in a school where they are affirmed for who they are. Every education worker deserves a workplace free from harassment, discrimination, homophobia, biphobia, and transphobia.
This month, and every month, OSBCU stands in solidarity with 2SLGBTQIA+ communities and remains committed to equity, inclusion, and human rights in every Ontario school.
Happy Pride Month.