B.C. provides comprehensive sexual health education to all students from Kindergarten through secondary school. Most personal safety and sexual health content can be found in Physical Health Education (PHE) K-10. Broader topics of social justice and development are found in Social Studies (SS) and Science (SC). Topics such as honouring diversity and creating safe, caring and inclusive environments are every educator’s responsibility to address and promote K-12: see www.SOGIeducation.org for more information.  

The goal of comprehensive sexual health education is for all people to gain the skills and knowledge required to maintain healthy bodies, healthy relationships, a healthy body image, and to know what to do in unsafe situations (Sexual Information Education Council of Canada). It is standard practice (Canadian Guidelines for Sexual Health Information) to have all genders in class together. This builds empathy, combats mis-information and is inclusive of all diversity that exists.

Quality sexual health education has a direct impact on preventing negative outcomes, and promoting positive ones (including delayed age of first sexual intercourse, less likely to take risks, more likely to know what to do in an unsafe situation, McCreary Centre Society (BC Adolescent Healthy Survey).