Queerphobic hate is on the rise, and LGBTQ+ communities in Canada need more support

I co-authored this piece with my ODLAN colleagues, Stephanie Jonsson and Christopher Dietzel. It outlines some of the findings from ODLAN’s report “The Internet Isn’t All Rainbows” Exposing and Mitigating Queerphobic Hate Against 2SLGBTQ+ Organizations.

Dietzel, C., Maitland, H., & Jonsson, S. (2023, October 24). Queerphobic hate is on the rise, and LGBTQ+ communities in Canada need more support. The Conversation. http://theconversation.com/queerphobic-hate-is-on-the-rise-and-lgbtq-communities-in-canada-need-more-support-214932

Liminal: The Second Annual Critical Femininities Conference

The conference proceedings for Critical Femininities was a joint effort with the 2022 conference team, including Andi Schwartz, Ruth O’Sullivan, Jade Da Costa, Kathleen Cherrington, and myself. The entire proceedings are available on the Centre for Feminist Research (CFR) website!

Schwartz, A., Maitland, H., & O’Sullivan, R. (Eds.). (2023). Liminal: Proceedings of the Second Annual Critical Femininities Conference. Centre for Feminist Research. https://www.yorku.ca/cfr/liminal/

This YWCA Blog post was co-written with AV Verhaeghe on behalf of ODLAN. It previews ODLAN’s research on combating queerphobic online hate for 2SLGBTQ+ Organizations.

We Can’t Stop All the Bigots and Trolls: Protecting 2SLGBTQIA+ Organizations from Online Hate

Verhaeghe, A., & Maitland, H. (2023, April 27). We Can’t Stop All the Bigots and Trolls: Protecting 2SLGBTQIA+ organizations from Online Hate | YWCA [YWCA Canada]. https://ywcacanada.ca/news/we-cant-stop-all-the-bigots-and-trolls-protecting-2slgbtqia-organizations-from-online-hate/

When the facts are not enough: The limitations of fact-checking sex education controversies

My article, “When the Facts are not enough: the limitations of fact-checking sex education controversies,” on the sex education curriculum controversy in Ontario is available now in this special issue of Sex Education!

Maitland, H. (2022). When the facts are not enough: The limitations of fact-checking sex education controversies. Sex Education, 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1080/14681811.2022.2106958

Whatever Happened to Ontario’s Sex Ed Curriculum? The Complete Timeline

This article breaks down the timeline of events in the decades-long sex education curriculum controversy in Ontario for Shameless Magazine. Click the image to the right to learn more about the politics, protests, and student activism surrounding sex ed.

Maitland, H. (2022, January 4). Whatever Happened to Ontario’s Sex Ed Curriculum? The Complete Timeline. Shameless Magazine. https://shamelessmag.com/blog/entry/whatever-happened-to-ontarios-sex-ed-curriculum-the-complete-timeline