之前,我们关注过今天(周五),阿省中学生自发组织了大规模“抗议罢课”活动——
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今天就是5月3日,一大早阿省多地下起了纷纷扬扬的大雪。学生们罢课的情况比预想中还要人数众多,全省有超过90所学校涉及其中,参与人数可以用“成千上万”来形容——
我们先来看一下今天部分学校的现场情况——
上午9:30分, William Aberhart High School中学门前,数百名学生走出教室,在教学楼前聚集了超过20分钟!
这是另外一所中学,同样的时间,同样的情况——
来看这段现场视频,学生们显然是有备而来,不仅有标语,还喊着事先编好的口号——
这是埃德蒙顿的一所高中,学生们站成了长长的人墙,手持标语,高呼着口号!
虽然事先想到了这次“全省大罢课”必定声势不小,但真正面对超过90所中学的成千上万名“罢课者”,小编还是着实吃了一惊!
本次罢课在埃德蒙顿、卡尔加里、麦克默里堡和阿省北部的很多地区都掀起了人浪,上午9:30分一到,几乎每所学校都有少则几十多则数百名学生走出教室!
他们有的事先印制好了整齐划一的T恤、徽章——
自发制作了各色标语——
罢课者们高呼着“新政府,你的减税措施比同性恋青年更重要吗?”来抗议新的UCP政府对同性恋联盟(GSA)的立场。
有些非常大胆的青少年,直接毫不避讳地表达了自己的想法。
——服务同胞,真诚专业——
这位名叫Alyssa Gabriel的小姑娘坦诚自己就是一名“女同性恋”,在埃德蒙顿的一所学校学习。
“我的父母知道我是同性恋,并且对我表示了理解和支持,我很幸运!但是我的一些朋友们不同,她/他们的父母完全无法接受!他/她们完全不能和父母沟通,如果新政府的这项政策实施,他们就会被父母从家中赶出去或者发生更可怕的事情……”
“家,对于我们来说不再是一个安全的港湾!因此我们坚决拒绝这样的事情发生!我们要保护同龄人的安全!”
下面这位名叫Sean Ruhland的小伙也坦诚自己是一名同性恋,他目前就读于卡尔加里的一所中学,即将毕业。他称自己作为同性恋获得了来自学校GSA的很大帮助,虽然他即将毕业,“但是我要尽自己的努力,保护同龄人免遭来自家庭的暴力对待!”
采访中,他称“(UCP)不关心年轻人,他们不关心后代,” Ruhland笑着说,“他们根本不关心学校的教育质量。我们要的是尊严!”
在学生们在室外进行抗议时,不少路过的市民路过时向孩子们鸣笛,大家认为这是受到了来自“社会的鼓励”!
也有一些家长和社会人士(比如前新民主党教育部长大卫·埃格根)参加了今天的抗议活动。
他们大喊着“嘿!别让我们的孩子们,孤身一人!”
埃德蒙顿的上午飘着大雪,抗议者们在大雪中坚守着——
也有不少华裔的孩子们参加了今天的抗议活动。
这是来自埃德蒙顿一所中学的学生Zach Yeung,旁边是他的老师Kevin McBean,他也是学校GSA的赞助者之一。
这位老师说:“GSA为有需求的同学们提供了一个可以成为自己的空间,我认为他们担心新政策会伤害他们。”
在这里稍微科普一下,保护同性恋联盟(GSA)学校团体的建立是在2017年新民主党作为执政政府下生效的,法律禁止学校在孩子加入同性恋联盟时告知其父母。
——服务同胞,欢迎联系——
UCP在赢得省选后,计划让阿尔伯塔省学校教师可以酌情通知部分家长,他们的孩子参与了GSA,提出赋予教师“是否告知的权利”!
但是,这一声明受到了 艾伯塔省LGBT倡导者、学校行政人员和教师的批评,并在竞选期间引发了卡尔加里和埃德蒙顿等多地的大规模抗议活动。
虽然Jason Kenney表示,UCP提出的“教育法”仍将保护GSA,但显然孩子们目前还处于“不买账阶段”。
对此,Kenney表示:“很高兴看到年轻人积极关注问题。我建议他们更好地在课余时间举行集会或抗议,希望确保年轻人实际上是在课堂上学习而不是在搞政治“。
不完全统计,今天参与抗议的学校名单为——
A.E. Cross School (Calgary).
Alternative High School (Calgary).
Allendale School (Edmonton).
Altadore School (Calgary).
Archbishop O~q~Leary High School (Edmonton).
Ardrossan Junior Senior High (Ardossan, east of Sherwood Park).
Balmoral School (Calgary).
Beaumont Composite High School (Beaumont).
Bert Church High School (Airdrie).
Bev Facey Community High (Sherwood Park).
Bishop Carroll High School (Calgary).
Bishop David Motiuk Catholic (Edmonton).
Bishop Grandin High School (Calgary).
Bob Edwards Junior High School (Calgary).
Branton Junior High School (Calgary).
Calgary Academy.
Calgary Arts Academy.
Canmore Collegiate High School (Canmore).
Central Memorial High School (Calgary).
Charles Spencer High School (Grande Prairie).
Chestermere High School (Chestermere).
Chinook High School (Lethbridge).
Connect Charter School (Calgary).
Crescent Heights High School (Calgary).
David Thomas King School (Edmonton).
Dr. E.P. Scarlett High School (Calgary).
Eastglen High School (Edmonton).
Eastview Middle School (Red Deer).
École Broxton Park School (Spuce Grove).
École McTavish Public High School (Fort McMurray).
Elboya School (Calgary).
Ernest Manning High School (Calgary).
F.E. Osborne Junior High School (Calgary).
Florence Hallock School (Edmonton).
Fort Saskatchewan High School (Fort Saskatchewan).
Foundations for the Future Charter Academy, High School Campus (Calgary).
Gateway Christian School (Red Deer).
Gilbert Paterson Middle School (Lethbridge).
Henry Wise Wood High School (Calgary).
Holy Trinity Catholic High School (Edmonton).
Hunting Hills High School (Red Deer).
Ivor Dent School (Edmonton).
J.E. Lapointe School (Beaumont).
Jasper Place High School (Edmonton).
Joane Cardinal-Schubert High School (Calgary).
Johnny Bright School (Edmonton).
Kim Hung School (Edmonton).
Lacombe Composite High School (Lacombe).
Langevin School (Calgary).
Lester B. Pearson High School (Calgary).
Lillian Osborne High School (Edmonton).
Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive High School (Red Deer).
Louis St. Laurent Catholic Junior/Senior High School (Edmonton).
M.E. LaZerte High School (Edmonton).
Mary Butterworth Junior High School (Edmonton).
Master~q~s Academy and College (Calgary)
Notre Dame High School (Calgary).
Parkview Junior High School (Edmonton).
Peter Lougheed School (Calgary).
Queen Elizabeth High School (Calgary).
École Ross Sheppard High School (Edmonton).
Rundle College (Calgary).
Salisbury Composite High School (Sherwood Park).
Samuel W. Shaw School (Calgary).
Senator Joyce Fairbairn Middle School (Lethbridge).
Sherwood School (Calgary).
Sir John A. Macdonald Junior High School (Calgary).
Spruce Grove Composite High School.
St Mary~q~s School (Medicine Hat).
St. Francis Junior High School (Lethbridge).
St. Francis Xavier High School (Edmonton).
St. Joseph Catholic High School (Edmonton).
St. Timothy School (Cochrane).
Sturgeon Composite High School (Sturgeon County).
Thomas B. Riley School (Calgary).
Vernon Barford Junior High School (Edmonton).
Victoria School of the Arts (Edmonton).
Warburg School (Warburg).
Wheatland Crossing School. (Standard)
W.H. Croxford High School (Airdrie).
W.P. Wagner High School (Edmonton).
Western Canada High School (Calgary).
West Island College (Calgary).
Westlawn School (Edmonton).
Westminster School (Edmonton).
Westmount Charter School (Calgary).
Westwood Community High School (Fort McMurray).
William Aberhart High School (Calgary).
Winston Churchill High School (Lethbridge).
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