Events / Groups / Courses / Training
As part of our mandate to provide information/support services to prospective LGBTQ parents and LGBTQ-led families, the LGBTQ Connection has information on a variety of support groups, courses, and special events.
To see the full range of programs and services offered by The 519 Community Centre and the Sherbourne Health Centre, visit their websites.
Courses |
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| Course Name | Next Date |
| Daddies & Papas 2B | September 22, 2010 - December 08, 2010 |
| Dykes Planning Tykes | September 22, 2010 - December 08, 2010 |
| The Queer Positive Pre-Natal Class | October 15, 2010 - October 17, 2010 |
| Dykes Planning Tykes Weekend Intensive | April 08, 2011 - April 10, 2011 |
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Events |
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| Event Name | Event Date |
| Beyond Expectation Book Launch (TOR) | August 12, 2010 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM |
| Back-to-School Queer Family Picnic (Toronto) | September 19, 2010 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM |
| The Queer Family Halloween Hullabaloo (TOR) | October 23, 2010 10:30 AM - 1:30 PM |
| The Light Fantastic 519 Family Holiday Party! (TOR) | December 11, 2010 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM |
| LOVE = FAMILY (TOR) | February 12, 2011 10:30 AM - 1:30 PM |
| The Mums & Chums Marvelous Mothers’ Day Potluck (TOR) | April 23, 2011 10:30 AM - 1:30 PM |
| The Dads & Grads Fabulous Fathers' Day Picnic (TOR)! | June 11, 2011 10:30 AM - 1:30 PM |
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Family Resource Programs |
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| Family Resource Program Name | Next Date |
| The Queer Family Mixer | August 07, 2010 10:30 AM - 1:30 PM |
| Daddy, Papa & Me | August 14, 2010 10:30 AM - 1:30 PM |
| Mum's the World! | August 28, 2010 10:30 AM - 1:30 PM |
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Groups |
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| Group Name | Next Date |
| Gay Fathers of Toronto | |
| LGBTQ Adoptive Parents and Their Children | |
| LGBTQ In/Fertility Support Group | |
| Toronto LGBTTIQ Co-Parenting Group | |
| Trans Dads Support Group | |
| COLAGE | October 12, 2010 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM |
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Training
The LGBTQ Parenting Network
The LGBTQ Parenting Network offers educational workshops, trainings, public speaking, and lectures on a wide range of LGBTQ parenting issues and themes.
We work with health, legal, social work and education organizations, service providers and professionals who are interested in making their services more accessible and friendly to LGBTQ families.
The Parenting Network has provided trainings, presentations, and/or workshops to university and college students in midwifery, nursing, medical, child care and social work programs, as well as women, gender and sexuality studies, criminology, and child and youth studies. We have also made presentations in hospital settings, high schools, to family resource programs and at Pride and other LGBTQ events.
The LGBTQ Parenting Network also offers specific in-service training to sperm banks and fertility clinics interested in improving their cultural competency with regards to LGBTQ clients. The training we offer covers broad LGBTQ issues and concerns, including LGBTQ issues with regards to the Assisted Human Reproduction Act, as well as information focused specifically on the needs of particular groups, for e.g. trans people accessing fertility clinics. We have worked with many of the downtown Toronto clinics and look forward to continuing to develop these connections in Toronto and beyond.
For more information: parentingnetwork@sherbourne.on.ca
Queer Parenting Programs at The 519
The 519's Queer Parenting Programs also offers in-house group training and workshops.
For more information: queerparenting@the519.org
