Academic affiliation University of Toronto | ||
Location Toronto, Ontario, Canada Website www.uc.utoronto.ca/sexualdiversity | ||
The Mark S. Bonham Centre for Sexual Diversity (SDS) at the University of Toronto is an undergraduate program and a collaborative graduate program (M.A. and Ph.D.) with a specialized focus in Queer Studies. The program hosts academic and community events and promotes research into sexuality.
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Program
The Centre is housed at University College at the University of Toronto at the St. George Campus. The undergraduate program in Sexual Diversity Studies was first established in 1998, and now includes a Specialist, Major, and Minor program. SDS also has its own interdisciplinary courses at the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th year levels.
SDS further hosts an interdisciplinary collaborative graduate program at the M.A. and Ph.D. levels partnering with over 30 different programs across the University of Toronto.
SDS was the official organizer of the The WorldPride Human Rights Conference 2014, a gathering of activists, artists, educators, journalists, policymakers, students, and others engaged in LGBTTIQQ2SA* human rights around the world.
SDS partnered with the Canadian Olympic Committee in presenting the LGBTQ Participation in Sports Symposium 2015, a gathering of athletes, sports management, business, government officials, and academics to discuss the current and future state of diversity in the global sporting world.
Steering Committee
The SDS steering committee has approximately 30 members from various departments and faculties across the university. Their role is to guide the direction of The Sexual Diversity Program. Some members include David Rayside, Brenda Cossman and Mariana Valverde.
Bonham Centre Awards
The Bonham Centre Award (formerly the Citizenship Award) was established by the Bonham Centre in 2007 to recognize an individual or group that has made a significant contribution to the advancement of issues surrounding sexual education. Past award recipients have included:
2007 - filmmaker John Greyson, lawyer Barbara Findlay, Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE)
2010 - Dr. Sue Johanson
2011 - television producer Linda Schuyler, Oscar-winning screenwriter and LGBTQ activist Dustin Lance Black
2013 - Journalist, media pundit, and activist Dan Savage; renowned HIV/Aids activist, politician, and diplomat Stephen Lewis, and the Gay Straight Alliance group Bent-on-Change at Harbor Collegiate Institute, Toronto
2014 - Authors Edmund White, Patricia Nell Warren, and Shyam Selvadurai. IBM Youth Award honouree and First Nations playwright Waawaate Fobister
2015 - Sports heroes Greg Louganis (Olympic Gold medalist), Marnie McBean (Olympic Gold medalist), and Mark Tewksbury (Olympic Gold medalist).
2016 - Business Women Colonel Jennifer Pritzker (Tawani Foundation), Heather Conway (Executive Vice President, English Language Services - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation), Selisse Berry (Founder, Out & Equal).