CALGARY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS DEMAND BETTER SEXUAL EDUCATION

By Chandrayee Roy Choudhury: Calgary high school students say comprehensive sexual education is missing from Alberta's school curriculum, hindering young people from learning essential skills to recognize and prevent sexual violence.

Sexual education is optional in Alberta schools. One of the main reasons why students are feeling like consent isn't being properly taught, is the fact that there's just so very many sexual assaults in high schools around Calgary.

Many believe that to decrease these assaults, students need to be given the tools to understand what sexual assault is, what consent is and the legal repercussions of sexual assault.