[WAM!Van] End Size Discrimination in Canada | Body Confidence Canada

[Joanna Chiu]

Thanks for the intro Jill! Anyone else who'd like to introduce yourselves
or your organization please send a separate email so replies to Jill can
stay in this thread, or to her email directly.

Thank you!

Joanna

On Aug 17, 2016 7:19 AM, <info at bodyconfidencecanadaawards.com> wrote:

> Good day! My name is Jill (aka Ji!!) Andrew a body image activist from
> Toronto, ON and co-founder of the annual Body Confidence Canada Awards
> (BCCAs).
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> Is anyone interested in joining me as we advocate to END size
> discrimination? My initial petition demanded we add SIZE as a protected
> ground in the Ontario Human Rights Code. Long term goal: To have size
> discrimination recognized throughout Canada's provinces and territories as
> a human rights violation. I also want to see institutional awareness paid
> to body-based harassment in schools boards across the country. I'm
> currently working on making this a reality within my own city board:
> Toronto District School Board (TDSB) and would be thrilled to connect with
> others who'd like to collaborate on doing the same in theirs!
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> Please consider signing, sharing, joining and of do email me directly at
> *info at BodyConfidenceCanadaAwards.com* if you are interested in learning
> about ways we can collaborate to end size discrimination for good!
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> Please find links below:
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> #SizeismSUCKS! Help end Size Discrimination Today! HRTO: Add SIZE
> [discrimination] as a Protected Ground in the Ontario Human Rights Code
> <https://www.change.org/p/sizeismsucks-help-end-size-discrimination-today-hrto-add-size-discrimination-as-a-protected-ground-in-the-ontario-human-rights-code>
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> <https://www.change.org/p/sizeismsucks-help-end-size-discrimination-today-hrto-add-size-discrimination-as-a-protected-ground-in-the-ontario-human-rights-code>
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> #SizeismSUCKS! Help end Size Discrimination Today! ...
> <https://www.change.org/p/sizeismsucks-help-end-size-discrimination-today-hrto-add-size-discrimination-as-a-protected-ground-in-the-ontario-human-rights-code>
> Please help us make SIZE DISCRIMINATION ILLEGAL!  Help us add SIZE as a
> protected ground to the Ontario Human Rights Code (OHRC).  It is every
> person’s hum...
> View on www.change.org
> <https://www.change.org/p/sizeismsucks-help-end-size-discrimination-today-hrto-add-size-discrimination-as-a-protected-ground-in-the-ontario-human-rights-code>
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> *BODY CONFIDENCE CANADA AWARDS*
> Inspire Body Positivity with the Body Confidence Canada Awards |
> Canadianwomen.org
> <http://www.canadianwomen.org/blog/body-confidence-canada-awards-2016>
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> <http://www.canadianwomen.org/blog/body-confidence-canada-awards-2016>
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> Inspire Body Positivity with the Body Confidence Canada ...
> <http://www.canadianwomen.org/blog/body-confidence-canada-awards-2016>
> March 18, 2016, by Jill Andrew, 1 Comment Almost four years ago our lives
> changed for the better when we decided to create the Body Confidence Canada
> Awards (BCCA...
> View on www.canadianwomen.org
> <http://www.canadianwomen.org/blog/body-confidence-canada-awards-2016>
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> *FAT HATE HURTS!*
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> *Please stop judging my body. Fat hate hurts
> <http://tvo.org/article/current-affairs/shared-values/please-stop-judging-my-body-fat-hate-hurts>*
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> <http://tvo.org/article/current-affairs/shared-values/please-stop-judging-my-body-fat-hate-hurts>
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> Please stop judging my body. Fat hate hurts
> <http://tvo.org/article/current-affairs/shared-values/please-stop-judging-my-body-fat-hate-hurts>
> Fat is a description, like one’s height or shoe size. It is not a
> punishable crime or an invitation for hate—and Jill Andrew wants it
> protected under the Ontario Hu...
> View on tvo.org
> <http://tvo.org/article/current-affairs/shared-values/please-stop-judging-my-body-fat-hate-hurts>
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> *Jill Andrew*
> *info at BodyConfidenceCanadaAwards.com*
> *Toronto, ON*
> *www.BodyConfidenceCanadaAwards.com
> <http://www.bodyconfidencecanadaawards.com/>*
> *www.FatinTheCity.com <http://www.fatinthecity.com/>*
> *www.BiteMeFilmFest.com <http://www.bitemefilmfest.com/> *
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