THANK YOU FOR A SUCCESSFUL GSA CONFERENCE!!
We owe many thanks to everyone who played a role in making this an awesome day! From our workshop presenters to our volunteers, keynote speaker Rae Spoon, to the fabulous performances of Rouge Fatale & Friends, we couldn’t provide inspiration, ideas and connections for GSAs without you!
This page will have uploaded links and resources from the workshops, and will steadily transition into a resource list of ideas, activities and downloadable resources for GSAs. If you learned a ton but still need some references, we got you!
Activities:
Pride Marshmallow Pops! (Written Instructions)
Rainbow Marshmallows (video tutorial)
Mental Health Resources
Teen Mental Health Magazines (A series of 6 magazines designed to provide a quick overview of common mental illnesses for teens).
Kahoot!
What is Kahoot?
Want to use the game we played at the conference? Here it is! You may have to create an account and log in before you can run it.
A conference for Gender/Sexuality Alliances (students and teacher-advisors) at the junior high & high school levels! A day of workshops, guest speakers , skill-builders and the chance to connect with each other!
We hope you’re ready for a fun filled day of new people, ideas, and connections. This will be the 8th year we see GSAs from across Nova Scotia gather together to share, learn, and take back amazing skills and energy to their schools and communities.
Pre-registration is now closed, same day registration will be available at the beginning of the conference from 9-10am!
Full workshop descriptions can be found in the WORKSHOP GUIDE
Saturday, April 7th
Dalhousie University
Marion McCain Building
6135 University Ave, Halifax, NS
(Google Map)
9:00-10:00 : Registration
10:00-3:30 : Conference!
5:30-7:30 : Drag Show!
Rae Spoon is an award-winning Canadian musician, songwriter, producer, multi-instrumentalist and author. They have released eight solo albums spanning folk, indie rock and electronic genres over the past twelve years and have toured across Canada and internationally. Rae was the subject and composer of the score for the National Film Board–produced musical-documentary My Prairie Home, which premiered at Sundance Film Festival in 2014. They have been nominated for two Polaris Prizes, a Lambda Literary Award, a Western Canadian Music Award, a CBC Radio 3 Bucky Award and a MOTHA Transgender Musician of the Year Award.
