Included in the series are journal articles, correspondence, newspaper and magazine clippings, research papers and paper presentations, handwritten notes, flyers, press releases, and other textual material. Records also include Lenskyj’s involvement with the Gay Games, the University of Toronto Committee on Homophobia, The Woman’s Common, and Project Affirmation. Several of the articles in the series are authored by Lenskyj.
The fonds consists of records relating to Lenskyj’s involvement with the Toronto Board of Education and research in the areas of sexuality, gender, sports, AIDS, health and sex education, and homophobia. Included in the fonds are correspondence, memoranda, reports, notes, pamphlets, newspaper and magazine clippings, press coverage on Gay Games, research papers, resources and information on sexual health mainly for youth and parents, and other textual records. Records also document her involvement in addressing and challenging homophobia and other LGBTQ issues in the Toronto school system through projects and organizations such as Project Affirmation, a research project of the Coalition for Lesbian & Gay Rights in Ontario (CLGRO) looking into the health care and social service needs of sexual minorities in Ontario, Status of Women Committee, and Education Against Homophobia. Other materials included in the fonds are buttons, videocassettes, audiocassettes, optical disks, and a photograph.
Lenskyj, HelenThis series consists of records maintained by Helen Lenskyj relating to issues regarding sexual orientation and homophobia and initiatives within the Toronto Board of Education and overall Toronto school system. Records relate to the Triangle Program, the activities of Citizens United for Responsible Education (CURE), Education Against Homophobia, the Status of Women Committee, and general LGBTQ issues in youth and education. Included in the series are correspondence, memoranda, flyers, newsletters, pamphlets, press clippings, reports and papers, resource guides, minutes and agendas, brochures, and other textual records.