Jer's Vision Speaks At Senate Of Canada

Jer’s Vision has been to be invited to speak on behalf of youth and LGBTQ concerns on Bill C-2

Jer’s Vision: Canada’s Youth Diversity Initiative will be speaking at the Senate of Canada at the Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs. Jer’s Vision is honoured to be speaking about the concerns of the national youth community and the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans & Queer communities in Canada.

Jer’s Vision will be discussing Bill C-2 (An Act to amend the Criminal Code...) with Senate representatives of the committee. They will be educating the committee about youth opinions of the Bill, and the need for Youth Consultation. Currently, Jer’s Vision will be the first youth organization to be consulted on this Bill. They are very concerned that considering that there are major proposed changes to legislation that affects youth; they want Senators and Parliamentarians to seek additional youth consultation.

They also hope to educate the Committee on the homophobic nature of the bill, and the importance of making changes.

Jer's Vision: Canada's Youth Diversity Initiative is Canada’s first national organization to support and encourage the work of youth to address discrimination in their schools and communities. Through grass roots initiatives and partnerships with a variety of established national and community organizations, they provide youth with the tools and the resources to promote diversity and address discrimination of all kind.

To complement their national programming and in response to requests from youth in local high schools, Jer’s Vision is proud to announce the launch of local programming for the national capital region. The programming works with high schools, post-secondary institutions and community groups/centers to address discrimination. All of these services are offered free of charge to the school or organization, and services are offered in French and English. They are a youth run organization with an adult Board Advisors.