UBC Okanagan is hosting a two-day sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) course next month.

The course, entitled Safe is Not Enough, will take place on July 4-5 and will be open to the public as well as students of UBCO.

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Co-facilitators Steve Mulligan, teacher education coordinator with the UBCO faculty of education, and Kristie Keyworth Janzen, a Spanish, French and social justice teacher with the Central Okanagan School District, will provide ready-to-use resources, hands-on activities and group discussion in a supportive atmosphere.

Community-based guest speakers will also share lived experiences and comprehensive strategies.

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The participant fee is $150. Register online at under Summer Institute by Monday, June 17.