Same-sex marriage and families in Canada

Everyone in Canada has the right to education, jobs, housing, healthcare services, to get married, and to have children. In Canada, straight, gay, and bi people all have the same rights and protections as everyone else. Vocabulary matching activity Draw a line to join the word to the correct pictures. education jobs housing healthcare married children In 2005, same-sex marriage became law in Canada. Some people in Canada might have different beliefs about same sex marriage. In Canada, you must treat people all people fairly. Most Canadians respect others, even if they have different beliefs. It is part of Canadian culture to respect different beliefs.

Listening activity

Listen to these stories about different families in Canada. As you listen to each family story, write the correct number next to the correct picture.

Photo A: __________________

Photo B: __________________

Photo C: __________________

Photo D: __________________

Listening activity Listen to the story of this family again.

Is each sentence true or false?

Circle T if it is true and F if it is false.

1. In this family, there are five people. T or F ? 2. There are two moms in this family. T or F ? 3. In this family, there are two daughters called Olivia and Emma. T or F ? 4. Olivia is younger than Emma. T or F ? 5. These girls love animals. T or F ?

Photographs:

Page 1 Clipart Copyright © 2007 Microsoft Corporation®, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, Washington 98052-6399 U.S.A. Clipart reproduced with permission of Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

Page 2 Photo A: [three women sitting on grass] by Luis Quintero, Public Domain, available at https://www.pexels.com/photo/three-women-sitting-on-grass-1436618/ Photo B: San Francisco LGBTQ Pride Parade 2019 by davidyuweb available under a CC BY-NC 2.0 Generic licence at https://www.flickr.com/photos/55514420@N00/48164249412

Commented [NC1]: The typical title is “Image Credits” because not all images are photographs. Also, images are typically listed by page number (I’ve added them in to show you).

Commented [NC2]: Titles of photos or other images are in italics.

Photo C: [family of four on the street] by Emma Bauso, Public Domain, available at https://www.pexels.com/photo/family-of-four-walking-at-the-street-2253879/ Photo D: [man in white tshirt carrying boy on his back] by Hannah Nelson, Public Domain, available at https://www.pexels.com/photo/man-in-white-t-shirt-carrying-boy-on-his-back-1456955/

Page 3 San Francisco LGBTQ Pride Parade 2019 by davidyuweb, available under a CC BY-NC 2.0 Generic licence at https://www.flickr.com/photos/55514420@N00/48164249412

Commented [NC3]: Titles of photos or other images are in italics.