Issue 2: Queer Communities and Controversies now online!! The second issue of the Canadian Online Journal of Queer Studies in Education follows the theme of the 2005 OISE/UT Conference: Queer Communities and Controversies. In our struggle for equality, lgbtq individuals, groups and communities differ vastly in strategies and objectives for achieving queer representation and acceptance within larger society. This journal issue explores different philosophical approaches, research, and actions aimed at fostering social change and queer liberation. It is our hope that the articles contained in this issue will help inform our work—in education, research, and activism—by examining some points of tension and contradiction in queer politics, theories, and practices. We will soon be posting the next Call for Papers. For more information about submission procedures, please visit the Author Guidelines under About on the journal site.

The Canadian Online Journal of Queer Studies in Education was created to provide a forum for scholars, professionals, and activists to discuss queer topics in education and the social sciences in the Canadian context. For the purposes of this journal, the term ‘education’ is understood broadly, to include all levels of education in every discipline. This journal is devoted to supporting and disseminating research and theory that promotes social justice for all queer people, including lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer, intersex, two-spirited and trans-identified people. This forum encourages critical examination of queer discourse across disciplines and dialogue on multiple and intersecting forms of oppression based on gender, race, class, ability, religion, etc. This is a refereed journal that is affiliated with the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto. Le journal canadien pour les études queer en éducation a été créé afin d’offrir un forum pour les professeures, professionnels et activistes intéressés à discuter de sujets queer en éducation et en sciences sociales dans un context canadien. Ici, le terme «éducation» est pris au sens large, incluant tous les nouveaux d’éducation et toutes les disciplines. Le journal est dédié à supporter et disséminer les fruits de recherches et les théories qui supporte la justice sociale pour toutes personnes queer, incluant les lesbiennes, gays, bisexuelles, queer, intersexes, bi-spirituelles et transsexuelles. Ce forum encourage un examen critique du discours queer à travers toutes les disciplines et un dialogue sur l’intersection de multiples formes d’oppressions associées au genre, race, classes, abilité, religion, etc. Ce journal arbitré est associé avec l’Institut d’études pédagogiques de l’Ontario de l’Université de Toronto.