Christopher Karas

Christopher Karas
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  Christopher Karas first made headlines when he challenged his then French Catholic School Board, CSDCCS, Conseil Scolaire de District Catholique Centre-Sud and his school, École secondaire catholique Sainte-Famille at the Human Rights Tribunal when he had wanted to put up posters of his civil rights rights hero Harvey Milk and build a Gay-Straight Alliance. He had been first heard at Xtra! and would then be featured at the Toronto Star, The Globe and Mail, The National Post, Thomson Reuters, CBC and would garner national and international press. Karas representation Jean-Alexandre De Bousquet a Human Rights attorney would file the suit v. the school board CSDCCS and the school at the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario after the Gay-Straight Alliance had been allegedly barred and posters of Harvey Milk allegedly taken down. When he wished to do more than challenge his board, he would inspire Canada's first Jer's Vision, Dare To Stand Out: GSA Forum. The Jer's Vision team and Karas would raise over $ 10,000 to train the nearly 100 youth in attendance. (Jersvision has recently changed its name to The Canadian Centre for Gender + Sexual Diversity.) Among many honours, Tegan and Sara named Karas one of their 'Legion of Queer Heroes' at World Pride 2014. He is among the select few alumni of the Ryerson University first Inaugural School of Jack Layton for Youth Leadership. He is published in the last print issue of Xtra! and he wore #TheGaySweater that toured Fashion Week 2015. Karas has since, founded ORDERS2GO a nascent online retailer first established in September of 2014 that has now seen a strong growth profile. Appointed Board Director and Co-Chair of the Marketing and Communications Committee of the INSPIRE Awards and has recently joined the INSPIRE Awards Youth Outreach Team as their Vice Chair. Became an Independent Contractor for FESFO, la Fédération de la Jeunesse Franco-Ontarienne and a volunteer at the Trans Lobby Group. And has now transferred to an accredited Law Society of Upper Canada Paralegal Educa