pronoun policy

The Government of Saskatchewan is falling into lockstep with other provinces in terms of banning cell phone use in schools. They are taking significant steps to enhance “student focus and reduce distractions in classrooms”. Beginning in the 2024-25 school year, cell phones will be banned during class time across all K-12 schools in the province. […]

Emails show an early draft of Saskatchewan’s school pronoun policy would have allowed teachers to use a child’s preferred identification if there was concern the student faced danger when parents were notified.  Premier Scott Moe’s government announced the policy last year. It requires teachers to have parental consent when children under 16 want to change […]

Lawyers for the Saskatchewan government are arguing a judge should dismiss a challenge to a law that requires parental consent when children under 16 want to change their names or pronouns at school. Deron Kuski, representing the province, told court Thursday the law doesn’t breach the Charter and is in the best interest of gender-diverse […]

The Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission is reaching out to residents for their thoughts and feedback on the province’s school pronoun legislation. The legislation saw the Government recall the legislature in early October to pass the Parents’ Bill of Rights, which makes it a requirement for a youth under 16 to obtain parental consent before using […]

The Parents’ Bill of Rights has received its third reading and Royal Assent at the Legislative Building in Regina on Friday. The bill outlines several rights parents have to be involved in their children’s education. “That’s what this bill at its very core is about, is about providing parents the right, not the opportunity, to […]

The mayor of Saskatchewan’s largest city said he agrees with those who have asked the province to withdraw its proposed pronoun legislation. Saskatoon Mayor Charlie Clark said the policy is divisive, causing many to choose between the rights of parents and the well-being of youth. Clark said he has met with high school students who […]

A Saskatchewan school division says the education minister never asked about a school guideline that he cited as the “impetus” for the province’s proposed pronoun legislation. Regina Public Schools said Tuesday that the administrative procedure, announced in June 2022, includes a section that says students have a right to be addressed by a name and pronoun that […]

The Saskatchewan government will use the notwithstanding clause of the Constitution and pass legislation this fall to ensure the province’s pronoun policy remains in place, Premier Scott Moe said Thursday. Moe made the comment shortly after a judge granted an injunction to pause the policy that requires parental consent when children under 16 want to […]

Premier Scott Moe is not backing down from the government’s pronoun policy despite calls from teachers worried it violates their code of ethics and a report from the province’s Children’s Advocate that says the policy violates children’s rights. “I would say they should have discussions with whoever their superiors are on how those policies will […]

Saskatchewan high school teacher Nick Day normally requests his students fill out a survey at the start of the year, asking them to write their hobbies or interests, as well as their names and pronouns. The Regina photography teacher offered the same survey this September, but he’s now hesitant to look at his students’ answers. […]