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Saskatchewan teachers have resumed job action in a bid to push the province back into bargaining on issues of classroom sizes and student supports.  The sanctions mean teachers won’t volunteer their time for lunchroom supervision and extracurricular activities.  Also, they will arrive to school only 15 minutes before the start of the day and will leave […]

Saskatchewan schools are heading towards the end of the school year – with the clock now ticking down to graduations and and of the year celebrations. Now it appears that the Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation (STF) is at a deadlock with the government bargaining committee. The Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation (STF) has declared a work-to-rule campaign starting […]

Saskatchewan Students will soon have 24/7 online access to high school transcripts, commencing in summer 2024. Facilitated through a strategic partnership with the Association of Registrars of the Universities and Colleges of Canada (ARUCC) and their MyCreds platform, this will streamline the transcript acquisition process, empowering students with secure digital access to their academic records […]

The Saskatchewan Teachers Federation says approximately 3500 members are marching around the legislature, as they rally to try and get the government to come back to the bargaining table to talk about class size and class complexity as part of the deal. “We are very grateful for the number of teachers and supporters who were […]

A legal challenge to Saskatchewan’s new law requiring parental consent if children under 16 want to change their names or pronouns at school is back in court this week. New Brunswick enacted a similar measure last year, and other provinces are looking at doing the same. Lawyers representing UR Pride, an LGBT group in Regina, […]

The Saskatchewan government received 18 official complaints in the summer before it implemented a rule preventing most children from changing their names or pronouns at school without parental consent.  The emails, recently obtained by The Canadian Press through an access-to-information request, were received in June and July and offer a first look into what may have influenced […]

Talks aimed at a new contract for teachers in Saskatchewan have come to an end, with no new deal. The Saskatchewan Teachers Federation and the the Government-Trustee Bargaining Committee were bargaining with the help of the Conciliation Board in an attempt to reach a deal. In a statement, the STF says the government did not […]

Saskatchewan legislation that requires parental consent when children under 16 change their names or pronouns at school fails to ensure gender-diverse youth aren’t harmed, say two legal professors.  The Saskatchewan Party government tabled the bill with the notwithstanding clause last week, overriding sections of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms and Saskatchewan’s Human Rights Code. A judge granted […]

Hundreds of people stood under a hot sun and hazy blue sky to rally at the Saskatchewan Legislature to protest the Government’s recent pronoun policy. People from the gender and sexually diverse community, as well as parents, teachers, and allies, stood together in front of the legislature to show their disapproval of the new policy. […]

By Stephanie Taylor in Ottawa –The Canadian Press– Canada’s minister for women, gender equality and youth says policies in Saskatchewan and New Brunswick that require parental consent before students under 16 can have schools use their preferred pronouns and names puts transgender and nonbinary kids in a “life-or-death situation.”  And while Marci Ien declined to comment on whether Ottawa […]