Saskatchewan's two largest school divisions say they’ve addressed concerns from teachers and are enforcing the province’s pronoun law as children head back to classrooms next week.
Regina school teacher Alex Schmidt says educators were confronted with different kinds of fears a year ago when Premier Scott Moe’s government introduced rules that require parental consent when children under 16 want to change their names or pronouns in school.REGINA — Saskatchewan’s two largest school divisions say they’ve addressed concerns from teachers and are enforcing the province’s pronoun law as children head back to classrooms next week.
A spokesperson for Saskatoon Public Schools said in an email that all employees are expected to follow the legislation and its enforcement is no different than with other policies. A court challenge later caused Moe to recall the legislature to make the rule a law. The legislation invoked the notwithstanding clause, a measure that allows governments to override certain Charter rights for up to five years.
Regina teacher Alex Schmidt, who was among the signatories, said educators were confronted with different kinds of fears. “It wasn’t necessarily going on in my spaces, but it was scary for teachers, going one way or the other, whether it was important to the student, or whether it would turn into a joke,” Schmidt said.“But from what I had heard, it wasn’t happening a ton. And the students it was happening with, it was very real and it was a process that, in some cases, scared the teacher to have to be in that position.
Schmidt said she hasn’t had a student ask for a name or pronoun change. However, she’s still prepared to call a child by their chosen name or pronoun without parental consent should that happen.“When I think about that, I’m doing my job — even if Scott Moe says I’m not — by respecting the child’s wishes, the child’s comfort and the child’s needs.”
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