CP NewsAlert: Saskatchewan says parental consent needed for name, pronoun change

By The Canadian Press on August 22, 2023.

The Saskatchewan government says schools must now seek parental consent when children under 16 years old want to change their names and pronouns. Saskatchewan Education Minister Dustin Duncan speaks to the media in Regina, Wednesday, March 22, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Heywood Yu

REGINA – The Saskatchewan government says schools must now seek parental consent when children under 16 want to change their names or pronouns.

Education Minister Dustin Duncan says the province wants to standardize pronoun and naming policies, as they varied from one school division to another.

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