The University of Saskatchewan Students’ Union (USSU) has penned a letter calling on the Government of Saskatchewan to repeal Bill 137. Global News explains that Bill 137 prevents children under the age of 16 from changing their pronouns or names at school without parental consent and gives parents the option to withdraw their children from sexual education at school. In its summary of the bill’s impacts, USSU argues that this bill has “fundamentally changed how university students pursuing educational studies are learning to teach and explore concepts of identity, belonging, and sexual health.” They write that education students would be “jeopardiz[ing] the safety of youth by increasing risks of mental health crisis, suicide, family rejection, and violence amongst 2SLGBTQQIA+ students as a result of Bill 137.”
