Policy 713

• Rights group drops legal challenge after New Brunswick reverses trans student policy

  The rights group had gone to court over the previous government's requirement that students under 16 receive parental consent before teachers could use their preferred pronouns.

  Canada

  Jan 29
  
• N.B. government reverses changes to school gender identity policy

  Starting Jan. 1, students under 16 years old don't need parental consent to informally use their preferred name and pronouns in school.

  Education

  Dec 19, 2024
  
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• Gender identity policy hits the New Brunswick campaign trail

  Mentions of school gender identity policy had been largely absent from the campaign, but that changed this week as election day approaches.

  Canada

  Oct 11, 2024
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• Calls grow for N.B. premier to denounce mailouts critics say are transphobic

  Pressure is mounting on New Brunswick's government to denounce mailouts in the province from an Ontario group that call trans education harmful to children.

  Canada

  Aug 29, 2024
• 713 fallout: N.B. begins process to dissolve district education council

  Two months after threatening to dissolve the Anglophone East District Education Council over a legal dispute, N.B. Education Minster Bill Hogan is moving forward to do just that.

  Education

  Jul 4, 2024
• N.B. minister says threat to dissolve school districts extends to francophone boards

  Bill Hogan says his threat to dissolve school districts that don’t adhere to the province’s policy change affecting LGBTQ students also extends to francophone school boards.

  Politics

  May 9, 2024
• N.B. cabinet minister wants to dissolve education council in gender-identity fight

  N.B. Education Minister Bill Hogan says he'll take the unprecedented step of dissolving the Anglophone East District Education Council in the midst of a battle over Policy 713.

  Education

  May 3, 2024
• Timeline for New Brunswick’s Policy 713 legal resolution unclear

  It's not clear when the judicial review of changes to New Brunswick's gender identity policy will be completed, with a number of issues still to be resolved before trial.

  Canada

  Apr 22, 2024
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• Multiple groups look to join legal challenge of N.B. gender identity policy

  Nine groups are hoping to intervene in a judicial review of changes to New Brunswick's school gender identity policy.

  Canada

  Mar 6, 2024
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• Policy 713: Education council in N.B. denied funding for legal fees

  Anglophone East School District says not only did the province deny funding for legal fees, it changed the policy around it to allow them to do so based on a conflict of interest.

  Education

  Jan 31, 2024