University of Saskatchewan’s Student Union calls for repeal on Bill 137

Global News ^ | 7/14/25 | Payton Zillich

[DallasBiff]

In October of 2023, the government of Saskatchewan passed Bill 137, otherwise known as “The Parent’s Bill of Rights”.

The law prevents children under the age of 16 from changing their names or pronouns at school without a parent’s consent. The bill also allows parents to prohibit their children from receiving sexual education at school.

When the bill first passed, education minister Jeremy Cockrill shared in a statement that parents have the right to know what is being taught at their child’s school.

“The Parents’ Bill of Rights’ is an inclusionary policy that ensures that parents are at the forefront of every important decision in their child’s life.” said Cockrill.

Now, almost two years later, the University of Saskatchewan Student Union (USSU) has used their platform to bring awareness to this bill once again. The USSU, alongside the University’s Pride Centre and Women’s Centre, wrote a letter explaining why Bill 137 is harmful for students.

“Bill 137 continues to directly harm and enact violence on youth whose understandings of self do not conform to perspective colonial binaries of gender identity and gender expression.” the letter states.

[dljordan]

Last for me was in the early 80s. Checking account programs at a local bank. If I’d been a crook I could have retired in a year.

[Verginius Rufus]

“Student union” to me means a building on campus with a cafeteria, meeting rooms, a place to get coffee, and maybe a banquet room for when the university puts on a dinner for alumni or potential donors.