Edsby 'regrets the poor timing of this issue, given Saskatchewan's new parental consent requirements.'
Earlier this week, a Saskatoon parent discovered her transgender son was deadnamed on the platform. Deadnaming is when a transgender person is called by their birth or legal name, rather than the name they identify by. Monika said her son seemed to emotionally crash when this happened. This exposed him to his peers without his consent, making him vulnerable to bullying or other harm. She said calling a trans person by their deadname or misgendering them is devastating and humiliating.
There was an issue in the synchronization between Edsby and MySchoolSask, the provincial system that Edsby draws information from, according to Edsby. The Edsby spokesperson said the company "regrets the poor timing of this issue, given Saskatchewan's new parental consent requirements."On Tuesday, Saskatchewan's education minister announced a new policy dictating that students under the age of 16 who want to change their pronouns or names must obtain parental consent. Minister Dustin Duncan has said this is meant to increase "parental involvement.