The Central Okanagan board of education has approved amendments to make three of their discrimination policies gender neutral.

Changes include switching wording from sa国际传媒渨omen or mensa国际传媒� to sa国际传媒減eople of any gendersa国际传媒�, including the sa国际传媒�+sa国际传媒� sign into their current LGBTQ terminology and changing pronouns like sa国际传媒渉is/hersa国际传媒� into gender neutral language like sa国际传媒渢heirsa国际传媒�.

The changes mean there will be approximately seven minor edits made over nine pages of school board documents.

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During a review of the school policies last year, students of the districtsa国际传媒檚 human rights committee helped to make the proposed changes in the documents.

Superintendent of Central Okanagan Public Schools Kevin Kardaal said the changes will help give more understanding of LGBTQS+ terminology.

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Steps have already been made to support the LGBTQ2S+ community in the province. In 2017, the B.C. government launched a three-year diversity and inclusion action plan to help recruit, develop and retain a diverse talent pool in the workplace.

At the Wednesday meeting, the school district also approved a policy which clarified how district employees should go about reporting threats of violence in the workplace.

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