Gender Diversity Policy

The Centre for Human Rights, Equity & Inclusion has updated Humber’s Gender Diversity Policy. This policy outlines Humber’s position on the responsibilities of the College, students and employees with respect to protecting gender expression and gender identity consistent with the Ontario Human Rights Code.

The policy outlines the Humber Community’s commitments in several key areas, including but not limited to the following: privacy and confidentiality, all-gender washrooms, change rooms and gender-inclusive language.

Some highlights of the policy are outlined below:

  • Self-identification is the sole and whole measure of a person’s gender. (Section 1.2)
  • All-Gender Washrooms (Section 5)

5.1 All members of the College community have the right to safe washroom facilities that correspond to their gender identity or gender expression.

5.3 Gender-designated washrooms are located throughout the College. All members of the College community may choose to use any accessible all-gender washroom, regardless of their reason(s) for doing so.

5.5 Inclusive signage shall be used to identify every all-gender washroom for College campuses.

  • Gender Inclusive Language (Section 8)

8.1 All individuals within the College community are entitled to be referred to by the gender pronoun(s) of their choice.

8.3 All members of the College community are strongly encouraged to and will be supported in their endeavours to communicate using gender-inclusive language that is respectful and recognizes the inherent and equal worth of all gender identities and gender expressions. This includes creating and using documentation that includes options outside of “male” and “female”, and that is welcoming of gender diverse people.

In the coming months, the Centre will be proving education and training on Gender Diversity. To see a list of all upcoming events, please contact Sacha Ally at sacha.ally@humber.ca or at 416.675.6622 x4808.

For more information about the Gender Diversity Policy, please visit the Policies website at humber.ca/policies/gender-diversity-policy.

If you have any questions about the policy, please contact Nancy Simms at nancy.simms@humber.ca or 416.675.6622 x4425.