David Staples: Do we really need to axe gender-segregated activities at schools?

Edmonton Public Schools is hard at work welcoming gay, lesbian and trans students, but there is at least one provincial recommendation where the board is quite rightly moving slowly: the stated goal of eliminating or reducing boys-only and girls-only activities.
Alberta Educati0n’s 2016 policy around inclusion for gay, lesbian and transgender students — which is now being rolled out by school boards across the province — has a major recommendation that reads: “School