David Staples: Gender-segregated activities have a place in 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 Education’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