U Sports announces new transgender policy for university athletics in Canada
TORONTO — U Sports, the governing body of university athletics in Canada, announced a new transgender policy on Thursday that will allow athletes to compete on teams that correspond with their gender identity.
U Sports said in a release that the policy will be in place immediately for all of its 56 member institutions.
Under the new policy, athletes will be eligible to compete on teams corresponding to either their gender identity or their sex assigned at birth, so long as they comply with the Canadian Anti-Doping Program.
The new policy was developed by the U Sports equity committee and approved by the U Sports board of directors.