Canada’s Federal Court is amending its general practice guidelines to ask for pronouns and name pronunciation to be provided by those dealing with the court.
“Amendments to note in the latest consolidated general practice guidelines. For people dealing with the Court: Provide pronouns and pronunciation of names,” the court said in a social media post on X on Jan. 19.
In a subsequent post, the court asked for “gender neutrality in addressing a Member of the Court.” The guidelines say judges may be addressed as “Justice.” The former guidelines said judges may be addressed as “Justice,” “Mr. Justice,” or “Madam Justice.”