Gebasi said: “At that particular time, if you are a woman, you only need to order women’s pants, if you are a man, you can simply order men’s pants.”

“Whether you feel more comfortable with another set of pants or uniform, this is to be expected.”

However, this is no longer the case. In July 2020, the Canadian Coast Guard uniform catalog began to shift from gender identity to figure and body shape. This is a big step towards gender-neutral uniforms. Now, all labels on the Coast Guard uniform are gender-neutral.

“Now, our uniforms are labeled Type A and Type B,” Gerbasi said. “Not only in the Canadian Coast Guard Academy, but in the entire Coast Guard.”

Gerbasi said that the change in terminology means that there is no need to comply with the restrictions on being determined to be male or female.

‘Late over’

A few years ago, it was required to switch to non-binary tags.

Gerbasi said that he remembers that some female students prefer a certain style of hats only for men at first. In other cases, Coast Guard members expressed that they did not want their equipment to define their gender.

Djerbazi said: “I think it should be long ago.” “You will not be put in a box and labeled.”

The Canadian Coast Guard is a special agency operating within the Department of Fisheries and Oceans. Its mission is to ensure safe and smooth waterways for Canadians.

Gerbasi said the university will accommodate 188 officers and trainees by 2020. Its recruitment goal is to recruit 80 officers each fall.

Gerbasi said that the current styles, now called A and B, will be redesigned into a more “modern” gender-neutral design, with an emphasis on diversity and functionality. The headwear series of the uniform has recently added headscarves and headscarves, and plans to add sports patterns (the headgear worn by Sikhs) and UV protection clothes.

The new uniforms of the Coast Guard are expected to be ready in the middle of the winter of 2022.

Kathryn Foss of Ottawa has worked in the Canadian Armed Forces for more than 30 years. Now retired, she is a diversity advocate, praising the Civil Defense Agency Coast Guard for eliminating sexist language in clothing.

Foss, a transgender woman, said the federal government has been slow to adopt uniform changes. She said that, unfortunately, not all uniform services in Canada are inclusive.

Foss said: “Government agencies are actually very slow in implementing certain things, as simple as removing restrictions on the products that someone can order.” He added that this is especially true for people with non-binary binary codes. Disturbing.

“If someone does not consider themselves strictly male or female, then if they have an’M’ listed as gender in their personnel file, they will not be able to express their femininity.

“It will not affect the combat capability [to let] Some people are wearing uniforms that match their identities. ”