What are gender-inclusive washrooms?
Gender-inclusive washrooms are toilet facilities that can be used by someone of any gender. They can be single-stall or multi-stall.1 They can also be referred to as universal washrooms and are often designed to be accessible for a range of needs, including but not limited to people with disabilities or families.2
Why are they important?
Transgender, nonbinary, and gender non-conforming people frequently experience harassment, and discrimination when gendered (men and women) washrooms are the only option available. This results in a wide range of people avoiding certain activities or facilities because they don鈥檛 feel safe.1,2,3
Safe and accessible washrooms for members of the 看片视频 community and visitors to our facilities is a right that should be available to all.听 Improved access to gender-inclusive washrooms also helps set the tone for an inclusive campus. 看片视频 is on course to further this aim.
Gender-inclusive washrooms at 看片视频
At 看片视频, the push for gender-inclusive washrooms dates back two decades. In 2004, a three-year project was initiated that grew out of recommendations made to the Joint Senate-Board Committee on Equity (JSBCE). This project resulted in designating nearly 40 existing washrooms gender-inclusive by June 2007.4 In 2012-13, a second push for gender-inclusive washrooms began. A recommendation that was approved by the JSBCE resulted in re-designating 200 single-stall washrooms as gender inclusive (see index below).4 Then in 2023, the Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee (EDIC) approved the following amendment to the original resolution from 2007:
The University shall ensure that all single-stall washrooms in the university are gender inclusive, with according signage and interior door locks. The University must ensure that there is at least one multi-stall gender-inclusive washroom per building, and at least one gender-inclusive washroom (either single-stall or multi-stall) per floor. In new constructions, including new buildings and renovations of washrooms in existing buildings, the University must integrate the foregoing two points.5
Work is underway to increase the availability of gender-inclusive and accessible washrooms at 看片视频 and improve signage for these facilities. The index in the next section identifies all gender-inclusive washrooms on both 看片视频 campuses. For questions about gender-inclusive washrooms at 看片视频, please email equity [at] mcgill.ca (subject: Re%3A%20gender-inclusive%20washrooms%20at%20看片视频) .
Index of Gender-Inclusive Washrooms at 看片视频
DOWNTOWN CAMPUS
BUILDING |
ADDRESS |
WASHROOMS [Bolded locations are physically accessible] |
---|---|---|
Adams Building |
3450 rue University |
7, 122, 304, 405 |
Armstrong Building |
3420 rue McTavish |
090, 192, 292, 392 |
Birks Building |
3520 rue University |
005A, 305A, 307A |
Bronfman Building |
1001 rue Sherbrooke ouest |
1-WC2, 1-WC4, 030, 381, 382, 446, 486, 599A, 654D |
Brown Student Service Building |
3600 rue McTavish |
442, 2004, 2005, 3005, 3006, 3014, 3-WC1, 3-WC2, 4002, 4003, 4011, 4013, 4510, 4511, 5007, 5008, 5010, 5013, 5015 |
Burnside Hall |
805 rue Sherbrooke ouest |
1B-WC1,听1B-WC2,听120C, 121B, 602 |
Charles Meredith House |
1130 av des Pins ouest |
B3 |
Currie Gymnasium |
475 av des Pins Ouest |
G-26, 2-WC1, 214, 305 |
Davis House |
3654 promenade Sir William Osler |
9, 9A |
Dawson Hall |
853 rue Sherbrooke ouest |
316 |
Department of East Asian Studies |
3434 rue McTavish |
104, 307 |
Department of Family Medicine |
517 av des Pins ouest |
007, 103B, 210 |
Department of Jewish Studies |
3438 rue McTavish |
104, 107, 203 |
Department of Linguistics |
1085 av du Docteur-Penfield |
003, 103, 114, 122, 203, 211, 217, 225, 303, 311, 313, 323 |
Department of Oncology |
546 av des Pins ouest |
103, 204, 304 |
Department of Social Studies of Medicine |
3647 rue Peel |
110, 311, 311A |
Duff听Medical Building |
3775 rue University |
326, 327 |
Education Building |
3700 rue McTavish |
B 139 |
Elizabeth Wirth Music Building (Schulich School of Music) |
527 rue Sherbrooke ouest |
A003, A208, A302, A402, A502, A604, A704, A804 |
Faculty Club |
3450 rue McTavish |
1, 114, 303 |
Faculty of Medicine |
3605 rue de la Montagne |
120, 205, 206, 317, 318 |
Ferrier Building |
840 av du Doctor-Penfield |
102X, 102Y |
First People鈥檚 House |
3505 rue Peel |
G4 |
Genome |
740 av du Docteur-Penfield |
2012, 2013, 3014, 4014, 5011, 6011, 7011 |
Institute for Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies |
3487 rue Peel |
204 |
James Administration Building |
845 rue Sherbrooke ouest |
154A, 255A, 321 |
Leacock, Stephen, Building |
855 rue Sherbrooke ouest |
505 |
Ludmer Building |
1033 av des Pins ouest |
129, 440 |
Maass Chemistry Building |
801 rue Sherbrooke ouest |
227, 329A, 434, 436 |
Macdonald Engineering |
817 rue听Sherbrooke ouest |
111,听380, 568A, 568B |
Macdonald Harrington Building |
815 rue Sherbrooke ouest |
510, 510A, |
Martlet House |
1430 rue Peel |
107, 110 |
McCall MacBain Arts Building |
853 rue Sherbrooke ouest |
F, B-50A |
McConnell Engineering Building |
3480 rue University |
350Y, 350Z, 634, 824 |
看片视频 Association of Continuing Education |
3437 rue Peel |
102, 201, 301, 401 |
McIntyre Medical Sciences Building |
3655 promenade Sir William Osler |
3-WC3, 3-WC4, 4C |
McLennan Library Building |
3459 rue McTavish |
M1-12B, M1-12C, M6-37C |
McTavish 3430 |
3430 rue McTavish |
100, 200 |
Montreal Neurological Institute |
3801 rue University |
140 |
Morrice Hall |
3485 rue McTavish |
015, 317 |
New Chancellor Day Hall |
3644 rue Peel |
263, 303, 405, 410, 524, 610 |
Old Chancellor Day Hall |
3644 rue Peel |
41 |
Ombudsman |
3610 rue McTavish |
12-5 |
Peterson Hall |
3460 rue McTavish |
58, 68 |
Pine 515 |
515 av des Pins ouest |
105, 005, 503 |
Peel 3459 |
3459 rue Peel |
106, 309 |
Peel 3463 |
3463 rue Peel |
106, 309 |
Peel 3479 |
3479 rue Peel |
3A |
Pulp and听Paper Building |
3420 rue University |
016, 017, 025A, 025B, 114 |
Purvis Hall |
1020 av des Pins ouest |
35B |
Redpath Library Building |
3459 rue McTavish |
RM-14,听R3-07, R3-09 |
Rutherford Physics Building |
3600 rue University |
002B, 1-WC3 |
Saint Urbain 3626 |
626 rue Saint-Urbain |
434, 235, 431, 231 |
School of Environment |
3534 rue University |
22, 32 |
School of Information Studies |
3661 rue Peel |
107, 209, 309 |
Schulich Library of Physical Sciences, Life Sciences |
809 rue Sherbrooke ouest |
1-WC1, 3-WC2, 4-WC1, 4-WC2, 5-WC2, 5-WC3, 6-WC1, 6-WC2, 6-WC3 |
Sherbrooke 680 |
680 rue Sherbrooke ouest |
316, 416, 6-WC3, 1567, 1800B, 1918, 2020A |
Sports Complex - 看片视频 University Athletics |
听 |
ground floor (near main entrance), 312 (with shower), 313 (with shower) |
Strathcona Anatomy and听Dentistry Building |
3640 rue University |
B/33B, 1/52, 318A, 318B |
Strathcona Music Building |
555 rue Sherbrooke ouest |
C-115 (1st floor), E-328, E-329 |
Trottier Building |
3630 rue University |
1040, 2040, 3040, 4040, 5040 |
University 3550 |
3550 rue University |
107, 50A, 208A |
University 3641 |
3641 rue University |
103 |
University Centre |
3480 rue McTavish |
203C (with changing table), 442, 446 |
Wilson Hall |
3506 rue University |
109, 213 |
Wong Building |
3610 rue University |
5060, 7060 |
MACDONALD CAMPUS
BUILDING | ADDRESS |
WASHROOMS [Bolded locations are physically accessible] |
---|---|---|
Barton Building |
21111 Lakeshore Road |
211, 304 |
Centre for Indigenous Peoples' Nutrition and Environment (CINE) |
21111 Lakeshore Road |
103, 109 |
Clinical Nutrition Research Unit |
21111 Lakeshore Road |
1-WC1, 1-WC2, 1-WC3 |
Conservation Centre |
21111 Lakeshore Road |
102, 103 |
Facilities Management |
21300 Lakeshore Road |
205, 206 |
Harrison House |
21111 Lakeshore Road |
207, 305 |
Horticulture Services |
21111 Lakeshore Road |
3, 4 |
Macdonald-Stewart Building and Raymond Building |
21111 Lakeshore Road |
MS2-047, MS2-048 |
Marshal Radar Observatory |
3 chemin des Pins |
101 |
Nutrition Barn |
21111 Lakeshore Road |
10A |
Parasitology Institute |
21111 Lakeshore Road |
P018 |
Plant Research Facility |
21111 Lakeshore Road |
B11, B12 |
听
References
1. Public Service Alliance of Canada / Alliance de la Foncion publique du Canada. (2018, March). Gender-Inclusive Washrooms in your Workplace: A Guide for Employees and Managers. PSAC/AFPC Website: Building Trans-Inclusive Workplaces.
2. HCMA Architecture+Design. (2018). Designing for Inclusivity: Strategies for Universal Washrooms and Change Rooms in Community and Recreation Facilities. HCMA Architecture + Design News.
3. Harwood-Jones, M., Martin, K., and Airton, Dr. L. (2021). Research and Recommendations on Gender-Inclusive Washrooms and Changerooms. Queen鈥檚 University Provost鈥檚 Action Group on Gender and Sexual Diversity.
4. Clegg, A. (2023, September). A history of gender-inclusive washrooms. 看片视频 Reporter.
5. 看片视频 University Joint-Board Senate Committee. (2023, March 22). D22-50 Report of the Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee Senate Meeting, Section I.4. 看片视频 Senate Archives. Link to document.