Sexual Assault Archives - Queen's Journal

It’s time to recognize the problem with hockey culture

Written on January 28, 2022. Posted in Editorials.

This article discusses sexual assault and may be triggering for some readers. The Kingston Sexual Assault Centre’s 24-hour crisis and support phone line can be reached at 613-544-6424 / 1-800-544-6424. The Centre’s online chat feature can be reached here. In October 2020, Kyle Beach, a former Chicago...

Every celebrity you idolize will turn into Chris Pratt

Written on January 28, 2022. Posted in Editorials.

Chicago Blackhawk’s scandal shows need for better investigative journalism in sports

Written on November 26, 2021. Posted in Opinions.

SVPR and SACK talk preventing gender-based violence on campus

Written on October 7, 2021. Posted in News.

This article discusses sexual assault and may be triggering for some readers. The Kingston Sexual Assault Centre’s 24-hour crisis and support phone line can be reached at 613-544-6424 / 1-800-544-6424. Following the AMS Walkout to stand against sexual assault and violence, Nadia Mahdi, ArtSci ’21...

Orientation weeks are an opportunity to educate about sexual violence. Banning them isn’t the solution.

Written on October 5, 2021. Posted in Editorials.

Former Queen’s student found not guilty of sexual assault

Written on August 18, 2020. Posted in News.

Former Queen’s student Taylor Haas was found not guilty on Aug. 11 of sexually assaulting another student. Haas, who currently resides in B.C., was attending Queen’s when he was accused of sexually assaulting another student on Feb. 21, 2018. Haas pleaded not guilty to the alleged assault. READ MORE: Sexual...

The reaction to the ‘intoxication’ ruling is overblown. It still needs to be appealed.

Written on June 29, 2020. Posted in Editorials.

The Ontario Court of Appeal struck down Section 33.1 of the Canadian Criminal Code on June 3 on the grounds that it was unconstitutional. Since then, there has been an outpouring of concern about the effects this ruling could have on cases of sexual assault and violence against women, including a...

Calls for sexual assault centre on campus unanswered for more than thirty years

Written on March 13, 2020. Posted in Features, Investigations.

This article discusses sexual assault and may be triggering for some readers. The Journal uses “survivor” to refer to those who have experienced sexual assault. We acknowledge this term is not universal. In 1989, a report called for Queen’s to implement a sexual assault centre on campus. The same...

Letter to the editors: March 13

Written on March 13, 2020. Posted in Opinions.

Dear Editors, In 1989, a group of concerned women staged a Sit-In in then Principal David Smith’s office to call attention to the issue of sexual violence on the Queen’s University campus. A key demand was the funding of the Sexual Assault Centre of Kingston (SACK). The previous year, in 1988, the...

Sexual assault trial for former Queen’s student underway

Written on March 3, 2020. Posted in News.

Former Queen’s student Taylor Haas appeared in Kingston’s superior court last week in an ongoing trial for an alleged sexual assault that occurred in 2018. Haas, who currently resides in B.C., was attending Queen’s when he was accused of sexually assaulting another student on Feb. 21, 2018. According...

How my sexual assaults made me an advocate for male mental health

Written on February 7, 2020. Posted in Lifestyle, Postscript.

This article discusses sexual assault and may be triggering for some readers. The writer’s name was omitted due to the sensitivity of the content. “I just wish they were dead.” To this day, I can’t believe I had ever been at such a point of darkness that I was able to speak such words about my abusers. On...

Jean Royce Hall sexual abuse case comes to a conclusion

Written on January 10, 2020. Posted in News.

After experiencing more than a year of sexual abuse at the hands of former Queen’s student Kenneth Gavin Williamson over four decades ago, Byron Ruttan has finally found justice. Unsatisfied with the 2016 Supreme Court ruling on Williamson’s appeal of Ruttan’s case, which tossed out Williamson’s...

Why we should know Chanel Miller’s name

Written on October 10, 2019. Posted in Lifestyle, Pop Culture.

This article discusses sexual assault and may be triggering for some readers. The Journal uses “survivor” to refer to those who have experienced sexual assault. We acknowledge this term is not universal. In 2016, BuzzFeed published the victim impact statement of a sexual violence survivor known...

Confusing coercion with consent

Written on June 3, 2019. Posted in Opinions.

This opinion piece discusses sexual assault. The Journal uses “survivor” to refer to those who have experienced sexual assault. We acknowledge this term is not universal. May marked Sexual Assault Awareness Month. This month is particularly close to my heart—not only because I recently started...

The Student Voices on Sexual Violence survey, by the numbers

Written on April 25, 2019. Posted in Features.

During the winter of 2018, more than 100,000 Ontario students completed a survey about sexual violence. A year later, the Ministry of Training, Colleges, and Universities published a summary report of the results. Along with students from 19 other universities in the province, Queen’s students responded...

Byron Ruttan presses civil claim against Ontario decades after experiencing child abuse in Jean Royce Hall

Written on October 29, 2018. Posted in News.

This article details sexual violence and child abuse and may be triggering for some readers. Child abuse victim Byron Ruttan will wait another year to see the province in court after a judge recently set the trial date for his civil claim for Sept. 23, 2019. As a 12-year-old in 1979 and 1980, Ruttan...

Residence Society denies all responsibility in sexual assault case

Written on September 21, 2018. Posted in News.

The Residence Society has denied all liability in a sexual assault lawsuit recently brought against the University, according to a statement from their lawyer Michael Hickey. Hickey is also the lawyer for the AMS and The Journal. “The Residence Society denies that there is any liability on the part...

Queen’s denied responsibility in sexual assault lawsuit

Written on September 14, 2018. Posted in News.

Queen’s denied all liability for the alleged instances described in a recent sexual assault lawsuit brought forward against the University and two men, according to court filings obtained by The Journal. As previously reported in June, the plaintiff, a former residence advisor, is seeking nearly...

Ontario’s drunkenness defence a threat to all

Written on September 7, 2018. Posted in Editorials.

This editorial discusses sexual assault and may be triggering for some readers. The Journal uses “survivor” to refer to those who have experienced sexual assault. We acknowledge this term is not universal. Ontario’s recent decision to allow extreme intoxication as a legal defence of sexual assault...

University faces lawsuit over residence sexual assaults

Written on June 25, 2018. Posted in News.

After a series of alleged sexual assaults in Victoria Hall residence rooms, a former Queen’s student is taking legal action to hold the University vicariously liable. The plaintiff, a former residence advisor, is seeking $950,000 in damages in the Superior Court of Justice from Queen’s and two other...

Rose McGowan isn't the only advocate for ending sexual abuse

Written on February 15, 2018. Posted in Lifestyle.

During her 2018 book tour, Rose McGowan’s been getting a lot of media attention due to a confrontation she had with a trans woman that was caught on camera and later circulated. The protestor called out McGowan for not doing enough to advocate for trans women, having criticized trans women like Caitlyn...

The trial of Dr. Larry Nassar is a milestone for sexual assault survivors

Written on January 30, 2018. Posted in Lifestyle.

Former USA Gymnastics national team doctor Larry Nassar received a sentence last week effectively ending both his career and potential decades of continued sexual assault. On Jan. 24, Judge Rosemarie Aquilina sentenced the now-infamous former sports physician to 40-175 years in prison for multiple...

Why #MeToo matters for Canadian theatre

Written on January 18, 2018. Posted in Arts.

It’s the age of reckoning for sexual predators in the arts. When the first few accusations came out, I was stunned. As more and more women stepped forward, I became resigned. Then one of my favourite artists was accused of being a sexual predator and I was crushed. My immediate — and shameful —...

19-year-old man arrested after three women sexually assaulted on Queen’s campus

Written on December 6, 2017. Posted in News.

A 19-year-old man was arrested by Kingston Police on Dec. 5 after he sexually assaulted three women within the span of 10 minutes. In a Dec. 6 news release, police said all assaults occurred on Queen’s campus and targeted women between 18 and 24 years old. According to the release, the accused approached...

Left behind: The experiences of male sexual assault victims & survivors at Queen’s

Written on November 30, 2017. Posted in Features.

This article talks about sexual assault and may be triggering for some readers. On a chilly fall night in 2015, Mason* and his housemates hosted a party that started out like any other. After a few drinks, he started flirting with a girl he knew from his classes. When Mason suddenly began to feel...

Sexual Violence Awareness Week aimed to recognize experiences of survivors

Written on November 24, 2017. Posted in News.

This past week, the AMS Social Issues Commission facilitated Sexual Violence Awareness Week in an effort to provide a “brief glimpse at the essential dialogues that fuel sexual violence prevention and response on our campus,” according to their event page. The Social Issues Commission (SIC) hosted...

Post Traumatic Growth Art Show addresses sexual assault

Written on November 24, 2017. Posted in Arts.

On Friday, Sexual Violence Awareness Week’s Post Traumatic Growth Art Show hopes to change the dialogue around sexual assault awareness. Hosted by the Mental Health Awareness Committee (MHAC), the art show will take place in the Sutherland Room of the JDUC on Nov. 24 at 8 p.m. After a panel of students...

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