Sexual Assault Archives - Page 2 of 3

FLIP the Script sexual assault resistance program targets first year students

Written on November 10, 2017. Posted in News.

The Queen’s Human Rights Office is introducing a FLIP the Script sexual assault resistance education program this November for first year students. The 12-hour small-group program is designed to acquaint first-year students with the skills to recognize behavioral and situational elements of a sexual...

Is Harvey Weinstein the final straw for sexual harassment?

Written on October 20, 2017. Posted in Lifestyle.

Sexual harassment is something that’s sadly been somewhat normalized in our culture —catcalling, sexist comments and inappropriate touching is engrained and often overlooked in society. Over the past few weeks we’ve been shown just how prevalent this behaviour is, in Hollywood, and in our own lives. The...

Sexual assault a decisive issue in Uber-KATC dispute

Written on September 29, 2017. Posted in News.

The Kingston Area Taxi Commission (KATC) recently proposed draft bylaws that aim to heavily regulate Uber. The bylaws have heightened conflict between the two organizations, particularly dividing them on the issue of sexual assaults committed by Uber drivers against passengers. The Uber-taxi conflict...

Poor attention span for issues on campus

Written on September 22, 2017. Posted in Opinions.

Hey Queen’s, I think it’s time we talk about our attention span issue. In the past year alone, we’ve forgotten an unacceptable number of incidents that at one point were major sources of disappointment or outrage. You likely already know what I’m talking about, but for the sake of clarity let me provide...

Sexual Violence Bystander Intervention Training Program has successful week of training

Written on September 18, 2017. Posted in News.

After expansion and additional hiring, the Sexual Violence Bystander Intervention Training Program received a positive reception to training throughout Orientation Week. The program, originally spearheaded by Queen’s alumnus Claire Gummo, is currently run by Lea Keren, Comm ’17, former AMS Social...

Five hundred and eighty eight days

Written on September 14, 2017. Posted in Opinions.

This article talks about sexual assault and may be triggering for some readers. Early last week as I walked through the University District on move-in day, I began noticing bedsheets hanging from my peers’ houses. With obscene phrases and degrading messages on the signs, I was brought back to 588...

Discouraged to report in the midst of recovery

Written on September 14, 2017. Posted in Lifestyle.

This article talks about sexual assault and may be triggering for some readers. The first time I was asked if I wanted to press charges, I sat in a social worker’s office in Kingston General Hospital. In that moment, I could imagine police at my door, unwanted attention from my neighbours, friends...

The only thing the recent sexual assault case can offer Queen's is lesson

Written on September 8, 2017. Posted in Lifestyle.

When the recruitment team from Queen’s came to my high school in grade twelve, they spoke highly of the robust school spirit, the quality of the academics and the student life on campus. Not once did they mention the prominence of sexual violence at the university. Sexual assault was foreign to me...

Queen’s student avoids sexual assault charge, convicted of common assault

Written on August 31, 2017. Posted in News.

This article talks about sexual assault, and may be triggering for some readers. Updated Sept. 1 at 5:13 p.m. with statement from Kingston Police and AMS Social Issues Commissioner. On August 25, Queen’s student Chance Macdonald was sentenced to two years’ probation along with 88 days of intermittent...

Preventing Sexual Assault on public transit is as important as reporting it

Written on July 31, 2017. Posted in Editorials.

The TTC is laying a much-needed foundation to respond to sexual assault, but must fill the holes in their approach to sexual assault prevention along the way. Recently, the TTC has announced their plan to launch an app that would help report sexual assault on public transit in Toronto. While this...

Ambrose’s ‘parting gift’ long overdue for Canadians

Written on May 28, 2017. Posted in Editorials.

Canadian judges, both future and current, need an updated education on sexual assault law if they are going to preside over cases. The former Conservative interim leader Rona Ambrose resigned one day after her sexual assault bill passed unanimously. The bill mandates compulsory sexual assault law...

Fighting for control in reporting sexual assault

Written on March 24, 2017. Posted in Features.

In March of 2015, one Queen’s student found out that the man she was preparing to go to trial against for sexually assaulting her had been elected to the University Senate, one of Queen’s highest governing bodies. The student, who can’t be identified due to a court publication ban, emailed her advisor...

Winter break news roundup

Written on January 13, 2017. Posted in News.

While campus saw a mass exodus for winter break, the University, Kingston Police and national funding groups chugged along with new developments. Here’s what you missed while lighting the menorah, carving up a turkey, singing a carol or just taking a break from the books: Principal’s Implementation...

Former BISC students discuss incidents of sexual misconduct

Written on November 25, 2016. Posted in News.

Every year, over 5,000 km away from Queen’s main campus in Herstmonceux, England, more than a hundred first year students begin their studies at Queen’s Bader International Study Center (BISC) with the same excitement as any first year students. During the 2014-15 academic year, however, the first...

Campus Catch-Up

Written on October 25, 2016. Posted in News.

Laval University: Security tightened after reports of sexual assault Quebec City police are currently investigating four separate incidents at Laval University for breaking and entering, two of which include complaints of sexual touching. The suspect in question is believed to be in his twenties,...

York professor makes call that isn't his to make

Written on October 6, 2016. Posted in Editorials.

With a few glowing lines on a reference letter, a York professor lent strength to one of the most harmful attitudes faced by survivors of sexual assault. Political science professor Stephan Newman drafted a character reference for recently convicted rapist Mustafa Ururyar’s sentencing, which describes...

‘No means yes’ response from Western inappropriate

Written on September 16, 2016. Posted in Editorials.

Rape culture on university campuses consists of much more than the act of sexual assault. But when “No means yes and yes means anal,” appeared on a Western student’s off-campus home, the immediate response was to write it off. The words, which were written on a window on a house near Western’s main...

Being the one in four

Written on August 2, 2016. Posted in Lifestyle.

It’s a typical university party, with alcohol, loud music and friends. One privileged white male and one unconscious girl. The scene I’m referring to sounds a lot like the case of former Stanford student Brock Turner, who was recently convicted of three counts of felony sexual assault. Judge Aaron...

Universities must educate to protect

Written on June 27, 2016. Posted in Opinions.

I’d always known that coming to Queen’s warranted more responsibility. Things like waking up in the morning without the help of my mother or making healthy eating choices, I expected. But coming from a country and a neighborhood where sexual assaults are a rare occurrence, I didn’t realize that...

Campus catch-up: Sexual assault at UBC

Written on March 31, 2016. Posted in News.

Students at the University of British Columbia were shaken this Friday by news of another sexual assault on their campus after a year of sexual assault controversies. A string of assaults occurred at UBC in 2013, according to a CBC report, with several of these incidents involving the same assailant. The...

New sexual assault policy only the beginning

Written on March 11, 2016. Posted in News.

Talk of amending parts of the new sexual violence policy has begun just a week after the Queen’s Board of Trustees approved the document. Provost Alan Harrison says the passage of the Ontario Sexual Violence and Harassment Plan Act may lead to amendments to the policy, while Rector Mike Young has...

Province mandates Ontario campuses to adopt sexual assault policies

Written on March 8, 2016. Posted in News.

Just four days after Queen’s approved its sexual assault policy, the Ontario government passed new sexual violence legislation mandating that all Ontario college and universities create separate sexual assault policies. On Tuesday, the Ontario government passed Bill 132, the Sexual Violence and Harassment...

Board of Trustees set to approve sexual violence policy

Written on March 4, 2016. Posted in News.

After over a year of consultation since implementing an interim sexual assault protocol in January 2015, the Queen’s Board of Trustees meets this evening with a full policy set for approval. The open session of the meeting begins at 7 p.m in the Peter Lougheed Room in Richardson Hall, where the Board...

The Waiting Game

Written on March 4, 2016. Posted in News.

On Canadian campuses, the clock has been ticking on sexual assault responses for a year and a half and counting. In November 2014, a Toronto Star investigation revealed that only nine out of 102 Canadian universities and colleges had sexual assault or sexual violence policies in place. The Star called...

What Kesha’s case means for sexual assault survivors

Written on March 4, 2016. Posted in Lifestyle.

Last week, in the midst of a lengthy legal battle, singer Kesha was denied a court injunction that would release her from working with the man she says “sexually, physically, verbally, and emotionally” abused her. For those who haven’t been following the case, Kesha has been fighting to get out of...

New draft of sexual assault policy to be released this month

Written on December 3, 2015. Posted in News.

After an almost five-month hiatus in public announcements, Provost Alan Harrison has set deadlines for the final steps of the Queen’s sexual assault policy. The last announcement from Queen’s Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Working Group (SAPRWG) — the group tasked with the implementation...

OPIRG launches campaign to combat sexual violence on campus

Written on October 23, 2015. Posted in News.

With the release of a new report on sexual assault at Queen’s on Tuesday, the Ontario Public Interest Research Group (OPIRG) has launched a new campaign focusing on preventing sexual violence. The campaign, titled “We Believe In A Campus Free of Sexual Violence”, kicked off on Tuesday afternoon with...

How to help a loved one who’s experienced sexual assault

Written on October 6, 2015. Posted in Lifestyle.

Q: Recently, a friend told me that they think they may have been sexually assaulted. I had no idea what to say. What is the best thing to do when this happens? A: Excellent question. When someone discloses a sexual assault, it can be very difficult to know how to respond. But there’s system that can...

Taking back the night

Written on September 18, 2015. Posted in News.

“Consent is sexy” was one of the many messages on signs held up on Thursday night at the annual Take Back the Night rally. Approximately 70 people marched and rallied from Confederation Park down Princess Street in protest of sexual violence. “It’s not something we should have to fight for. Not every...

Students attend sexual assault talk by survivor

Written on September 18, 2015. Posted in News.

Two days after arriving at Queen’s, all first-year students attended a talk by educator and activist Rachel Griffin on sexual assault. Dr. Griffin is an associate professor in the department of Communication Studies at Southern Illinois University and a survivor of sexual assault herself. The event,...

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