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Participant 1: The first thing that would come to mind for me would be making sure that she is physically alright and in a mental place where they will not cause themselves harm. But yes,…

Participant 1: You said this policy applies to everyone, so I need to ask about this: how […] does this policy apply itself for someone who’s Canadian in comparison to an immigrant who recently just…

I just want to encourage that you should get people aware about information and policies and get them to know more how to protect themselves, because actually, we don’t want [people to have] experiences of…

I think they [my family] will probably appreciate it [the SV/SA policy] as long as it’s helping me, but I don’t think they would think something like this will happen. And usually, if Asians are…

Participant 1: If they are physically okay, I would obviously reassure them that I am there for them. I would let them know that there are other people who have gone through the same thing,…

I believe there is a generational gap […]. If I bring up a topic to my father, or maybe an uncle or an aunt, and I explain to them about sexual abuse or sexual assault,…

Participant 1: [If a friend comes to me following sexual assault], I will try to help him/her think about what happened during this crime, because the more things you remind them of, the more recalls…

I don’t know what choice I can make my friend feel better [following sexual assault]. All I can do is just be rational and tell her or him […] how to protect themselves after this…

I did tell my mom about the sexual assault when it happened to me, but our culture – I guess you already know it is Chinese culture – it is very conservative. Older parents, grandparents,…

Especially in my culture, the country I come from, anything that relates to, like, a very intensive sexual violence causes a lot of suicides and depression, right? So my other concern [in supporting a survivor]…