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I think that the school should provide somebody to help. If something happened to me, will the school provide help? Like, for international students who may have a language problem, we may not be able…

Providing a Chinese counsellor is a good thing, because I know for some students, their English is quite poor. They just came to Canada and their English is not so good. So, they really need…

I think probably talking to someone close to them, like their best friend, or someone they often talk to, would help them to think about the case more; or it may help them reach out…

Participant 1: I would like an experienced person [to provide support following a sexual assault experience]. Participant 2: You mean they have professional knowledge and backgrounds? Participant 1: Besides, we also want to keep our…

I think the whole policy is actually talking about “What do we do after it has happened,” but not mention how we going to prevent or minimize the occurrence of this tragedy. […] Of course…

If there is a session to help the girls, I think they also need to mention how we can protect ourselves. It’s not like, “okay, there is security on campus and you can go to…

I wish the university would provide sex education to all students. It doesn’t matter where you are from, or the genders, because people from different cultures received different sexual education. Everyone knows in China, it’s…

In the new policy, for people who have not much information and not much knowledge about the law and something […], what types of action should they report [as] sexual violence?

Participant 2: [If a friend discloses to me], I think the first thing is to understand her. I will tell her that experiencing sexual assault is not her fault, and I will search for some…

I think this policy has not shed light on the seriousness of revenge or the retaliation from the person accused. I think all the respondents [should] be informed of the university’s position regarding the seriousness…

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