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African Male

Middle East

I think being educated about it is important for people that can protect you, like psychologists and more, because they’re educated and they know the fears and they know how to reassure you. Because a…

I believe that college and university is a place where our boundaries get messy with the whole cultural difference and without the cultural difference, as well. So, I think coming from the Middle East there…

This is not just alcohol. A lot of people tend to think that just because someone’s high versus consuming alcohol, like, their behaviour would not be as violent. They would just be like “It’s ok,”…

I feel like people tend to forget that just because you consent to one thing, does not mean you’re consenting to another. So, asking for consent on every step is really important and a lot…

I think if people that were [unclear] had a plan, or like, they [the university] showed us what steps we could go through, just in general, it would make a lot of people less anxious…

So if you were to file only to the police, does that mean you can’t file to the school, or can you do both at the same time? I was also kind of wondering, let’s…

I was just wondering [unclear], when you mentioned the ongoing consent, I just wanna, to make it clear, I’m not talking about reporting it like a couple of months or years later, but I’m wondering,…

So, I just wanted to say, that I feel like a lot of people forget that professors can be involved in this too. Because a lot of people will assume […] if a professor did…

Participant 1: I know people who are international students; and they wouldn’t want to say anything, because it happened from a Canadian and they felt like, I don’t know how to state it, but [I…

SMU has so many international students, and if we’re thinking of the Middle East where a lot of people come with language barriers, is there the option of speaking to someone who is not Canadian…

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