Female

I think in those situations, a lot of [victims] blame themselves for the incident, even though it’s NOT their fault. […] So, I feel like the victim would need support from their friends the most.…

For example, I’ve been assaulted more times than I can even count, and I never reported any of it because [pause] and this is totally just me- I totally understand why other people would want…

Participant 1: For international students […] not all of them have, like, excellent English, you know, so it would be really hard to express themselves, even if the other person knows about the culture. And…

If I experience the situation [a sexual assault], I can probably talk to friends who can accept my feelings or who are understanding of my mind. Like, not only giving their opinion. If my friends…

For example, look at MSVU Health Services. [They close at] 5:00 pm. The person will have to wait until Monday [laughter]. If you look at the cases that happened on campus, they were after these…

Participant 1: Maybe it depends on the person who has been sexually assaulted. If the person is very shy and very nervous about this, maybe she will choose to disclose because she doesn’t want to…

Because all international students come from different cultures, different backgrounds, different religions, different norms, it’s good to let everyone know the Canadian response to these kinds of things.

The first thing I would do [if a friend told me she had been sexually assaulted] is to support her. I would tell her that, “Whatever happens, I’m always here to be with you.” If…

Yeah, I think my mom and dad would be happy [about this policy]; and they would say that it’s a good thing to have such a policy in our university because all these things could…

Facilitator: We do have a lot of body contact with friends. Participant 1: But you don’t want strangers touching your body. You can have my approval to touch me everywhere, but if a stranger touches…