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Because we don’t know about this policy, I think this is one of the main reasons why people who have suffered from sexual assault never speak up. Because they don’t know where to go, or…

They [survivors] don’t wanna hear, “Oh, you should have done this,” or “What were you wearing?”or “What were you doing? Were you drinking? Were you drunk?” Because that is just judging the person and that…

I think that might be one of the reasons why [victim/survivors don’t come forward] and well, someone who goes through that, I feel like the last thing they want to do is to have to…

I feel like that’s where SMU should use, like, a workshop, or like, the million other activities that they have, and be like alright, this is the deal with sexual violence, this is what’s supposed…

Participant 1: What kind of records are kept for each case? Participant 2: That was an issue I had in my case – faculty, regardless of how serious the act, at the end of the…

I don’t know how well this [policy] actually works in letting people know that there’s a safe environment for them where it is a non-judgmental. Like, I get that forms are out there and that…

Participant 1: [Laughs] The sexual violence response team creates the policy, and the sexual violence response team also happens to be the people that enforce the policy. Um, so, it’s bad- you can’t write the…

Participant 1: When it comes to further education, let’s say we are in a situation where a student was accused of sexually assaulting someone. They went through all the processes and ended up getting expelled-…

I think the most important thing to think about before you speak to someone who has been recently assaulted is to avoid having a judgmental or non-believing attitude. […] I think for them [the survivor]…

[Since] 1990, the entire world has changed a our policy has not. Comparing it to even to other schools, like, Dalhousie and St. FX, like, their policies are quite expansive and cover a lot of…