Female

I wouldn’t shove it in their face like “you NEED to do something,” but on my own time, I would look up what they can do and share something very welcoming like counselling. Or, “Hey,…

It’s great that they say they will give you counselling, but what happens when it is faculty, and you do not want to set foot on campus anymore, and you’ve left university? What happens when…

I feel like I would feel more confident and comfortable disclosing to someone who maybe has experienced um sexual abuse of some sort, or assault. […] Like, I would feel like they would actually know…

I think you need to have big ears and a big heart. Its about listening, like, active listening, not just listening – letting that person tell their story the way that they want to. Um,…

I’m thinking about people who are new to the school, and maybe they don’t want to disclose immediately – they just need a person. So I wonder if sharing – I don’t know what kind…

I want to make her feel as comfortable as she can in doing whatever she feels like she needs to do. I don’t know, because you can’t put yourself in that other person’s shoes, so…

You have to dig through a bunch of irrelevant pages on the Saint Mary’s website to actually find the sexual violence policy. Um, and then that is basically it; there are no supporting documents around…

Participant 1: The support person should be honest about what they can provide and what they can’t provide. Maybe they are being triggered themselves and really can’t be there, and as difficult as that would…

Try not to interject your own opinions or your own little comments about the situation. I’m thinking more so security people who could be the first contact after something like this happens- they might not…

I went to somebody who was a former professor of mine, who told me that if I reported, I would lose my degree, and I’d get kicked out. I felt swayed from coming forward and…