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What’s the timeline from the time of reporting or disclosure to actually coming to a result? […] You need to know how long the process is. Do you have to be in the same class,…

I know coming to University in the first year, I was really, like, unaware of what sexual violence actually was, because if I am being honest, I really didn’t know what would be classified and…

Participant 1: But what kind of sexual assault is here? Facilitator: If anyone tries to touch your friend, like, that is a problem. Participant 1: I mean like, come on guys. We are all from…

What in the policy actually ensures that there is gonna be a positive outcome to reporting or disclosing information? Because I dealt with a situation where I had to report somebody who actually followed me…

Participant 1: I don’t think I would want somebody from home to talk to me about that [a sexual assault]. Like, people out here, they don’t know me. Participant 3: Yeah. Facilitator: These people don’t…

I guess [the policy is] relevant, but at the same time, it’s like, if you go through all these steps, what is the result? Am I actually going to get help? Or will it just…

Participant 1: What if it’s, like, a form of assault, but it’s not on the policy? They’re just like [claps hand to indicate closing the file]. Participant 3: It doesn’t say verbal. I don’t know…

I don’t know if we really need an advertising interface at every corner, because that kind of has a different psychological spin on it. I know for me, I am walking through the campus late…

[Service providers who receive disclosures should] have an open mind and be comforting, because it’s very different when you’re trying to explain something or say something to somebody that already has a bias about you.

We’re so used to, especially as women, we deal with stuff. We deal with our mental health, we deal with taking care of our kids, taking care of our homes; and there’s a lot of…