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Perspectives on education and awareness

I think other than just being able to comply with them, it’s also important for you to educate yourself about it. Like, you should be updated about what can be done, how you can deal…

I suggest that we should have a presentation introducing [the policy] in each orientation. […] It is possible that the school introduces this in orientation when all the new international students arrive at school, because…

I’ve experienced sexual assault, actually twice, so I would say if this policy actually exists, it would help me a lot to figure out the next step I should take and make me less confused…

The school should provide some information about the actual definition of sexual assault, ’cause as participant 1 said, she doesn’t know what kind of action would be considered an actual assault. Like, what is more,…

I wish the university would provide sex education to all students. It doesn’t matter where you are from, or the genders, because people from different cultures received different sexual education. Everyone knows in China, it’s…

They should mention not only information about the school policy, I would also like them to mention the Canadian law related to sexual violence. They should also help students when they have similar situations while…

Participant 1: Can the school policy be more targeted to male students as well? Like, what they should do if they have this kind of situation. Can the policy tell male students what they should…

Participant 1: I have been at CBU for almost 2 semesters now, and to be honest, I’ve never been informed about this […] policy. So, even though they have some good measures in place, there…

Yes, I have heard about the policy that has been made here at CBU regarding sexual consent and there was an audiovisual presentation that was shown to us. There was a screening in which all…

When international students all come to one place, they should be told about the openness of some cultures, because it is totally new to them. So they start to judge each other based of this…

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