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Perspectives on education and awareness

Facilitator: Do you think the policy should be in different languages? Participant 1: Oh yes. Participant 2: Yes. Participant 3: Yes, definitely. Participant 4: Yes. Participant 2: Can’t it be in English? English is fine,…

I think it is good if we can have any informal infographic or any report saying that throughout the last few years, or maybe an annual report showing how frequently the policy has been implemented…

I also think that, just in general, […] trans and non-binary or LGBT, […] like, having, kind of, separate meetings for them can make it a lot more comfortable to discuss it in general […],…

Having the option of, like, anonymity […] would be important because […] some people might not want to go to, like, a […] meeting or a group about something like that, if they don’t want…

When considering like the basic wording of the policy, [it is important] to make sure that it is not, um, reflecting a ciscentric or a heterocentric um [pause] way of communicating resources to the […]…

Facilitator: Why do you think […] your aunt might think that having a policy against sexual assault at all at your school might suggest some sort of, like, unsafety, or danger? Participant 1: Because […]…

Participant 1: I haven’t seen this policy and I think it’s important for all students, girls and boys, to know this information; because sometimes when someone suffers this, they don’t know what to do […].…

Well, I have two things to say. One is that we all came to the conclusion that it is important for the policy to be visible, not only for new students but old students, faculty,…

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…

I know some people are aware. Like, for example, here in Canada, we are taught and we can read about it [the policy], but since we are such an international community and we all have…

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