Topic: Health and safety
Ensuring equity for LGBTQ Canadians on the road
Some LGBTQ Canadians who travel for work may purchase an extra laptop or cell phone to ensure no personal photos or […]
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It’s never okay: Working together to end sexual violence and harassment on campus
The Ontario government has unveiled a new action plan to stop sexual violence and harassment.
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Community involvement and government leadership in challenging sexual violence on campus
The involvement of community-based organizations such as METRAC was key to the creation of Ontario’s new action plan on sexual violence.
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How faculty can help end sexual violence on campus
What role can faculty play in addressing sexual violence on their campuses?
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Confronting sexual violence: A student activist’s perspective
A student activist shares her story of working to end sexual violence on campus.
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A galvanizing process: Unpacking Ontario’s new postsecondary sexual violence policies
How is Ontario’s new action plan on sexual violence playing out on Ontario campuses?
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Sexual harassment cases on campus: How have labour arbitrators ruled?
Labour arbitrators recognize there’s an important social component to academic life, within limits. Labour-side lawyer Cynthia Petersen reviews Canadian arbitral jurisprudence and how arbitrators have decided in thorny cases involving sexual harassment.
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Hot for Teacher: Rethinking Education’s Sexual Harassment Policies
Sexual harassment policies assume that teachers have power and students don’t, argues Michelle Miller. Such policies risk outlawing consensual relationships that are “delicious, frightening, unruly” and just might reflect the excitement, even eroticism, of learning.
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False allegations of sexual harassment: Misunderstandings and realities
Since sexual harassment can be in the eye of the beholder, only evidence that meets civil standards of proof, argues a university complaints investigator, can fairly decide what happened.
READ MOREEthics and the training of international medical graduates
Consider the following headlines—“Ontario continues to open more doors for internationally trained doctors,” “Recruiting African health workers: A crime”, “4 million Canadians […]
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