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It Takes All of Us A Look Into Concordia’s Mandatory Sexual Violence Awareness and Prevention Program Bree Rockbrand and Ireland Compton @irelandcompton
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Concordia University is dedicated to a learning and working environment, that’s free of sexual assault, sexual harassment, and other forms of sexual violence,” says a solemn looking Interim President Graham Carr in the introductory video to “It takes all of us.” Late last month Concordia announced the launch of its new sexual violence awareness and prevention training, titled “It takes all of us”—despite having been involved in sexual misconduct mismanagement scandals over the last two years. Professors in the English and Philosophy departments had been accused of sexual misconduct, and the university refused to disclose the findings of the complaints as per Quebec’s privacy legislations. This sparked student protests, like the one on April 12 demanding a stand alone policy. Something akin to a well designed powerpoint, with bright graphics, powerful facts—like how incidences of sexual violence are more likely to occur during the first eight weeks of the semester—and questions to engage participants, “It takes all of us,” takes the user through four key sections.
Graphic Sheida Shamloo
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