“This is not working”: Students coping with sexual assault, harassment allege lack of support from university April 15, 2020May 13, 2020 Emily Fagan For two years, the Martlet has reported on the evolution of and response to UVic’s sexualized violence policy. Ahead of the policy's review, we took a look at some potential
Sexualized Violence Awareness Week brings much-needed discussions to campus September 6, 2019September 25, 2019 Kate Korte In the era of Me Too, conversations around consent and sexual health are still relatively new to university campuses. UVic's Sexualized Violence Awareness Week hopes to start those conversations
Review of UVic’s Sexualized Violence Policy highlights growth, challenges February 10, 2019 Emily Fagan 18 months in, UVic and campus community reflect on policy implementation The road to building a consistent, effective system for reporting sexualized violence at the University of Victoria has proven to...
VIPIRG to kick off narrative-based sexualized violence research January 31, 2019January 24, 2019 Emily Fagan Members of the Vancouver Island Public Interest Research Group (VIPIRG) are undertaking a new approach to tackling issues of sexualized violence on campus — one that will feature the anonymously...
We need more than just a hashtag November 29, 2018November 29, 2018 Natasha Simpson On Oct. 15, 2017, a tweet changed the world. “If all the women who have been sexually harassed or assaulted wrote “Me too” as a status, we might give people a...
Falling through the cracks September 20, 2018 Emily Fagan Over the past year, some students feel the implementation of UVic's Sexualized Violence Policy has left them without confidentiality, support, and protection Three weeks into her first year at UVic, Alex*...
