the journal Vol. 146, Issue 25
Queen’s University
Friday, March 15, 2019
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Queen’s receives first sexual violence report
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82 students sought help, 31 formal complaints made from 2017-18 L uca D annetta Staff Writer
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At its March meeting, the Queen’s Board of Trustees received the University’s first sexual violence report. According to the report, 82 students sought support from the Office of the Sexual Violence Prevention and Response Coordinator, while 31 formal complaints of sexual violence were made to the university from 2017-18. The report is the first Queen’s-specific data on sexual violence the University has received since Barb Lotan’s appointment as the Sexual Violence Prevention and Response coordinator in 2016. “This is our baseline,” Lotan said in an interview with The Journal. “But we’ve seen that students are accessing our supports and services, and there seems to be more awareness of those services.” Lotan said this increase in awareness could be evidence of the functionality of University initiatives and policies regarding response to sexual violence. “Students have a right to make a disclosure without a report,” Lotan said. “Students might want to come in and talk about something that happened to them, but not make a formal report.” The report shows a 25 per cent decrease in reported cases of sexual violence in comparison with the 2015 numbers disclosed in the University’s human rights report. The report includes information about prevention, education and response services, as well as annual statistics and an analysis of the implementation and effectiveness of the Policy on Sexual Violence Involving Queen’s University Students, which was approved by the Board in 2016.
See Sexual Violence on page 3
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