Ottawa community members rallied to put a spotlight on rape culture in annual SlutWalk on Sept. 8.
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“We remain hopeful that the defendants will now engage us in meaningful settlement discussions,” said Sean Brown, one of the lawyers for the plaintiffs and a senior partner at Flaherty McCarthy LLP, to the Fulcrum.
Most assaults are perpetrated not by some lurking stranger, but by someone the victim already knows Content warning: sexual assault and rape Her name is Jacinta*. She is a first-year student, not so different from the ones you know: adjusting to her new major, working part-time, hanging out with friends on the weekends. Last month …
The grounds of the motion for the proposed class proceeding allege, “[t]he University of Ottawa received at least two complaints in or about 1995 by former patients of Nadon, regarding his inappropriate conduct of a sexual nature. The University of Ottawa failed to take appropriate steps to prevent the improper conduct from occurring again, including requiring the dismissal of Nadon from the UOHS.”
In the coverage of this type of crime, it’s always “a woman was drugged,” and never “someone drugged a woman.” It’s a subtle turn of phrase but it completely shifts the placement of agency in the sentence — it becomes passive, the subject is that it happened, not how. A crime without a criminal.
A former University of Ottawa student and accused rapist is now facing nine sexual assault charges. Ottawa police charged 34-year-old Paul Batchelor, who studied at the U of O from 2014-16, with three counts of sexual assault involving three different women on Tuesday.
In July 2017 the SFUO’s Board of Administration ratified Mugabo as the comptroller general, tasked with monitoring the organization’s financial practices, but in September 2017 — after Ottawa police announced Mugabo as a suspect in the assault — the SFUO removed Mugabo from the position.
On Tuesday the Ontario government announced they would double their 2018-19 investment in a fund for programs combating sexual violence on campuses, and released a series of new requirements for post-secondary institutions alongside their summary report of the 2018 Student Voices on Sexual Violence Survey.
“It isn’t enough to have one or two classes about consent in high school. We need to be constantly encouraged to challenge the messages around us that teach folks—particularly women and gender non-conforming folks—that it’s on them to protect themselves.”
Don’t get me wrong, while Dr. Christine Blasey Ford’s testimony was hard to watch, it was brave, and commendable. Kavanaugh’s testimony was hard to watch for a different reason.
Former Gee-Gees David Foucher, and Guillaume Donovan were found not guilty of sexual assault charges dating back to 2014.
De Marinis has been sentenced to nine months in jail, and will be on probation for 18 months after his time has been served. In addition to this, his name will be added to the National Sex Offender registry.
If it’s that easy to keep your job as a bar manager, and have a “sold out” club, even when guests are aware that you’re a convicted sexual predator, one has to wonder if #MeToo has gone too far, or if it hasn’t gone far enough.
This isn’t just a story about why it’s important that Brown stay out of the race this time, but about some of the strange and problematic things that came out of his decision to run.
At the end of the day, Butt says that the goal is to have measure that are “more individualized to the circumstances of the allegation, but also the individualized circumstances of the accused person too,” and to “try and manage the risk in a community as much as possible.”
According to a media statement released by the Ottawa Police, “the charges relate to incidents involving ten female victims.”
Until those allegations turn into charges, it’s better for venues to give fans the right to choose their response, and decide whether or not they want to see a band that has had sexual assault allegations made against them.
Donovan and Foucher were charged after allegedly sexually assaulting a student at Lakehead University in February of 2014.
Guillaume Donovan and David Foucher, two former University of Ottawa hockey players, are currently on trial in Thunder Bay for allegedly sexually assaulting a Lakehead University student in February 2014.
UOHS released a statement on Jan. 19, reassuring patients who were registered under Nadon that they will continue to receive access to timely medical care at the walk-in clinic located at 100 Marie-Curie Private.
Understanding the simple concept of consent and the laws around sexual assault are important. but once we understand it, how do we ensure everyone follows it?
According to the most recent statement by Ottawa police, Mugabo will be arriving in Ottawa from Montreal to be formally charged.
Ottawa police identified suspect via security camera footage Yannick Mugabo, the comptroller general of the Student Federation of the University of Ottawa (SFUO), has been named by the Ottawa Police Service Sexual Assault Child Abuse Section as a suspect in an alleged sexual assault which occurred on Saturday, Sept. 2, according to police. The police …
In this Q&A, we cover the basics of consent, how to navigate consent when alcohol comes into the mix, and what the U of O can do to foster a consent culture in a time where rape culture on campus remains a major issue.
This statement comes in the wake of Steven Galloway’s first public statement since he was fired by the university, in which it is said that the only substantiated complaint of a sexual nature had to do with a two-year, extra-marital affair.
