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  • 2 months 1 week ago

Inside Queen’s response to needle spiking incidents

In March 2022, the Queen’s community was gripped with headlines of students impacted by needle spiking incidents at a downtown Kingston bar, Trinity Social.Continue...
  • 8 months 5 days ago

ASUS works to combat sexual violence with SeQure app

After evaluating an alternative sexual violence prevention app, ASUS opted to add safety features to Queen’s existing SeQure app.Continue...
  • 1 year 5 months ago

SVPR and SACK talk preventing gender-based violence on campus

Following the AMS Walkout to stand against sexual assault and violence, Nadia Mahdi, ArtSci ’21 and Community Outreach Coordinator for Sexual Assault Center Kingston (SACK), and Barbara Lotan, Sexual Violence Prevention and Response Coordinator (SVPR), spoke to The Journal on support and resources offered at Queen’s.Continue...
  • 1 year 6 months ago

SVPR introduces ‘It Takes All of Us’

On Sept. 17, university administration responded to the recent sexual assault and violence allegations out of Western University , and expressed their support. The University also called attention to supports available for survivors at Queen’s.Continue...
  • 2 years 5 months ago

A new year for SVPR sees news hires

After a year of upheaval in Queen’s sexual violence policy, including the release of troubling survey results and a policy suspension and review, the University is looking at 2020-21 with fresh eyes.Continue...
  • 3 years 4 months ago

University apologizes for poster after students allege victim-blaming language

The University is apologizing after circulating a poster for a Flip the Script program that students alleged contained victim-blaming language.Continue...
  • 6 years 4 months ago

Queen’s releases updated Sexual Violence Policy for feedback

This Thursday, the University released a 17-page updated draft of its university-wide sexual violence policy, which was approved and put into place in March of this year by Queen’s Board of Trustees. The new draft tackles some of the more ambiguous concepts like consent, confidentiality and reporting procedures.Continue...

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