41% of Université de Moncton students, staff experienced sexual violence: study – New Brunswick | 24CA News

A brand new examine written by 5 researchers on the Université de Moncton reveals that slightly below half of all college students and employees have skilled at the least one incidence of sexual violence, harassment or coercion on campus.

“We were aware that there was some sexual violence on campus but we wanted to have a clear view of the magnitude of the problem,” co-author and Université de Moncton psychology professor Sylvie Morin stated in an interview.

She and her co-authors carried out the examine through on-line survey.

Eighty-six per cent of members who reported having skilled an incidence of sexual violence didn’t report the matter to the college.

A spokesperson from the college instructed Global News in an emailed assertion that “five complaints (had been) filed with the Ombud office in relation to the Sexual Violence Policy and 4 reports related to sexual situations” over the 2021-2022 educational yr.

“There is no simple way to address this complex problem,” Morin stated, noting she hoped to see change to the college’s current sexual violence coverage, which was established in 2017.

She stated there are a number of points with the coverage, together with a scarcity of formal course of to enchantment an investigation.

“There was some concern with the communication of the results to the victims…there were some processes in the first policy that weren’t well enough described and developed to give a clear view about what to do when this matter occurs,” she stated.

A brand new sexual violence coverage has been within the works for 3 years.

“Three years is a long time since we have a lot of cases — well, a few cases — and we are continuing with this study to find that it’s a problem on campus,” FÉCUM president Jean-Sébastien Légèr stated on Friday.

In a written assertion, college president and vice-chancellor Denis Prud’Homme stated:

“This violence is still under-reported in all spheres of society, and universities are unfortunately no exception to this reality. There are interveners on every campus to receive complaints from members of the university community who believe they are victims of sexual assault or violence.”

Currently, all educational and administrative employees obtain six hours of obligatory coaching associated to sexual violence, in addition to coaching on respect within the office, in accordance with a spokesperson from the college.

There can be a free and confidential sexual violence intervention service accessible to college students and employees year-round.

They additionally stated a revised model of the sexual violence coverage will quickly be tabled to a governance committee.

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