Decades of tireless activism by student survivors, leaders, advocates, and their allies, have
brought the issue of sexual violence at post-secondary institutions (PSIs) to the fore. This year alone, we witnessed large student walkouts at PSIs (and high schools) across the country, with students demanding safer campuses, tailored action plans, comprehensive standalone sexual violence policies, and institutional accountability, to name a few concerns. It is clear that an effective response requires service beyond an individual basis. Rather, a comprehensive, holistic approach that addresses policy, procedures, prevention and data collection and includes meaningful collaboration between all levels of government, PSIs, survivor advocates, grassroots movements, and community organizations is instrumental to addressing sexual violence on our
campuses (Khan, Rowe and Bidgood, 2019).
Our Campus, Our Safety: Student Leader's Action Plan for Institutions and Governments to Address and Prevent Sexual Violence on Campus include contributors from:
- Canadian Alliance of Student Associations
- Canadian Federation of Students
- College Student Alliance
- Alliance of BC Students
- Brandon University Students' Union
- Council of Alberta University Students
- Community Care Centre of Student Association
- Concordia Student Union
- Fédération étudiante collégiale du Québec
- First Nations University of Canada Students' Association
- Memorial University of Newfoundland Students' Union
- New Brunswick Student Alliance
- Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance
- Possibility Seeds
- Sexual Assault Centre of the McGill Students' Society
- Student Association of George Brown College
- Students' Association of NorQuest College
- University of Ottawa Students' Union
- Union étudiante du Québec
- The University of Lethbridge Students' Union
- University of Prince Edward Island Students' Union
- University of Toronto Students' Union
Intended for PSIs, the federal government, and provincial and territorial governments, this ten-point action plan lists strategies and promising practices to address and prevent sexual violence on campuses. The first section outlines four (4) calls to action for post-secondary institutions across Canada, four (4) calls to action addressing provincial and territorial governments, and two (2) calls for action for the federal government.
