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WHAT IS CAMPUS SEXUAL VIOLENCE?
Campus Sexual Violence doesn’t only happen in residence. Campus Sexual Violence refers to an entire culture that is linked to our campuses—this means U of A students, their contacts, and peers, violence that occured on University properties, and even involving instances of relationships and power structures that in some way represent the U of A, or exist due to the University, University student groups or faculty/department associations.
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What this also means is that Campus Sexual Violence is not “solved” or a non-issue just because a majority of classes are currently being provided remotely. If anything, our new remote circumstances mean that it’s more important than ever to get rid of the idea that Campus Sexual Violence only occurs in residences.
WHAT IS SEXUAL ASSAULT?
Sexual Assault is defined as an assault of a sexual nature that violates the sexual integrity of the victim. The Supreme Court of Canada held that the act of sexual assault does not depend solely on contact with any specific part of the human anatomy but rather the act of a sexual nature that violates the sexual integrity of the victim.
Source: Sexual Violence Handbook
