A free public panel will take place Thursday night discussing the systemic causes of sexualized violence on Halifax’s university campuses.
The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Public Affairs will put on “How We Live Matters” this Thursday evening at the new library. The talk will look at what’s required to create a cultural shift away from misogyny, sexism and sexualized violence. The effort comes in the wake of clinic suspensions for the 13 men in the misogynistic Dalhousie dentistry Facebook group. That incident, along with previous events like last year’s Saint Mary’s University rape chant, “tell us universities need an integrated approach to respond to sexualized violence” a release reads.
Dr. Francoise Baylis, Canada research chair in bioethics and philosophy and one of the Dalhousie professors who has submitted a formal complaint about the infamous Facebook group, will appear on the panel. She’ll be joined by Dr. Jody Clarke (academic dean of the Atlantic School of Theology), Dr. Rylan Higgins (anthropology professor at Saint Mary’s University), Dr. Marnina Gonick (research chair in gender at Mount Saint Vincent University) and Dr. Jayne Wark (professor of art history and critical studies at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design).
The free event, moderated by Dalhousie’s professor emerita in philosophy, gender and women’s studies Dr. Susan Sherwin, will take place in the Central Library’s Paul O’Regan Hall at 7pm. If you can’t make it out, you can watch the event live right here.
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Ask Tara Gault, she is a former VP of Dal Student Union. Now she is on the Library Board as well as an articled clerk at HRM.
Not sure what the connection is with the Dal Dentistry School story. If you are looking to reduce sexualized violence shouldn’t you focus on incidents where someone was actually assaulted?
Is there a lot of violence on the campus? I’m not aware of any recent stories. Seems like a lot of people can’t distinguish between tasteless jokes and actual violence. Violence, like the actual physical assault that former Student Union exec Tara Gault is charged with. Where are the protests to prevent her from practising law?
There is hardly any sexualized violence on our university campuses, more sensationalism, probably an article written by a feminist.
I looked, but can’t find any recent stories on the Coast about sexualized violence in Halifax universities. You would think that a journalist would include these links in a story about Sexualized Violence in Halifax Universities. Perhaps the journalist, Jacob Boon, can update with some links to recent violence on campus. You know, because that’s apparently what the story is about … and it’s in the story headline … and other journalism reasons maybe.
Hey BadDogToo!
The blog post contains links to two stories we’ve published about students at two different Halifax universities talking about raping their classmates. It’s the part of the sentence that’s in blue text. You could also find out more info tonight at the panel discussion, or in any recent newspaper.
Thanks for reading!
Hi Jacob. Sorry. I still don’t see the links in the story to other stories about recent campus rapes. I see the dentistry FB and St. Mary’s change links, nothing about rapes. Can you post them in a comment?
I assume you’re being facetious, and attempting to split a hair that students talking about raping their classmates doesn’t belong under the same “sexualized violence” banner as actual sexual assaults. But, since you’re still asking, if you click and read the SMU story you’d find that eight sexual assaults at Saint Mary’s were reported over the last four years. Which (adjusting for numbers of assaults that go unreported) means potentially 40 female students at Saint Mary’s alone are raped each year.
@BadDogToo, you are indeed a Bad Dog if you will stoop so low as to suggest that a Facebook post is not the same as an actual rape. How dare you! You facetious cur!
A sharp blow with a newspaper to your nose! (A real newspaper, not the Coast; the Coast is far too limp to have any affect.)
Jacob Boon, I am not being facetious. You wrote a story with the words “sexual violence” in the headline, yet there is no direct mention or link to ACTUAL sexual violence in it. I do see, now that you make the extra effort to direct us through a comment, that the SMU frosh chant story mentions actual violence reported to police. Perhaps you should follow up on the specific cases that were reported … Who was charged? What were the charges? How were the cases resolved? Otherwise, you might be accused of falling into the witch hunt crowd that seems to believe that offensive comments are akin to actual violence and rape. This itself is highly offensive to actual victims of … you know … sexual violence, which is a crime. You might be accused of contributing to this generation’s victim culture.
Jammie: A Facebook post is not the same as an actual rape. I am not implying this nor suggesting it. I am STATING this as a fact. A Facebook post is not the same as an actual rape as a story about fairies and dragons is not real. FFS…
@Hing Frogg – A whack on your nose with a real newspaper too then! If you defend satirical Facebook comments about hate-fucking, then you are a rapist. No flies for you! Ribbit!
I am a rapist then. I will wear the title proudly. Rape, rape, rape. Yeah! What a fucking dweeb!
Well, let us be glad you aren’t Lady Justice.
Anyone/anything else you’d like to vilify?
@Hing Frogg.
Nah, I think we’ve covered all straight-identified-cis-males (formerly known as “men”) with that one sweep. Vilification mission accomplished.
@ Hing Frogg
Nah, I think we’ve covered pretty much all straight-identified-cis-males (formerly known as “men”) with that one sweep.
Vilification mission accomplished!