There has been much discussion in the news regarding sexual abuse and the way that lawyers (defence and the Crown), police and professionals-at-large treat victims. I have read and heard people wax poetic for better training, the end of victim blaming and the end of re-victimization by a system that is supposed to help survivors. […]
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Making a Safe Harbour to talk about the Jian Ghomeshi verdict
It’s been less than a week since Jian Ghomeshi was found not guilty on four counts of sexual assault and one count of choking. Sue Goyette and Erin Wunker, both instructors at Dalhousie University, were appalled by the verdict and decided to take matters into their own hands to give those in their community a […]
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Everybody’s response to Ghomeshi verdict: We believe survivors
The court of public opinion long ago ruled that former CBC star Jian Ghomeshi is guilty of sexual assault, and has long been a serial sexual assaulter. Today’s dissenting opinion from the criminal court—in the form of Ontario Court judge William Horkins—does little for Ghomeshi save keeping him out of prison, but it has people […]