Sexual assault policies on campus

More recently, METRAC contributed to the development of the Ontario Women’s Directorate’s Developing a Response to Sexual Violence: a Resource Guide for Ontario’s Colleges and Universities and the Canadian Federation of Students-Ontario’s Campus Toolkit for Combating Sexual Violence. [...] For instance, the Ontario Women’s Directorate (2013) created Developing a Response to Sexual Violence: a Resource Guide for Ontario’s Colleges and Universities and the Canadian Federation of Students-Ontario (2013) released a Campus Toolkit for Combating Sexual Violence. [...] In broader society, some women and groups are Some women and groups are at an increased risk of sexual and gender-based violence due to their identities and experiences of at an increased risk of sexual marginalization, a reality that may play out on and gender-based violence campuses as “microcosms of the larger due to their identities and communities in which they reside” (Barry & Cell, experien [...] Although the social and legal situation in the United States is different to that of Canada and the context of each country is unique and varies internally across regions, these policy directions are nonetheless relevant and useful to apply to Canadian universities and colleges. [...] Once it is determined that there is a duty of fairness, the actual procedures that must be followed to ensure fairness vary according to context, considering the following factors: • nature of the decision and the process followed—the more the process resembles a judicial hearing, the more “trial-like” procedures are required • nature of the statutory scheme—if the decision is final rather than pr