Elizabeth Mitton deconstructs the ongoing investigations into sexual violence on Western University’s campus. What happened at Western in the fall of 2021? How have police and the university administration responded? And what does this mean for campuses cross Ontario as they continue work to combat rape culture and prevent sexual violence on campus?

In this article, Abbigail Hollett unpacks some harrowing statistics around sexual and gender-based violence, before including some commentary from the Kawartha Sexual Assault Centre about how we can support survivors and work towards ending sexual violence.

In this follow-up, Elizabeth Mitton dives deeper into the changes that resulted from the findings of Robyn Doolittle’s 2017 “Unfounded” investigation for about how Canadian Police services handle sexual assault investigations. Specifically, Elizabeth details the local effects: the changes made in the Peterborough Police Services policy around sexual assault investigations. This piece outlines these changes in great detail.