sexual assault
Savage Love: He assaulted my friend. What do I do?
Plus: I'm short and single – can I call out women for being shallow? Read more
Radheyan Simonpillai
Ottawa teams with #AfterMeToo on sexual harassment initiative
The campaign to activate change on sexual violence in Canada and the federal government are collaborating on a $2.8 million online resource for workers Read more
Doug Ford remains silent on his office's handling of sexual assault complaint
The premier punts question posed in the Legislature about workplace sexual assault incident involving Ontario Securities Commission and brought to his office's attention last year Read more
Doug Ford's true #MeToo colours
After one of his MPPs was forced to resign last fall, the premier said there would be zero tolerance for sexual misconduct under his watch, but that's not what happened when I went to his office looking for closure on my own workplace sexual assault Read more
Gillette
Has #MeToo really made a difference?
After more than a year of sustained media coverage, sexual assault remains prevalent but at least the reporting of abuse has gone up Read more
Tanja-Tiziana
Year In Review 2018: #MeToo marshals its collective strength
Powerful men continue to be called out for their bad behaviour by the global movement reborn a little over a year ago to expose sexual violence against women – we’ve only just seen the beginning Read more
Tanja-Tiziana
TIFF 2018: Share Her Journey rally calls for the end of sexual harassment in film
Oscar winner Geena Davis, director Amma Asante, #AfterMeToo cofounder Mia Kirshner and others spoke about combatting gender inequality in the movie industry Read more
Kyle Bono Kaplan
Jennifer Fox puts her personal trauma on film in The Tale
The director of the Emmy-nominated film talks changing conversations around child sex abuse, shooting rape scenes and #MeToo's next frontier Read more
Succession Raghubir Singh
ROM's #MeToo exhibit shows why we can’t separate art from artist
The museum tackles sexual assault allegations against influential photographer Raghubir Singh – and reframes his work in the process Read more
Hedley singer Jacob Hoggard charged with sexual assault
Jacob Hoggard of Hedley has been charged with sexual interference and two counts of sexual assault causing bodily harm, according to a release by the Toronto Police Service Read more
Toronto stand-ups call out White Guys Matter comedy show
People are urging Yuk Yuk's Toronto to cancel a comedy show called White Guys Matter hosted by Aaron Berg that promises only white male comedians and jokes about race, religion and sexism Read more
George Pimentel
Canadian film industry needs to do much more to stop sexual harassment
The #AfterMeToo movement started by Mia Kirshner, Freya Ravensbergen and Aisling Chin-Yee is pushing the country's screen industry to adopt a strong zero-tolerance policy against sexual assault in the workplace Read more
Nic Pouliot
Musicians abandon Smiling Buddha following sexual assault accusation
Nearly a dozen shows have been relocated from the College Street music venue after one of the club's owners was arrested in February Read more
Rose McGowan's Brave underlines #MeToo’s capacity for retraumatization
The actor and Weinstein accuser seems perma-triggered in her angry memoir Read more
Dangers of violence faced by homeless women remain largely invisible
Stories of sexual assault are an all-to-familiar reality for homeless women resorting to sleeping in unsafe spaces because of overcrowding in the shelter system Read more
How Margaret Atwood got in trouble with "good feminists"
The celebrated author has come under fire for her defense of former UBC professor Steven Galloway in her latest piece in the Globe and Mail Read more
Courtesy of the artist
Women are napping in public to protest street harassment
A photograph on display in U of T's Figures Of Sleep exhibition is a reminder that dozing off in a park should not be an act of defiance Read more
Backlash to Aziz Ansari story shows why #MeToo hasn’t gone far enough
If you’re a man who’s getting anxious about how to behave with women, that’s a good sign – it’s time to question everything Read more
Hollywood Foreign Press Association
Donald Trump wins when we don't call him out
As the #MeToo movement gained momentum, the harasser-in-chief’s name was not mentioned once at the Golden Globe Awards Read more
Hospitality schools put anti-sexual-violence training on the curriculum
Centennial College makes the industry-developed SHIFT program mandatory Read more
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