sexual assault
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 more
Rose McGowan's Brave underlines #MeToo’s capacity for retraumatization
The actor and Weinstein accuser seems perma-triggered in her angry memoir 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 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 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 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 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 more
Hospitality schools put anti-sexual-violence training on the curriculum
Centennial College makes the industry-developed SHIFT program mandatory more
Michelle da Silva
The Canadian legal system is unequipped to deal with sexual assault cases: Reasonable Doubt
Of the small percentage of incidents of sexual violence that are brought to trial, only half end in convictions more
Tanja-Tiziana
Year In Review 2017: What comes after #MeToo?
When I was raped, the hashtag activism and the endless ongoing public discourse about sexual assault only provided a false sense of hope more
Is it time to stop reviewing and awarding abusive artists?
If we did, the male-dominated entertainment and arts industries would give way to more women's voices more
Michelle da Silva
Toronto’s #MeToo March tackled rape culture from all angles
The rally and march created a safe space for survivors of sexual violence to stand and be heard more
Tanja-Tiziana
What to do about sexual harassment in the workplace: Reasonable Doubt
More than half of Canadian women have experienced sexual harassment at work more
Courtesy of Caitlin Salvino
Tired of waiting, students make their own plan to fight sexual assault on campus
National group Our Turn wants to galvanize grassroots activism with a report card that grades universities on sexual violence policies more