Harassment is much more common in academia than in many other workplaces, according to a recent study from Statistics Canada.
Thirty-four per cent of women and 22 per cent of men employed at postsecondary institutions reported experiencing some form of harassment in the preceding 12 months, the study said. The findings are based on results from a 2019 survey of about 27,000 full- and part-time university faculty, researchers, postdoctoral fellows, doctoral students and college instructors.
By comparison, a 2016 StatsCan survey found that 19 per cent of women and 13 per cent of men across all sectors of the economy reported harassment in the previous year.
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