The provincial government unveiled its 2022-2027 action plan to prevent and counter sexual violence in higher education.
"Our government will not tolerate sexual violence on university and college campuses. As a society, we have a duty to do everything we can to prevent sexual violence, to fight it and to ensure that victims are never again left to fend for themselves." This was the main message from Quebec's minister of higher education, Pascale Déry, when the province revealed its new action plan on Feb. 13.
Like the province's intervention strategy, the new action plan stems from the Act to Prevent and Fight Sexual Violence in Higher Education Institutions, adopted by the province in 2017. The act requires all Quebec postsecondary institutions to establish a sexual violence policy that includes directives for implementing awareness-raising, training and safety measures, and for creating a centralized point of contact for reception, referral, psychosocial and support services.
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