https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/62030/archive/files/3d26dd02d06287b64bc3ff67907cb2a1.pdf?Expires=1787788800&Signature=vQr5U-jhYaLGofu3ezlWPyqG0vn-sD8l%7EAivwWoEHjDcrlfZQel7Luok45pIa6YzHiiOJLyXCHPSav9cRksTqfVhrXH76Mp0fHW2XN7uIVY4V9OpYCqHEsGFF%7EQEM4stjJwjsql5CeHp6lE0CsyPoczL1JZaSAWipN6z1yD-cYQBHQL92jexjz4k5pKS6-7MDlrO1hW5l%7EZzANbrxQV4nyzj3SRhth3MuSXIIhglpuAi2LhhEuz01%7Epdwj1hG3jdqMVDxmx5tHI9Q2t%7E06KUoJ0jMyZt8UwDZw1bLua2HJ323RKp7rkg%7ETLLoMB45MSyVDqU2rc%7EIv1i7kwUqMDfkw__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 704f4edc537b795a7f351b45394d16b5 PDF Text Text 3 Wednesday, November 4th, 1992 The McGill Daily Questionaire to evaluate awareneSs of campus sexual harassment --·- - -· -- · • -- · - - - - -- .• - · - 1 ' ' ' Pat Wells, sexual harassment assessor BY FIONA MCCAW The McGill administration is conducting a survey to guagc staff and student awareness ofsexual harassment on campus. But some students arc skcptical about how helpful the survey will be. "We want to know how sexual harassment is perceived by the McGill community," said sexual harassment assessor Pat Wells, who is in charge of the surv'cy. Wells said her office mailed the survey to 8000 randomly selected people. The questionnaire was based on survey conducted by the University of Manitoba in 1987. Wells said she had not consulted with student groups in deciding how to do the survey because of work which would be involved in creating an original questionnaire. "Developing our own survey would take at least three years," said Wells. She said she had selected the Manitoba questionnaire because it was the result of cxtensivc research. Mary-Margarct ]ones of the Sexual Assault centre said she found the survey inadequate because it was limited to quantifiable data, .rather than emotional pressures faced by people dealing with sexual harassment. "It doesn't take into account personal experiences," said )ones. "It doesn't even look at the consequences really faced by people in these situations." ]ones also objected to a question which asked where people went for help with sexual harassment complaints, but did not mention student-run facilities such as the sexual assault centre. Fiona Deller, of the Walk Safe Network agreed with Joncs, and I'm so sorry parasites, I mean, students. The government simply has no money. added that the university's money could have been better spent. Dell er said the information from the survey would only be useful for decisions regarding whether or not to have a sexual harassment education program, a decision the university has already made. "They've alreadY. decided to do an education program," said Dcllcr. "Why spend money on a survey? They've just spent thousands of dollars to pat themselves on the back." Joncssaid the survey would have more useful had it asked questions about problems with the procedure for filing sexual harassment grievances. "They arc not even asking whether or not this is a flawed procedure," said ]ones. Students' society vp university affairs Monique Shebbeare had similar misgivings about the effectiveness of the survey. "It seems to me that it could be used as a good tool for an education program, but I don't think it will provide a comprehensive picture of how the policy is working now," said Shcbbeare. "It would be a useful exercise to do a survey on those people who havealreadygonethrough the process," she added. Post-graduate students' society president Tamara Myers said she was pleased the survey was being conducted. "It seems there is a recognition that there is a need for education," said Mycrs. Wells said she was pleased with the number of forms which had been returned to her office. "We've had a lot of responses so far," she said. Wells told the Daily in April that the surveys would be mailed out over the summer. She said the delay was because of bureaucratic difficulties, and the amount of work the survey required. Wcllssaid shed id not know when she would have the results of the survey. She said it took the University of Manitoba 18 months to tabulate their results. . The Board of Governors' Committee on the Regulations Concerning Complaints of Sexual Harassment will meet in early December. They will consider two student reports on the university's procedure for dealing with sexual harassment complaintsat that time. One of the reports, by Dell er, outlines problems reported by students using the sexual harassment procedure.Thc other, by the McGill chapter of the organiz.1tion "Women in Law," will contain a legal evaluation of the procedure, and will make recommendations for amendments to the procedure. Shebbeare said she is planning to propose a review of the sexual harassment procedure at the committee. Myers said the society will decide at tonight's Postgraduate society council meeting whether or not to call for a review of the procedure. Problems outlined in Deller'sreport include student difficulties in conforming to the one year time limit for reporting incidents of sexual harassment, difficulties relating to the dual role of sexual harassment assessors as councillor to the complainant and judgcofthe complaint, and a lack of written criteria for evidence admissible in sexual harassment cases. ''Women Beware'' posters spark controversj BY SUSAN VIVIAN BY DAVE LEY The Quebec government's parliamentary commission on Cegeps opens today amid student fear that the government may use it as an opportunity to impose tuition fees at the Ccgep level. The government called the commission this year, the twenty-fifth anniversary of the introduction of the Cegep system, to investigate the role of Cegeps and problems of funding and accessibility. But some fear that the commission comes too soon after the referendum. Quebec student associations, working hard on the No side of the referendum, have had little time to prepare for the commission. Representatives from !'Association National des ttudiantcs et ttudiants du Quebec (ANEEQ) have questioned whether the government has deliberately done this in order to catch the stu- dent movement off guard. "We asked the government for a postponement of the commission, as it comes too soon after the referendum," said Mario Paquet, a researcher for ANEEQ. "Its dear that their idea of a democratic debate is basically just to hear the executives ofa bunch ofgroups that arc interested. Its not to have the actual members of each group participate in the debate and put their input forward." ·• Paquet said that the government has structured the commission so that students have very little say in the process, and that the government may use the instability of the student movement to its advantage. "I think it's clear for us that the intention of the government is to put tuition fees at the Cegcp level," said Paquet. A tentative agenda of the commission shows that out of83 groups making presentations, only four include students. Campus groups concerned with safetyissucsarcat odds over a poster which appeared in the McGill In addition to ANEEQ speaking Ghetto last week. on the 19 of November, the Bearing the slogan "women beEtudiante Collegiale du . ware" in bold letters, the poster was Quebec (FECQ) will be speaking put up by a group of individuals on Thursday (FECQ is the Cegep from Concordia University. It lists counterpart to the Federation several acts of violence committed Etudiante Univcrsitaire du against women in the ghetto during Qucbec(FEUQ) and together they the past few months. constitute the rival provincial stuUnfortunately, some women dent association to ANEEQ). consider the poster intimidating Representatives from FECQ and threatening. could not be reached for comment. "The way the poster is worded Thestudentsocietyat Universite makes it come across as a threat du Montreal will be speaking on rather than empowering women," November 25, and students from said one ghetto resident who\vished Cegep Vieux-Montreal will present to remain anonymous. "The effect on the 26, the last day of the com- on me was terrifying and I'm almission. ready sensitized to the issue of A recent report by the graduate violence against women, particustudents' association at the larly in the ghetto." Universitedu Sherbrookestates that The poster has also angered "The declaration of the rights of members of the Walk Safe Network man reminds each nation of their and the Montreal Sexual Assault obligation to assure education for Centre because while both groups each of its citizens. For this reason are mentioned on the poster, neithe association supports the princi- ther were consulted beforehand. ple of free tuition at the Cegep level." Fiona Dellcr of the Walk Safe Network said her main concern is that people should know Walk Safe did not produce the poster. Deller fears that because the producers are mentioned nowhere on the poster, people will assume it was produced by Walk Safe. "We try and distribute information, not scare people," said Deller. But she said Walk Safe does not want to into a political argument over how to publicize the issue of violence. "My main concern is that people feel comfortable using Walk Safe," said Dcller. Concordia student Natalie Seltzer,oneofthepeoplewhoproduccd the poster, said the poster was produced in a hurry with the intention ofgetting the word out to women as fast as possible. "As people that live in the ghetto we felt more should be done to make people aware of the violence being committed there," she said. "Besides, its the facts that arc scary. The poster isn't what's going to harm women." � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Coverage from The McGill Daily Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Newspaper article on paper Volume 82 Issue 32 Page Number(s) 3 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Questionaire to evaluate awareness of campus sexual harassment Description An account of the resource Students respond to the McGill administration's survey on staff and student awareness of sexual harassment on campus. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Fiona McCaw Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The McGill Daily Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1992/11/04 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Admin campus safety policy Sexual Assault Centre of the McGill Students' Society (SACOMSS) sexual harassment sexual violence Walksafe