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+ Campus Sexual Violence
Finkelstein, N. D. (2000). Introduction: Transparency in public policy. In N. D. Finkelstein (Ed.), Transparency in public policy: Great Britain and the United States (pp. 1-7). London: Macmillan.
American College Health Association. (2016a). ACHA guidelines: Addressing sexual and relationship violence on college and university campuses [Report].
Ending Violence Association of BC. (2016). Campus Sexual Violence: Guidelines for a Comprehensive Response. Retrieved from http://endingviolence.org/publications/campus-sexual-violence-guidelines/
Bill 151: Act to prevent and fight sexual violence in higher education institutions. (2017). Dec. 8, 2017, 41st Legislature National Assembly, 1st Session.
British Columbia Ministry of Advanced Education. (2016). Preventing and responding to sexual violence at British Columbia post-secondary institutions: A guide to developing policy and action.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2014). Preventing sexual violence on college campuses: Lessons from research and practice.
DeGue, S. (2014b). Preventing sexual violence on college campuses: Lessons from research and practice. Retrieved from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Guy, L. (2008). Re-visioning the sexual violence continuum. In American College Health Association (Ed.), Shifting the paradigm: Primary prevention of sexual violence (pp. 10-11). Linthicum, MD: American College Health Association. Retrieved from https://www.acha.org/documents/resources/ACHA_PSV_toolkit.pdf
Hunt, S. (2016). Decolonizing the roots of rape culture: Reflections on consent, sexual violence and university campuses. Retrieved from https://www.academia.edu/30006930/Decolonizing_the_Roots_of_Rape_Culture_reflections_on_consent_sexual_violence_and_university_campuses.
Jessup-Anger, J., & Edwards, K. E. (Eds.). (2015). Beyond compliance: Addressing sexual violence in higher education. Washington, DC: ACPA. Retrieved from http://www.myacpa.org/publications/beyond-compliance-addressing-sexual-violence-higher-education
Lewis, S. (2003). Sexual assault in rural communities. Retrieved from http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.208.6765&rep=rep1&type=pdf
Linder, C., & Myers, J. S. (2018). Institutional betrayal as a motivator for campus sexual assault activism. NASPA Journal about Women in Higher Education, 11(1), 1-16.
Lindsay, M. (2014). A survey of survivors of sexual assault in three Canadian cities (Catalogue no. J2-403/2014E-PDF). Retrieved from Department of Justice Canada’s website: http://publications.gc.ca/pub?id=9.699910&sl=0
Martin-Storey, A., Paquette, G., Bergeron, M., Dion, J., Daigneault, I., Hébert, M., & Ricci, S. (2018). Sexual violence on campus: Differences across gender and sexual minority status. Journal of Adolescent Health, 62(6), 701-707.
National Council on Disability. (2018). Not on the radar: Sexual assault of college students with disabilities. Retrieved from https://ncd.gov/publications/2018/not-radar-sexual-assault-college-students-disabilities
Ontario Human Rights Commission. (n.d.). Preventing and responding to sexual harassment [Policy]. Retrieved from http://www.ohrc.on.ca/en/policy-preventing-sexual-and-gender-based-harassment/8-preventing-and-responding-sexual-harassment-0
Ontario Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services. (2013). Developing a response to sexual violence: A resource guide for Ontario’s colleges and universities [Resource guide]. Retrieved from http://www.women.gov.on.ca/owd/english/ending-violence/campus_guide.shtml
Ontario Undergraduate Student Association. (2016). Sexual violence prevention and response [Policy paper]. Retrieved from https://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/ousa/pages/89/attachments/original/1479318808/Sexual_Violence_Prevention_and_Response_document.pdf?1479318808
Ridolfi-Starr, Z. (2016). Transformation requires transparency: Critical policy reforms to advance campus sexual violence response. Yale Law Journal, 125(7), 2156-2181.
Royal Canadian Mounted Police. (2018). Information for sexual assault survivors. Retrieved from http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/en/information-sexual-assault-survivors
Salvino, Caitlin, Kelsey Gilchrist, and Jade Cooligan-Pang. ‘OurTurn: A National Action Plan to End Campus Sexual Violence’. Montreal, QC: Student’s Society of McGill University, October 2017. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5bc4e7bcf4755a6e42b00495/t/5f107ac2b2f3cd2f9b6fe449/1594915540325/our_turn_action_plan_en_2020-05-26.pdf
Wright, J., Dhunna, S., Riddle, T., De Gannes, P., & Berzins, T. (2019). End the silence, end the violence: Experiences and understandings of sexual violence at the University ofToronto. Toronto, ON: Silence is Violence. Retrieved from https://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/91a6ee_ec2ef42eb4354d2a84e8d7f3ff5700cb.pdf
NASPA (2017). The Culture of respect. The National Association of Student Personnel Administrators, Washington, D.C.
Women Against Violence Against Women. (n.d.). Rape myths [web page]. Retrieved May 18, 2017 from https://web.archive.org/web/20160416201636/http://www.wavaw.ca/mythbusting/rape-myths/
+ Education
EAB. (2015). Beyond orientation: New approaches to sexual violence prevention programming. Retrieved from https://www.eab.com/research-and-insights/student-affairs-forum/events/webconferences/2015/beyond-orientation-new-approaches-to-sexual-assault-prevention-programming
Gidycz, C. A., & Dardis, C. M. (2014). Feminist self-defense and resistance training for college students: A critical review and recommendations for the future. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, 15(4), 322-333.
Hollander, J. A. (2014). Does self-defense training prevent sexual violence against women? Violence Against Women, 20(3), 252-269.
Katz, J., Heisterkamp, H. A., & Fleming, W. M. (2011). The social justice roots of the mentors in violence prevention model and its application in a high school setting. Violence Against Women, 17(6), 684-702.
Katz, J., & Moore, J. (2013). Bystander education training for campus sexual assault prevention: An initial meta-analysis. Violence and Victims, 28(6), 1054-1067.
McLeroy, K. R., Steckler, A. Bibeau, D., & Glanz, K. (1988). An ecological perspective on health promotion programs. Health Education Quarterly, 15(4): 351–377.
Paul, L. A., & Gray, M. J. (2011). Sexual assault programming on college campuses: Using social psychological belief and behavior change principles to improve outcomes. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, 12(2), 99-109.
Schewe, P. A. (2007). Interventions to prevent sexual violence. In L. S. Doll, S. E. Bonzo, J. A. Mercy & D. A. Sleet (Eds.), Handbook of injury and violence prevention (pp. 223-240). Boston, MA: Springer US.
Scott, K. (2006). Attitudinal change in participants of partner assault response (PAR) programs: Phase II. Toronto: Ministry of the Attorney General.
Senn, C. Y., Eliasziw, M., Barata, P. C., Thurston, W. E., Newby-Clark, I. R., Radtke, H. L., & Hobden, K. L. (2015). Efficacy of a sexual assault resistance program for university women. The New England Journal of Medicine, 372(24), 2326-2335.
SexAssault.ca. (n.d.). Sexual assault statistics in Canada [Web page]. Retrieved from https://www.sexassault.ca/statistics.htm
Storer, H. L., Casey, E., & Herrenkohl, T. (2016). Efficacy of bystander programs to prevent dating abuse among youth and young adults: A review of the literature. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, 17(3), 256-269.
Vladutiu, C. J., Martin, S. L., & Macy, R. J. (2011). College- or university-based sexual assault prevention programs: A review of program outcomes, characteristics, and recommendations. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, 12(2), 67-86.
+ Response to and Support of People affected by Gender-Based Violence
American College Health Association. (2016b). Addressing sexual and relationship violence: A trauma-informed approach [Report].
Ending Violence Association of BC. (2015). Third party reporting guidebook: Increasing reporting options for sexual assault victims. Retrieved from http://endingviolence.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/TPR-Guidebook-November-12-2015.pdf
Fisher, B. S., Daigle, L. E., Cullen, F. T., & Turner, M. G. (2003). Reporting sexual victimization to the police and others: Results from a national-level study of college women. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 30(1), 6-38.
Freyd, J.J. (2008). The psychology of betrayal trauma: Memory, health, and gender, presented at Thompson Hall Science and Mathematics Seminar, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA, March 2008. Retrieved from http://www.pugetsound.edu/news-and-events/arts-at-puget-sound/thsms/
Freyd, J.J. (2008). Betrayal trauma: Memory, health, and gender, presented at the Department of Psychology Colloquium, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, April 2008.
Griffs, J. (1999). Review of the investigation of sexual assaults Toronto Police Service. Toronto Audit Services. Retrieved from https://www.toronto.ca/audit/1999/102599.pdf
Hutcheson, S., & Lewington, S. (2017). Navigating the labyrinth: Policy barriers to international students' reporting of sexual assault in Canada and the United States. Education Law Journal, 27(1), 81-XI.
IWK Health Centre. (2015). Trauma-informed approaches: An introduction and discussion guide for health and social service providers. Retrieved from https://novascotia.ca/dhw/addictions/documents/TIP_Discussion_Guide_1.pdf
Javorka, M., & Campbell, R. (2019). Advocacy services for college victims of sexual assault: Navigating complicated confidentiality concerns. Journal of Trauma & Dissociation, 20(3), 304-323.
Kaba, M., & Hassan, S. (2019). Fumbling towards repair: A workbook for community accountability facilitators. Chico, C.A.: AK Press.
Klinic Community Health Center. (2013). The trauma toolkit [Report]. Second edition. Retrieved from https://trauma-informed.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Trauma-informed_Toolkit.pdf
Macy, R. J., Martin, S. L., Nwabuzor Ogbonnaya, I., & Rizo, C. F. (2018). What do domestic violence and sexual assault service providers need to know about survivors to deliver services? Violence against women, 24(1), 28-44.
Payne, B. K. (2008). Challenges responding to sexual violence: Differences between college campuses and communities. Journal of Criminal Justice, 36(3), 224-230.
Public Health Agency of Canada. (2018). Trauma and violence-informed approaches to policy and practice. Retrieved from https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/publications/health-risks-safety/trauma-violence-informed-approaches-policy-practice.html
Quinlan, E., Clarke, A., & Miller, N. (2016). Enhancing care and advocacy for sexual assault survivors on canadian campuses. The Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 46(2), 40-54.
Red River College. (n.d). No wrong door. Retrieve from https://www.rrc.ca/nowrongdoor/
Sable, M. R., Danis, F., Mauzy, D. L., & Gallagher, S. K. (2006). Barriers to reporting sexual assault for women and men: Perspectives of college students. Journal of American College Health, 55(3), 157-162.
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. (2014). SAMHSA’s concept of trauma and guidance for a trauma-informed approach (HHS publication no. (SMA) 14-4884). Rockville, MD: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Retrieved from https://www.nasmhpd.org/sites/default/files/SAMHSA_Concept_of_Trauma_and_Guidance.pdf
University of Lethbridge. (n.d.). Being trauma-informed [Fact sheet]. Retrieved from https://www.uleth.ca/sites/default/files/2018/09/trauma_informed_approach.docx
Vandenberghe, A., Hendriks, B., Peeters, L., Roelens, K., & Keygnaert, I. (2018). Establishing Sexual Assault Care Centres in Belgium: health professionals’ role in the patient-centred care for victims of sexual violence. BMC health services research, 18(1), 807.
+ Reporting, Investigation and Adjudication
Bauer-Wolf, J. (2018, September 10). An ‘unprecedented’ direction for Title IX. Inside Higher Ed [Web page].
Canadian Intergovernmental Conference Secretariat. (2018). Reporting, Investigating and Prosecuting Sexual Assaults Committed Against Adults – Challenges and Promising Practices in Enhancing Access to Justice for Victims [Web page].
Del Gobbo, D. (2017, October 24). Canadian colleges and universities must respect gender equality and fair process in adjudicating cases of sexual violence. Policy Options. Retrieved from http://policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/october-2017/preventing-sexual-violence-on-campus/
Frederick, L., & Lizdas, K. C. (2010). Role of restorative justice in the battered women’s movement. In J. Ptacek (Ed.), Restorative justice and violence against women (pp. 39-59). Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press.
Henry, M., Sokolow, B. A., Swinton, D. C., Oppenheim, A., Lewis, W. S., Schuster, S. K., & Olshak, R. (2018). ATIXA 2018 whitepaper: The ATIXA guide to sanctioning student sexual misconduct violations [White paper]. Retrieved from https://cdn.atixa.org/website-media/o_atixa/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/18121002/ATIXA-2018-Whitepaper-FINAL-Jan-2018.pdf
Lisak, D., & Miller, P. M. (2002). Repeat rape and multiple offending among undetected rapists. Violence and Victims, 17(1), 73-84.
Manitoba Ombudsman. (2012). Achieving fairness: Your guide to dealing with government. Retrieved from https://www.ombudsman.mb.ca/uploads/document/files/achieving-fairness-web-en.pdf
Mingus, M.(2019) Transformative justice: A brief description, Leaving Evidence. Retrieved from https://leavingevidence.wordpress.com/2019/01/09/transformative-justice-a-brief-description/
Nocella II, A. J. (2011). An overview of the history and theory of transformative justice. Peace & Conflict Review 6(1). Retrieved from http://www.review.upeace.org/pdf.cfm?articulo=124&ejemplar=23
Ombudsman Manitoba (2012). Achieving fairness: Your guide to dealing with government. Retrieved from https://www.ombudsman.mb.ca/uploads/document/files/achieving-fairness-web-en.pdf
Omstead, J. (2019, January 26). Demonstrators demand University of Alberta reform sexual-assault appeal hearing process. CBC News. Retrieved from https://www.cbc.ca/
Potter, S. J., Edwards, K. M., Banyard, V. L., Stapleton, J. G., Demers, J. M., & Moynihan, M. M. (2016). Conveying campus sexual misconduct policy information to college and university students: Results from a 7-campus study. Journal of American College Health, 64(6), 438-447.
Sheehy, E. A., & Gilbert, D. (2017). Responding to sexual assault on campus: What can Canadian universities learn from U.S. law and policy? In E. Quinlan, C. Fogel, A. Quinlan, & G. Taylor (Eds.), Sexual violence at Canadian universities: Activism, institutional responses, and strategies for change (pp. 291-327). Waterloo, ON: Wilfrid Laurier University Press.
Smith, N. E. (2017). The old college trial: Evaluating the investigative model of adjudicating claims of sexual misconduct. Columbia Law Review, 117(4), 953-989.
Eerkes, D. and Hackett, C. (2018). Report from the Working Group on Restorative Initiatives for Sexual Violence. University of Alberta. [https://era.library.ualberta.ca/items/fd463cea-cff4-4891-bace-36d62286fe81]
Wang, Y. (2016, April 20). Brigham Young University under fire for disciplining a sexual assault victim for honor code breach. Washington Post. Retrieved from https://www.washingtonpost.com
+ Gender-Based Violence
BCFED. (2018). Gender-based violence [Fact sheet]. Retrieved from https://bcfed.ca/sites/default/files/attachments/Fact%20Sheet%20-%20Gender%20Based%20Violence_0.pdf
DisAbled Women’s Network of Canada. (2019). More than a footnote: A research report on women and girls with disabilities in Canada. Retrieved from https://dawncanada.net/media/uploads/page_data/page-64/beyond_crpd_final_eng_(2).pdf
Lichty, L. F., Campbell, R., & Schuiteman, J. (2008). Developing a university-wide institutional response to sexual assault and relationship violence. Journal of Prevention & Intervention in the Community, 36(1-2), 5-22.
National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenouse Women and Girls. (2019). Reclaiming Power and Place: The final report of the National inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenouse women and girls. Retrieved from https://www.mmiwg-ffada.ca/final-report/
Status of Women Canada. Gender-based Analysis Plus (GBA+). (2018) Retrieved from https://cfc-swc.gc.ca/gba-acs/index-en.html
Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada. (2015). Truth and reconciliation commission of Canada: Calls to action [Report]. Winnipeg, MB. Retrieved from http://trc.ca/assets/pdf/Calls_to_Action_English2.pdf
Wathen, C. N., MacGregor, J. C. D., MacQuarrie, B. J. with the Canadian Labour Congress. (2014). Can work be safe, when home isn’t? Initial findings of a Pan-Canadian survey on domestic violence and the workplace. London, ON: Centre for Research & Education on Violence Against Women and Children.
Women’s Earth Alliance & Native Youth Sexual Health Network. (2016). Violence on the land, violence on our bodies: Building an Indigenous response to environmental violence [Report]. Retrieved from http://landbodydefense.org/uploads/files/VLVBReportToolkit2016.pdf
+ Homepage Stats
Burczycka, M. (2020). Students’ experiences of unwanted sexualized behaviours and sexual assault at postsecondary schools in the Canadian provinces, 2019. Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics. https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/en/pub/85-002-x/2020001/article/00005-eng.pdf?st=2pX9QRnP
Canadian Women’s Foundation (2015). Only 1 in 3 Canadians Know What Sexual Consent Means. Retrieved from https://www.canadianwomen.org/about-us/media/1-3-canadians-know-sexual-consent-means/
DeKeseredy, W.S. (2011). Violence Against Women: Myths, Facts, Controversies. Toronto, ON: University of Toronto Press.
DisAbled Women’s Network (2019). More than a footnote: A research report on women and girls with disabilities in Canada. Retrieved from https://www.dawncanada.net/news/mtafreport/.
Perreault, S. (2020). Gender-based violence: Unwanted sexual behaviours in Canada’s territories, 2018. Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics. https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/85-002-x/2020001/article/00008-eng.htm
Statistics Canada (2015). Criminal victimization in Canada, 2014. Retrieved from https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/85-002-x/2015001/article/14241-eng.htm
Statistics Canada (2017). Self-reported sexual assault in Canada, 2014. Retrieved from https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/85-002-x/2017001/article/14842-eng.htm
Statistics Canada (2018a). Harassment in Canadian workplaces. Retrieved from https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/75-006-x/2018001/article/54982-eng.htm
Statistics Canada (2018b). Stalking in Canada, 2014. Retrieved from https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/180117/dq180117a-eng.htm