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The University has approved a Sexual Harassment Policy which defines sexual harassment as follows:
1. Sexual harassment may occur irrespective of gender and is:
(a) unwanted attention of a sexually oriented nature, made by a person who knows or ought reasonably to know that such attention is unwanted; and/or
(b) an implied or expressed promise of reward for complying with or submitting to a sexually oriented request or advance; and/or
(c) an implied or expressed threat or reprisal for not complying with or submitting to a sexually oriented request or advance
Sexual harassment may include, but may not be limited to, behaviour such as
2. Sexual harassment may also be engaging in a course of sexual comment or conduct that is known or ought reasonably to be known to be unwelcome. This form of sexual harassment may affect individuals or groups. It may take the form of excluding an individual or a group from rights and/or privileges to which they are otherwise entitled.
3. Sexual harassment may be psychological, verbal, or physical, and may be all of these. It is behaviour prohibited by the University for all persons and circumstances over which the University has jurisdiction. In some of its forms it may contravene the Human Rights Code of Ontario. Sexual assault is a crime pursuant to the Criminal Code.
4. Regulations governing the conduct of students and employees of the University are applied to those times and places at which the actions of such employees and students relate to or impinge upon their function as such.
The university's sexual harassment policy provides for advisory and mediation services to assist in resolving perceived situations of sexual harassment before they reach the level of formal allegation. Attention is drawn, in this regard, to the role of the university's two advisers on sexual harassment complaints, Dr. Nancy Adamson, Coordinator for the Status of Women, and Professor David K. Bernhardt, Department of Psychology.
The University has enacted regulations under which allegations of general offence (sexual harassment) may be made against students. These regulations state that a student commits a general offence who engages in conduct which constitutes sexual harassment as defined in the university's sexual harassment policy.
The University has also approved procedures for the handling of allegations of general offence (sexual harassment) against a student. These procedures, as well as the sanctions which a tribunal can impose, are the same as those outlined above for acts of discrimination, save and except that the investigators charged with the investigation which the Dean, the Vice-President (Academic), or the President, as the case may be, shall cause to have conducted, must be selected from the Panel of Investigators provided for under the terms of the university's sexual harassment policy.
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