THE UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN’S MAIN CAMPUS IS SITUATED ON TREATY 6 TERRITORY AND THE HOMELAND OF THE MÉTIS.

THE UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN’S MAIN CAMPUS IS SITUATED ON TREATY 6 TERRITORY AND THE HOMELAND OF THE MÉTIS.

sexual assult

  • By March 2, 2012

    A male University of Saskatchewan student has been arrested in relation to the sexual assault that occurred in McEown Park on New Year’s Eve.

  • Woman sexually assaulted on campus on New Year’s Eve

    By February 17, 2012

    A 20-year-old female University of Saskatchewan student was sexually assaulted in a residence during the early morning hours of Jan. 1. The incident supposedly took place at the McEown Park towers off Cumberland Avenue.

    It is not yet clear why information about the assault was delayed. The U of S Campus Safety statistics page, at present, still shows zero cases of sexual assault for 2012.

  • New sexual assault awareness campaign targets young men

    By October 6, 2011

    A new sexual assault prevention campaign is underway in Saskatoon, telling young men “Don’t be that guy.”

    Saskatoon is the fifth city in Canada to promote the campaign that targets 19- to 25-year old males with bathroom posters in bars around town. The main drive is to tell men “to not take advantage of women when they are intoxicated, and not to intoxicate women for the purposes of sex,” said Heather Pocock, assistant director of the Saskatoon Sexual Assault and Information Centre.

  • Rape culture is real, and denying it only increase silence and shame

    By September 23, 2011

    Recently, Graham Templeton of The Peak newspaper at Simon Fraser University wrote an opinion piece stating that he was offended by the very notion of a western rape culture, calling the premise sexist. His arguments lack insight or a nuanced understanding of the issues he disagrees with. They are offensive and detrimental to the efforts of those who are fighting to end sexual harassment and assault.

    I think it’s important to define rape culture, because I don’t think Templeton understands it, or took the time to investigate the meaning.

  • The allegation that we live in a “rape culture” is deeply sexist

    By September 17, 2011

    I am offended. I so rarely get to say that, since being offended has a lot to do with self-identification as a victim and, as a middle-class white male, I really don’t have much opportunity to feel that way. However, the allegation that we live in some sort of “rape culture” offends me. It is a statement both empirically wrong and deeply sexist.

  • Stop blaming the victims of sexual assault

    By May 18, 2011

    In recent months, the SlutWalk movement has reached a global scale, with satellite walks taking place all over Canada and the United States, as well as in the Netherlands, Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.