Emily Rosser of the Bystander Initiative believes it will foster a climate more supportive of students who act to prevent sexual assault.
500 first-year students will receive $50 gift cards for taking training in the Bystander Initiative.
Anne Forrest received an award for contributions to promote equity, from the Windsor University Faculty Association on Thursday.
Anne Forrest received an award for contributions to promote equity, from the Windsor University Faculty Association on Thursday.
Professor Anne Forrest will receive the Mary Lou Dietz Equity Leadership Award at a reception May 12.
Professor Anne Forrest will receive the Mary Lou Dietz Equity Leadership Award at a reception May 12.
The Windsor International Film Festival presents the documentary “The Hunting Ground,” an expose about rape on American college campuses, Thursday.
The Windsor International Film Festival presents the documentary “The Hunting Ground,” an expose about rape on American college campuses, Thursday.
A UWindsor initiative to engage students in actively reducing sexual assault promises to put the power of the campus community behind prevention.
Dr. Andrew Allen, the 2015 recipient of the Mary Lou Dietz Equity Leadership Award.
For demonstrating leadership in equity through his teaching initiatives in Windsor and Tanzania, as well as his work to mentor and recruit students, Andrew Allen of the Faculty of Education recently received the 2015 Mary Lou Dietz Equity Leadership Award at Kerr House.
Created by the Faculty Association’s Status of Women, Diversity and Equity Action Committee (SWDEAC), the award was named for the late head of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology, and celebrates individuals who demonstrate leadership through their contributions to creating an equity culture on campus.
Anne Forrest will appear today on Research Matters on CJAM to discuss the Bystander Initiative, a project which aims to reduce sexual assault on university campuses. May is Sexual Assault Prevention Month.
Canadian universities trying to deter rape culture and reduce the number of sexual assaults on their campuses should take a close look at how the University of Windsor is addressing the problem, according to a researcher leading an innovative prevention program here.
Dusty Johnstone's research involved interviewing 10 women who had been sexually assaulted but didn't label their experience as such.
Even though by the letter of the law they may have been sexually assaulted, an alarming number of women don’t label what happened to them as sexual assault or rape, according to Dusty Johnstone.
A post-doctoral teaching fellow in Women’s Studies, Dr. Johnstone recently defended her 250-page PhD dissertation, a qualitative study based on interviews of 10 women who technically had been sexually assaulted, but didn’t label their experiences as such.
Student Melissa Baker (right) describes her experiences as a deaf person during Tuesday's event on the theme of "Voices and Silences."
The Friends of Women's Studies gathered Tuesday to announce the 2013 Distinguished Visitor in Women's Studies.
Bright red lipstick is the first thing you would notice about Daniella Bumbacco and Catrina Franzoi while they are on set working as LadyMeta Movement, the production company the two UWindsor communications, media, and film grads started over a year ago.
“The first rule of LadyMeta is, at all times red lipstick must be worn on set,” said Franzoi. “We started it on our first set in 2011 and have kept it going, almost like our identifier.”
The pair has found that running their own company gives them the power to maintain artistic freedom.
