Students want institutions to have clear protocols to respond to incidents between students or between a student and teacher or other adult in the school
This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.Sophie was 15 years old when she says her history teacher made comments about her breasts in front of the entire class.
Sophie is part of a group of current and former Quebec high school students who are demanding the provincial government adopt a law specifically targeting sexual violence at elementary and high schools. They want those institutions to have clear protocols to respond to incidents between students or between a student and teacher or other adult in the school.
Their campaign for a provincial law dates back a few years, but it recently regained momentum after a wave of public denunciations of sexual violence began on social media across Quebec in July. A spokeswoman for Quebec’s Education Department said the government has no plans to pass a law to specifically deal with sexual violence in elementary and high schools.
But Augustin said the current system is insufficient, as students continue to say it is difficult to denounce sexual violence because the subject remains taboo and school staff are not trained to respond. “That means it’s not working,” she said. Augustin said if the province’s universities and junior colleges have a specific law designed to protect students, “I don’t understand why high school and elementary school students can’t also benefit from a law.”
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