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Review the Templates below and select which message you would like to send...
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Template 1: Message to Western Admin / Government Stakeholders (CONCERNS)
My name is ______ and I am in my ____ year in ________. I’m writing to share my thoughts on how Western University can better address sexual and gender-based violence in order to keep students safe and make our campus more equitable.
Concern 1:
Concern 2:
Concern 3:
It is vital that these concerns are addressed.
Thank you for your time!
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Template 2: Message to Western Admin / Government Stakeholders (RECOMMENDATIONS)
My name is ______ and I am in my ____ year in ________. I’m writing to share my thoughts on how Western University can better address sexual and gender-based violence in order to keep students safe and make our campus more equitable.
Recommendation 1:
Recommendation 2:
Recommendation 3:
You can read more about the USC’s list of recommendations here: https://westernusc.ca/together-for-change. I believe these recommendations will position Western to become a safer and more inclusive campus.
Thank you for your time!
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Template 3: Message to Western Task Force on Student Safety and Sexual Violence (PRE-FILLED)
My name is ______ and I am in my ____ year in ________. I’m writing to share my thoughts on how Western University can better address sexual and gender-based violence in order to keep students safe and make our campus more equitable.
Our student community stands together - we know this needs to be a turning point for our campus. I’m writing to express my support for the recommendations put forward by the USC. In particular, the provision of free-of-charge menstrual products in all campus buildings, requiring and providing consent-training modules for all current campus community members (including faculty and staff), and centralizing sexual- and gender-based violence reporting under the portfolio of the AVP EDI stand out to me as being constructive ways to build a better campus community free of sexual and gender-based violence.
You can read more about the USC’s list of recommendations here: https://westernusc.ca/together-for-change. I believe these recommendations will position Western to become a safer and more inclusive campus.
Thank you for your time! I hope you consider these recommendations and prioritize student perspectives in the conversations you have about how to combat sexual and gender-based violence.
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Template 4: Message to Government Stakeholders (PRE-FILLED)
My name is ______ and I am in my ____ year in ________. I’m writing to share my thoughts on how the provincial government can better address sexual and gender-based violence in order to make our campus and London community safer.
Our student community stands together - we know this needs to be a turning point for our campus. I’m writing to express my support for the recommendations put forward by the USC and the Ontario Undergraduate Students’ Alliance (OUSA). In particular, the reimplementation of a campus climate survey to collect data regarding students’ attitudes, beliefs, and experiences related to sexual harassment, the provision of grant funding for sexual community sexual health clinics, and survivor-centric and trauma-informed amendments to Ontario Regulation 131/16. These recommendations stand out to me as being constructive ways to build a better campus community free of sexual and gender-based violence:
Recommendation 1: The provincial government should amend section 17 of the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities Act to require that post-secondary institutions participate in a gender-based and sexual violence campus climate survey administered every three years;
Recommendation 2: The provincial government should amend O. Reg. 131/16 to ensure that institutions’ sexual violence policies take a trauma-informed and survivor-centric approach.
Recommendation 3: The provincial government should provide grant funding to community sexual health clinics to work with post-secondary institutions to provide students with resources and information about local supports, as well as enhancing infrastructure and referral systems.
I hope that you will take these recommendations into consideration as we work to make our campus and community safer.
Thank you for your time!
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