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Justice

Workplace Harassment Goes Virtual

January 28, 2021February 24, 2023 - by Samantha McCabe

Far from pausing the problem, the pandemic has intensified it across online platforms

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Arts & Culture

Almost Every TV Show Gets Sexual Assault Wrong

October 15, 2020October 16, 2020 - by JP Larocque

Television has historically failed to depict the survivor experience. I May Destroy You finally does it justice

November/December 2020 / Society

Survivors of an International Buddhist Cult Share Their Stories

September 28, 2020April 13, 2021 - by Matthew Remski

An investigation into decades of abuse at Shambhala International

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Justice / March 2020

How One Woman Reimagined Justice for Her Rapist

February 19, 2020August 27, 2020 - by Viviane Fairbank

Few survivors of sexual assault pursue justice in the legal system. Marlee Liss advocates for an alternative option

Uncategorized

The Decade in Long Reads

January 1, 2020February 21, 2020 - by The Walrus Staff

From a debonair grifter to Canada’s peacekeeping mission in Mali, these are the conversations that helped define Canada

Health / July/August 2018

Yoga’s Culture of Sexual Abuse: Nine Women Tell Their Stories

April 25, 2018April 11, 2023 - by Matthew Remski

Disturbing accounts of misconduct against the founder of one of North America’s most popular forms of yoga

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Uncategorized

Why Many Women Can’t Get Justice from Sexual-Assault Trials

February 20, 2018February 4, 2022 - by Sejla Rizvic

A new book dismantles the myth of a fair legal system for sexual-assault complainants

Politics

What Kind of Leader Is Patrick Brown?

February 15, 2018February 4, 2022 - by Jen Gerson

The former Ontario Progressive Conservative leader’s response to sexual misconduct allegations should give his defenders pause

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Uncategorized

CanLit Has a Sexual-Harassment Problem

February 5, 2018August 9, 2022 - by Zoe Whittall

Now, more than ever, we must create an environment in which young writers feel they can come forward

Patrick Brown, former leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario is photographed during a scrum at the Ontario legislature in 2016.

Politics

If Everyone Knew About the Harassment Problem in Canadian Politics, Why Did Nobody Act?

February 2, 2018July 21, 2021 - by Jen Gerson

After allegations surfaced, many people said they knew about Patrick Brown and others

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