Our services
We offer support to all members of the McGill community (students, faculty, and staff) who have been impacted by sexual violence, whether it be sexual harassment or assault, gender-based or intimate partner violence, or cyberviolence on or off campus. Services are provided regardless of gender, sexual orientation, age, citizenship or immigration status, and of when it happened. Our services are free and are available in French and in English.
Support & Advocacy
We are here to support you in the way you choose.
We can:
- Listen to you. We offer crisis intervention and short-term counselling.
- Help you connect with the community resources that are right for you (including medical, emotional or psychological, legal).
- Connect you with survivor support activities and groups.
- Assist with academic or workplace accommodations.
Reporting assistance
If you have been impacted by sexual violence, you have several options. We can help you understand and evaluate those options so that you can choose the option that best meets your needs.
We offer:
- Information about reporting processes (McGill policies and procedures, security and police services).
- If you choose to report, we can help you initiate reporting processes (internal and external to McGill).
Awareness & prevention
Our office is committed to working towards the prevention of sexual and gender-based violence and fostering a culture of consent at McGill. Responding to and preventing sexual violence begins with critically exploring gender expectations, harmful social norms, and dynamics of power and privilege.
Our education work includes:
- Yearly #ConsentMcGill events
- Workshops (Becoming an Active Bystander and How to Respond to Disclosures)
- The It Takes All of Us course, required training for all McGill Community members
