Download steps for students to take after a recent sexual assault

STEPS FOR STUDENTS
TO TAKE AFTER A RECENT
SEXUAL ASSAULT
Queen’s University is committed to providing non-judgmental sexual violence support and response. Sexual Violence means
any sexual act or act targeting a person’s sexuality, gender identity or gender expression, whether the act is physical or
psychological in nature, that is committed, threatened or attempted against a person without the person’s consent, and includes
sexual assault, sexual harassment, stalking, indecent exposure, voyeurism, and sexual exploitation. Queen’s encourages
students who have experienced sexual violence to reach out for support and offers the following steps as options to consider.
GO TO A
SAFE PLACE
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hOSpITAl ACCOMpANIMENT OpTIONS
For safety assessment
and planning, call:
SExUAl ASSAUlT CENTRE KINGSTON
613-544-6424 (Crisis Line 24/7)
Queen’s 24hr Emergency
Response Centre
SExUAl hEAlTh RESOURCE CENTRE
613-533-2959
[email protected]
613-533-6111
or
911
SEEK MEDICAL
ATTENTION
For confidential services, call the
Sexual Assault/Family Violence Unit,
Kingston General hospital (KGh)
REpORTING OpTIONS
613-549-6666 ext 4880 24/7
FORMAl REpORTING
Ask for the SA/FV nurse
KINGSTON pOlICE SERVICES
613-549-4660
• Emergency medical care;
• Testing and treatment for sexually
transmitted infections, HIV and
pregnancy;
• Forensic evidence collection
(including the Sexual Assault
Evidence Kit).
Call or attend health Services at
Student Wellness at 146 Stuart Street
613-533-2506
CAMpUS SECURITY ANd
EMERGENCY SERVICES
can help with reports
to Kingston Police
613-533-6733
UNIVERSITY CONdUCT SYSTEM
Ombudsman
[email protected]
613-533-6495
INFORMAl REpORTING
hUMAN RIGhTS OFFICE
[email protected]
613-533-6886
FOR EVIdENCE COllECTION,
TRY NOT TO:
• shower, bathe or use the washroom
prior to medical exam;
• change, wash or destroy clothing;
Sexual Assault Centre Kingston
613-544-6424
GET SUPPORT AND
EXPLORE OPTIONS
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Services include:
24/7 CRISIS ANd SUppORT lINE
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Not sure what to do next?
Contact Barb Lotan, the Queen’s University
Sexual Violence Prevention and Response
Coordinator for information and to review
your options.
Monday to Friday, 8:30 – 4:30 pm
613-533-6330 or bjl7@ queensu.ca
Counselling Services
LaSalle Building
146 Stuart Street
613-533-6000 ext 78264
Ask for an appointment with a counsellor;
indicate it is a crisis related to sexual assault
AddITIONAl pROFESSIONAl
COUNSEllING OpTIONS
Residence Counsellors
Freeman Woolnough
[email protected]
Nadia Sawaya Fehr
[email protected]
Counsellors are also available in some faculties
(Graduate Studies, Engineering, Commerce,
Education, Medicine). Contact Counselling
Services to schedule appointments.
• clean up the scene.
UNIVERSITY COMMITMENT
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treated with compassion, dignity, and respect;
provided with timely safety planning assistance;
informed about on- and off-campus support services and resources available to them;
provided with non-judgmental and sympathetic support;
provided with accommodations as appropriate;
integral decision-makers in situations pertaining to themselves;
allowed to determine whether and to whom they wish to disclose or report their experience.
queensu.ca/secretariat/sexual-violence-policy
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All persons who disclose an experience of sexual violence can expect to be: