For people who’ve been sexually harassed at work.

Unwanted behaviour tied to your sex or gender—it ranges from jokes to violence, targets people with less power, and is illegal in Canada.

If it feels like sexual harassment, it almost certainly is—even if it's 'normal' where you work, it happens off-site, or isn't from your boss.

Judges ask whether the conduct was based on your sex or gender, whether it was unwelcome, unreasonable, and repeated. One severe act can count.

What harassment does to your mental health, why self-blame is a lie, and the warning signs that mean it's time to get help.

Reporting is the biggest career risk and quitting protects your reputation best. How harassment sets you back, and how to limit the damage.

Every path costs money—staying, reporting, and quitting each carry a financial hit that can reach six or seven figures over a lifetime.

Your three options—stay, report, or quit—and why people rarely regret which they chose, only the time spent agonizing over it.

Trans and nonbinary workers face the most harassment—why misgendering and deadnaming count under the law, and how to protect yourself.

Why harassment in personal-care work is so common, plus some scripts for holding professional boundaries with clients.

Gig workers face more harassment and have less protection. How to protect yourself when the law and the platforms won't.

25 years of research, distilled: harassment is about power, is as damaging as serious illness, and reporting rarely helps.

The most important thing you can do for someone harassed: believe them, say so, and ask what they need, without pushing them to act.

21 takeaways from 25 years of research: harassment is everywhere, almost no one reports—and reporting often doesn't help anyway.

Harassment is an economic injury—a career 'scar' that can cost hundreds of thousands over a lifetime, no matter how you respond.

How to keep a log and evidence that will hold up, and the one rule: never write down what you'd never want anyone to see.

Before you act, size up your workplace: does it tolerate harassment, who can you trust there, and what support might exist.

Support from other people really helps. Pick people who listen without taking over, be careful who you tell at work, and don't overlook hotlines.

Being punished for complaining is common, and when a boss does it that's an illegal reprisal you can fight. How to prove it.

The best way to protect your career is to keep your energy on your goals, not the harasser—plus tactics for whether you reported or stayed.

Harassment usually costs you money. How to protect yourself whether you stay, report, or quit, starting with getting a lawyer before you leave.

How to build a written safety plan before you need it—trusted allies, safe exits, code words, and changing when you work alone.

Where to find paid leave—sick days, disability, or EI—and the hard truth that beyond a few minimum days, every route is slow and may be denied.

How warning networks fail the newest and most vulnerable people, and how you can use them to protect yourself and others.

The secret is the demand letter, which asks your employer to give you money as compensation for what happened. Surprisingly often, it works.

Self-blame is your brain grasping for control, but you didn't cause what happened. How to let go of self-blame.

Your response was your survival brain, not a character flaw. How trauma works, and why none of it was a choice you made.

Anger is a valid signal you were wronged—it's never wrong to feel it. What helps you cool down without taking it out on people you love.

Sadness eases when you let yourself feel it; depression is treatable and not a life sentence. What helps, and why how you feel now will change.

Fear and anxiety are your mind guarding you against a real threat, and they're treatable. What eases them, and why panic attacks can't hurt you.

Harassment makes you grieve real losses, like your time, safety, trust, and plans you had. Why it comes in waves, and what helps.

Shock and disbelief are normal, and are often delayed. So go easy, hold off on big decisions, and trust your own memory.

A 20-item toolbox for coping. The throughline: it's not your fault, and every decision is yours to make.

People who leave high-harassment fields end up happier but often poorer, so the real question is whether you can trade income for safety.

Most people who quit don't regret it, so the real question is how to leave well: line up a job, see a lawyer first, and let go of the guilt.

Harassment is a betrayal of the fairness we're promised. Why it shakes your trust, and how telling your story helps you rebuild it.

Scripts for asking your employer to step in informally—and the catch that raising it at all can trigger a formal investigation.

You're not obligated to confront your harasser, and it often won't work. If you try, aim only to make clear the behaviour is unwelcome.

Whether to report comes down to whether your employer will handle it well—how to read the warning signs before you decide.

Suing is mainly about money and can drag on for years, but starting doesn't lock you in: 98% of cases settle or end early. What to consider.

You'll want an employment lawyer. How to find one, keep the cost down by limiting scope, and what a lawyer can and can't do for you.

Going public can lead to online abuse, a defamation lawsuit, or career damage. Here's how to protect yourself.

Whistleblowers pay a heavy price and rarely get justice—yet nearly all would do it again. If that's you, you probably already know it.

How your union is supposed to help, and the important conflict that means too often it can't or won't.

Some harassment is criminal, but most isn't, and with police clearing about 1 in 10 cases, reporting is a personal call. What to consider.