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#MeToo Story | Stephanie Dobbs is an M.Sc. student at Carleton University in Ottawa. Between 2015 and 2018, she worked as a political staffer for Ottawa Councillor Rick Chiarelli. In 2020, when she publicly accused him of sexual harassment, the city integrity commissioner found that he “[objectified] the sexuality of his female employees.” Due to council rules, Chiarelli can’t be removed from his position.

#MeToo Story | Devi is a South Asian paramedic in Ontario who’s in her 20s. For the past six years, she has experienced verbal sexual harassment from patients. Devi asked to be anonymous.

Article | UNIVERSAL | If you’re reading this, you’re probably trying to decide whether to go public about being sexually harassed. You’re in the right place! In this article, we’ll tell you who goes public, and why and how they do it. We’ll warn you about some of the downsides of going public, and give you tips on how to protect yourself.

#MeToo Story | Annalise Schamuhn is an executive coach and leadership consultant. She served as an officer in the Canadian army from 1997 to 2010 but left the military because “it wasn’t a safe place for me to serve anymore.” In 2013, she was assaulted in her home by a fellow soldier, Major Jonathan Hamilton. Senior military leaders gave Hamilton character references before his sentencing hearing, actions that were widely condemned when they were made public. In 2017, he was found guilty of sexual assault but was only sentenced to probation.

Article | UNIVERSAL | Whisper networks can help keep you safe at work. Here, we’ll tell you what a whisper network is and how they work, what their main drawbacks are, and how you can use them to help keep yourself safe.

Article | UNIVERSAL | Researchers have been studying sexual harassment for decades, and have found that being sexually harassed can really hurt people’s careers. It doesn’t happen to everyone, but it’s common enough that you need to know about it. In this article, we’ll explain how it happens and how to recognize if it’s happening to you. Whether you decide to report the harassment, to stay at work without reporting, or to quit your job, we’ll explain how each decision might affect your career.

Article | UNIVERSAL | Experts say that when you’re being harassed, one of the first things you should do is take some time to document everything that’s happening. In this article we’ll explain how to do it, and why it matters.

Article | People who work in the personal care industry—like PSWs, house cleaners, nannies, massage therapists, or home health aides—are more likely to experience sexual harassment at work than people in many other fields. In personal care work, the harassment is often subtle, hard to name, or leaves you unsure whether it "counts." In this article, we’ll describe the kinds of behaviour personal care workers often encounter, and how you can protect yourself if it happens to you.

Blog | Purpose of this Document  This document synthesizes more than a decade of research into women’s participation in technical work, with particular attention to harassment and harassment‑adjacent behaviours that contribute to hostile or exclusionary environments. It aims to provide employers with a clear, evidence‑based understanding of why women leave technical roles in the technology industry—not in ...

Article | Here’s a list of research papers and articles we used in making this site. If you have a paper you want to tell us about, please email it to [email protected]. Thank you! “Why Didn’t She Just Report Him? The Psychological and Legal Implications of Women’s Responses to Sexual Harassment” (1995, Journal of Social Issues) is ...

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#MeToo Story | Effy Zarabi is an Iranian Canadian police officer in Toronto. After being the target of unwanted sexual advances, racially explicit materials, and inappropriate and sexualized messages for years, she filed a complaint against the Toronto Police Service in 2018. She is currently on long-term disability.