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The Forum brings together culturally and gender diverse survivor, student, and advocate perspectives on current realities related to gender-based sexual violence and oppressions on Canadian campuses. Speakers will focus on implications for policy and programs required to create inclusive, safe campuses. Participants will learn about emerging, innovative, and culturally responsive online and in-person supports and programs for survivors, bystanders, and those who have committed harm.

Source: Reinventing Our Campuses: Creating Real Community Safety to Address Sexual Violence

Elysée Nouvet and collaborators at Western University launch the Global Health Equity Hub, to bring “together information on the people, events, research activities, educational opportunities, partnerships and student organizations dedicated to Global Health Equity at Western. Our goal is to make it easier for all – students, faculty, community partners, everyone – to find out about our efforts in GHE, access relevant resources, and get involved.”

“[O]ur ongoing research with Syrian refugee families in London, Ont., Calgary, and Fredericton, N.B., shows that while these families are achieving strong social and economic gains, acquiring fluency, employment, and social networks, the obscene inflation in the housing market means that costs are outpacing their economic gains…Public housing is the only option that quickly and simultaneously addresses both supply and affordability issues,” writes Abe Oudshoorn in the Toronto Star.