SGBV Task Force

In Fall 2025 the Office of the VP Student Life launched the Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) Task Force. Composed of ten student representatives from across various student communities, the Task Force saw strong engagement from members, as well as guest appearances and consultations with folks from across the University community.This work successfully united key interest-holders from across campuses to identify gaps, inefficiencies, and barriers within SGBV-related programming and support across the University.

SGBV Task Force Final Report

In Winter 2026, the SGBV Task Force presented their Final Report and received full endorsement of their recommendations from Students' Council. The Task Force's identified eleven recommendations:

1. Mandatory, institution-wide consent education for all incoming undergraduate students through an online orientation module.
2. Expansion of the Options Navigation Network.
3. Formal recognition of October 4th as Sisters in Spirit Day.
4. Expanding and strengthening Non-Disciplinary Accountability Options for sexual and gender-based violence through Student Success and Experience.
5. Developing the ability to consistently offer culturally competent SGBV support and recourse options to Indigenous students.
6. Improving the accessibility, clarity and visibility of SGBV information through bilingual resources, a plain-language flowchart, and consistent semester-based programming.
7. For Residence Services to provide Students’ Council with a presentation on its current SGBV response practices, and to develop a multi-year strategy for addressing SGBV in residence, supported by annual statistics reporting.
8. For the UASU to make necessary updates to the Campus Sexual Violence webpage and the Political Policy on Sexual Violence.
9. Developing a coordinated response to sex-for-accommodation ('sex-for-rent') exploitation.
10. Making the SGBV in Work-Integrated Learning Toolkit easy to access by embedding it directly in course infrastructure, including syllabi and Canvas of relevant courses, as well as 'first-landing' resource pages.
11. Building more substantive sexual health awareness efforts, especially around contraception and access to care.