11 July 2016

Dear Colleagues:

The Faculty Association Status of Women Committee is holding a consultation for women faculty on the Draft Sexual Assault Policy referred for consultation to the University community by the UBC Board of Governors.

The Faculty Association will respond to the Board on this Policy in September and we would like our response to closely reflect and be shaped by the views of our membership.

The Status of Women Committee will be holding a consultation for women faculty on:

Date: Wednesday, July 20
Time: 12:00 noon - 1:30 pm
Location: Room 123, Allard Building (Law Faculty), 1822 East Mall

All women faculty are welcome to attend. A light lunch will be provided.


There are other alternative/additional ways to have input into this consultation process.

  1. You can send comments directly to the UBC Board by way of the Office of the University Counsel at [email protected] or through the confidential feedback survey: https://survey.ubc.ca/s/sexual-assault-policy/ by September 30, 2016.
  2. Should you wish to have other input into the Faculty Association’s response to the Draft Policy, please email your input to the Faculty Association’s Executive Director, Deena Rubuliak, at [email protected] by September 10, 2016.
  3. The Status of Women Committee will also be holding a second consultation meeting for all faculty later the same week on Friday, July 22 in Allard, 10:00 am – 11:30 am, Room 123. All faculty are welcome to this second meeting. An additional notice will go out about this second meeting. Coffee, tea, and snacks will be served.

You can access the Policy at: http://universitycounsel.ubc.ca/files/2016/06/Proposed-Policy-131.pdf.

The University’s Broadcast Email on the Draft Policy and consultation can be accessed at: http://message.broadcast.ubc.ca/email/View.aspx?id=814175&q=1050987285&qz=80b894

Sincerely,

Margot Young
Chair, Status of Women Committee, UBCFA
[email protected]


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