Ontario\u2019s universities commend Premier Kathleen Wynne and her government for taking decisive and sweeping action against sexual violence, a serious societal problem that should not be tolerated.<\/p>\n
The Premier\u2019s Action Plan on Sexual Violence takes aim at attitudes, behaviours and culture across all areas of society \u2013 in our elementary and secondary schools, our courts, our police forces, our workplaces and our universities and colleges.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is only by taking action together and recognizing that sexual violence is an issue for all of us to tackle that we have any hope of eradicating it,\u201d says Bonnie M. Patterson, President and CEO of the Council of Ontario Universities (COU), which represents the province\u2019s 20 publicly funded universities.<\/p>\n