P.E.I. program to reduce workplace sexual harassment will go on, despite no federal funding [Video]

A P.E.I. project will continue to encourage people to talk about workplace sexual harassment, despite federal funding for the program coming to an end. 

The Shift project, run by the P.E.I. Human Rights Commission, began in 2019. It was inspired by #MeToo, the global social awareness campaign against sexual abuse and harassment.

The federal Department of Justice funded the program for five years, but that support came to an end this spring. 

Even so, the project’s manager said the provincial human rights commission will continue to fund the Shift workshops because of how prevalent the problem is in Island workplaces. 

“It was very clear from the calls that the human rights commission was getting that sexual harassment in the workplace is …