Were listening: Campaign aims to help combat sexual violence on Quebec higher education campuses – Montreal [Video]

A campaign was launched Tuesday at Concordia University with the aim to educate, inform and spread awareness about sexual violence in higher education institutions.

Spearheaded by Concordia University’s Centre for the Study of Learning and Performance (CSLP), On s’ecoute includes a website with training on sexual consent and four video clips featuring testimonies of victims of sexual violence and experts sharing their knowledge on the issue.

It also has an interactive map to help victims locate resources.

The project was created by Léa Clermont-Dion, a Quebec author and professor who was also a victim of sexual assault.

“It takes time to change mentality, so we have to be patient, but On s’ecoute is a way to create this transformation of our society and I think it could happen, but we have to keep together and work,” she said.

According to research conducted by l’Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), one-third of college and university students report …