U of Sask. students rally against sexual violence after woman assaulted in campus building
CBC
Members of the University of Saskatchewan community gathered Thursday afternoon to rally against sexual violence on campus and call for better safety.
The rally was organized after a student was sexually assaulted on the Saskatoon university's campus at the end of September.
A 22-year-old man has since been arrested and is facing charges of sexual assault with a weapon, forcible confinement and uttering threats.
On Thursday, dozens of students, faculty, staff and supporters gathered in Nobel Plaza holding signs with messages of support for survivors and calls for safety and accountability.
Third-year student Aubrey-Anne Laliberte-Pewapisconias was one of the speakers at the rally. She said campus needs to be a place where it is "safe to learn, safe to study, safe to exist," and called on supporters to stand up for the most vulnerable members of the campus community.
"Being an Indigenous woman, when I leave the house at any time … my parents are worried," she said. "I see them being scared. I see them knowing for me, being an Indigenous woman walking around, the risk is super high.
"It's so scary to live in that constant fear and know that you have to live with that."
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