Please call the GSU or the Women's Centre for confidential action or support. The University of Toronto has a Sexual Harassment Policy and a complaints procedure to deal with this problem. The Sexual Harassment Officer counsels those involved in sexual harassment complaints and educates the university community on this issue. For information, call 978-3908 and ask for Paddy Stamp. Calls to the Office and the complaints procedure itself are confidential.
Sexual harassment is a form of sexual coercion.
It may include verbal innuendo, unwelcome references to someone's sex or sexual orientation, jokes, suggestive or obscene remarks, unwanted sexual advances or unwanted touching. It may be a single incident, or part of a continuous barrage. Homophobic harassment is covered under the policy. The more threatening forms of sexual harassment may make the University environment intolerable to their victims, and result in people abandoning their studies. This is useful if you want to make a formal complaint, or if you want to confront the harasser.