Dr Zuleyka Zevallos

Surveying over 30,000 students, study finds 2,100 (6.9%) have been sexually assaulted during the past two years

More than half of all university students were sexually harassed in 2016, with 21% of those in a university setting.

Women are three times as likely as men to be victims of sexual assault, demonstrating a link to broader patterns of gender violence.

Women reported being raped & assaulted by perpetrators known to have a history of sexual assault on campus, but who'd faced no consequences

Women scolded for reporting sexual assault; told to take better care of themselves next time; or to take harassment "as a compliment."

Women were four times more likely to be sexually assaulted than men in a university residence.

Postgraduate students were more likely to have to been sexually harassed or sexually assaulted by a staff member.

Overwhelming majority of people who were sexually assaulted (87%) or sexually harrassed (94%) on campus did not report formally. #astroSH

Over 90% of students who have been sexually assaulted or harassed on campus did not seek other university assistance to manage the trauma.

25% of students have witnessed another student being sexually harassed in a university setting but the majority did not intervene or report.

Students see their institutions make the process of reporting sexual harassment & assault unclear. Those report unhappy w/ outcome. #astroSH

"....Students face a range of barriers, structural & attitudinal, to reporting or seeking support following sexual assault or harassment."

Indigenous women as well as disabled women were most likely to experience sexual harassment. #astroSH #marginsci