Sexual Misconduct Policy

Elevare™ Career Institute   03500
Institution Name Institution Number
Sexual Misconduct Policy May 1, 2024 May 1, 2024
Policy Name Effective Date Revision Date

Purpose Statement

Elevare™ Career Institute wishes to confirm its responsibility to provide a safe and secure learning environment. At Elevare™ Career Institute, we firmly believe that there should be a safe environment for all the students, which is free from any kind of sexual misconduct as the college has zero tolerance towards this kind of misconduct.

Through this policy the institutions strive to prevent sexual misconduct and create a procedure to respond effectively and in a timely manner when incidents occur.

In 2016 the Government of BC introduced the Sexual Violence and Misconduct Policy Act S.B.C. c.23 (the Act). The Act requires BC post secondary institutions to establish, implement, and make publicly available a policy, with associated procedures, that addresses sexual misconduct, its prevention, and responses to sexual misconduct. This Policy has been designed in compliance with the Act.

Scope and Application

The policy applies to students, faculty and staff members working at Elevare™ Career Institute as well as extends to the visitors, volunteers and contractors at the campus, who may be found involved in any act of violating the respectful environment of the college by indulging in any sexual violence or misconduct.

Sexual misconduct is defined as any form of undesired activity of a sexual nature which intends to violate the sexual integrity of the individual to whom it is directed. Sexual assault is characterized by a broad range of behaviors that involve the use of coercion, threats or control towards a person which makes the person feel uncomfortable, distressed, frightened.

Sexual misconduct may involve:

  • Sexual Assault
  • Sexual Exploitation
  • Sexual Harassment
  • Stalking
  • Incident Exposure
  • Voyeurism
  • Distribution of a sexually explicit photograph or video of a person, without the consent of the person in the photo or video.
  • Attempt to commit an act of sexual misconduct
  • Threat to commit an act of sexual misconduct.

Reporting/Disclosure Procedure

The person who wishes to disclose sexual misconduct or make a formal report against it may do so as per the following process:

  1. Victim/Survivor safety comes first. Campus staff will discreetly ensure that the victim/survivor will receive any required medical attention and any security measures required to keep them safe.
  2. The person (victim) may choose to disclose the sexual misconduct to the Executive Director/SEA of Elevare™ Career Institute, without making a formal report. In this case a formal process may not be initiated, but the management will deal with the disclosure seriously and may take steps to avoid the repetition of the incident.
  3. To initiate a formal process, the victim or a member of the college community, on behalf of the victim, needs to submit a report in writing to the Executive Director/ Senior Educational Administrator of Elevare™ Career Institute.
  4. The person against whom allegations are made will be informed about the same, keeping the name and details of the complainant private. The person will be given 24 hours’ time to submit written explanation about the incident. The SEA of Elevare™ Career Institute will then verify all the available evidence and if found guilty, the alleged perpetrator will be asked to offer a written apology to the complainant and will also be expelled from work/study (as the case may be).
  5. If the perpetrator is a visitor, whom the Elevare™ Career Institute authorities cannot access, the information of the visitor will be given to the local police along with the copy of the complaint, if the complainant agrees to this.
  6. The information of the complainant will be kept confidential according to the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, unless, it becomes mandatory by law to disclose the information to get full justice to the complainant. If required, the complainant will be given to counseling or emergency medical care to overcome the mental or physical problems faced by the complainant due to the incident.

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