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Grad launches Sexual Violence Project

BY DEEANNA ROLLINS Approximately 460,000 sexual assaults happen in Canada every year. Only 3.3 per cent of these assaults are reported to police, and only 0.3 per cent of assailants are convicted. That is the reason Laurie Snell, a Conestoga graduate, started The Sexual Violence Project, an online resource and support system for victims of sexual assault. “It’s a network of people who have been through the same thing,” said … Continued

Self-defence course held twice a year

By SHAFAQ PARWEZ Conestoga College has held a rape aggression defence course three times since September 2015. And the number of participants keeps growing every year. The course was most recently held at the college on Oct. 18, 19 and 20 in the multi-purpose room in the rec centre. It is currently offered twice a year, with Security Services hoping to add a summer session too. Its basic aim is … Continued

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