Sexual misconduct can be fatal. A heartbreaking reminder of that reality came in July with the sudden passing of Krista Carle, a former RCMP constable who took her own life after battling the trauma of sexual harassment at the hands of Canada’s iconic police force. Former RCMP member Ms. Krista Carle in Victoria, B.C., on March […]
A P P R E C I A T I O N Krista Carle Victim of the horrors of sexual misconduct at the RCMP, Champion in helping others to overcome theirs. By now it is widely known that sexual harassment in the workplace can be life-altering. What is too often overlooked is that it can […]
A POSSIBLE SOLUTION? Public disclosure of annual harassment statistics and a ban on non-disclosure agreements will go a long way to preventing sexual harassment of women in the workplace, an advocate says. “Until we start to get a better picture, we won’t be able to measure any kind of progress,” Kathleen Finlay, founder of the […]
Two recent high-profile stories raise the spectre of a chilling effect on the willingness of women to come forward when they believe they have been the victim of sexual assault and sexual harassment in the workplace. Read former NBC News Anchor Tom Brokaw’s attack on Linda Vester, who says he sexually assaulted her. More than 60 prominent women take his side, while […]
