Chart 1
Proportion of university and college teaching faculty, PhD students and postdoctoral fellows who experienced harassment in the year prior to the survey, by gender of victim, 2019

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Note(s):
The sample is restricted to only those who have a position in either a college or university, but not both. All differences between women and men respondents are statistically significant at p < 0.05, except for physical violence.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Survey of Postsecondary Faculty and Researchers, 2019.

Chart description


This is a bar clustered chart.

Proportion of university and college teaching faculty, PhD students and postdoctoral fellows who experienced harassment in the year prior to the survey, by gender of victim, 2019, %
  Total Women Men
Any type 27.7 33.5 22.0
Humiliating behaviour 17.7 21.5 14.1
Verbal abuse 16.1 19.8 12.6
Threats to person 7.7 8.4 6.9
Unwanted sexual attention/sexual harassment 4.5 7.0 2.1
Physical violence 0.8 0.8 0.7
Note(s):
The sample is restricted to only those who have a position in either a college or university, but not both. All differences between women and men respondents are statistically significant at p < 0.05, except for physical violence.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Survey of Postsecondary Faculty and Researchers, 2019.
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