Table 2
Students at Canadian military colleges who witnessed unwanted sexualized or discriminatory behaviours in a postsecondary setting in the past 12 months, by actions taken and reasons for not taking action and gender, 2019

Table 2
Students at Canadian military colleges who witnessed unwanted sexualized or discriminatory behaviours in a postsecondary setting in the past 12 months, by actions taken and reasons for not taking action and gender, 2019
Table summary
This table displays the results of Students at Canadian military colleges who witnessed unwanted sexualized or discriminatory behaviours in a postsecondary setting in the past 12 months. The information is grouped by Actions taken and reasons for not taking action (appearing as row headers), Unwanted sexualized behaviours, Discriminatory behaviours, Men, Women, percent and 95% confidence interval, calculated using from and to units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Actions taken and reasons for not taking action	Unwanted sexualized behaviours^{Table 2 Note 1}						Discriminatory behaviours^{Table 2 Note 2}
	Men^{Table 2 Note †}			Women			Men^{Table 2 Note †}			Women
	percent	95% confidence interval		percent	95% confidence interval		percent	95% confidence interval		percent	95% confidence interval
	percent	from	to	percent	from	to	percent	from	to	percent	from	to
Actions taken
Took action in at least one instance	57	51	62	74^Note *	65	80	49	42	56	67^Note *	57	76
Spoke to the person(s) responsible for the behaviour	85	79	90	85	76	90	92	84	96	83	71	91
Spoke to the person(s) targeted by the behaviour	51	43	58	47	37	57	43	32	54	46	35	58
Reported the behaviour to the school	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Intervene and separate those involved	26	20	33	13^Note *	8	22	20	13	31	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Created a distraction to stop the situation	35	28	43	36	27	47	22	14	33	26	17	39
Asked others to step in as a group	9	6	14	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Spoke to someone at a service run by the school	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Spoke to someone at a service run by students	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Spoke to someone outside school	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Shared on social media	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Called a crisis line	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Called school security	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Called the police or the military police	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Called the Sexual Misconduct Response Centre (SMRC)	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Took some other action	12	8	17	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Action not taken
Did not take action in at least one instance	94	91	96	91	85	95	77	71	83	77	67	85
Didn't think it was serious enough	85	80	88	65^Note *	55	73	68	59	75	40^Note *	29	52
Felt taking action would endanger the person targeted by the behaviour	6	4	10	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Felt worried for their own safety	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Didn't think it was their responsibility	10	7	14	16	10	24	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Felt there could be negative consequences for themselves or others	9	6	13	19^Note *	12	27	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	26	17	38
Believed others were taking action	6	4	10	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
The targeted person asked them not to take action	6	4	10	17^Note *	11	25	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Didn't know what to do	12	9	16	25^Note *	17	34	17	11	25	34^Note *	24	47
Felt uncomfortable	12	9	17	31^Note *	23	40	19	13	27	39^Note *	28	51
Worried that taking action would affect peer relationships	13	9	17	20	14	28	15	10	22	23	15	34
Worried about what others would think of them	10	7	14	17	11	26	12	7	18	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Other reasons	22	18	28	24	17	32	19	13	27	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
... not applicable F too unreliable to be published Note * significantly different from reference category (p < 0.05) Return to note * referrer Note † reference category Return to note † referrer Note 1 Includes sexual jokes, unwanted sexual attention, inappropriate sexual comments about appearance or body, inappropriate discussion about sex life, displaying, showing or sending sexually explicit messages or materials, taking or posting inappropriate or sexually suggestive photos or videos of any student without consent, indecent exposure or inappropriate display of body parts in a sexual manner, repeated pressure from the same person for dates or sexual relationships, unwelcome physical contact or getting too close, and offering workplace benefits for engaging in sexual activity or being mistreated for not engaging in sexual activity. Return to note 1 referrer Note 2 Includes suggestions that a man does not act like a man is supposed to act or a woman does not act like a woman is supposed to act, someone being insulted, mistreated, ignored, or excluded because of their gender, comments that people are not good at or should be prevented from being in a particular program because of their gender, someone being insulted, mistreated, ignored, or excluded because of their sexual orientation or assumed sexual orientation, and someone being insulted, mistreated, ignored, or excluded because they are, or are assumed to be, transgender. Return to note 2 referrer Note: Includes postsecondary students at the Royal Military College of Canada (RMC) in Kingston, Ontario and the Royal Military College Saint Jean (RMC SJ) in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec who witnessed (saw or heard) unwanted sexualized or discriminatory behaviours in the past 12 months. Includes behaviours which occurred in the postsecondary setting, including on campus, off campus (if they occurred during travel to or from school, during an official or unofficial event organized by someone affiliated with the school, or during paid or unpaid employment, or during on the job training) or online (where some or all of the people responsible were students, teachers or other people associated with the school). The categories "women" and "men" include cisgender and transgender women and men. Percent calculations are based on unrounded estimates and include missing responses. Respondents were able to provide information on multiple incidents; therefore, percentages do not add to 100. Confidence intervals should be interpreted as follows: If the survey were repeated many times, then 95% of the time (or 19 times out of 20), the confidence interval would cover the true population value. Confidence intervals for proportions are shown, and are available for numbers upon request. Source: Statistics Canada, Survey on Individual Safety in the Postsecondary Student Population.

Date modified:: 2020-10-08

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Table 2
Students at Canadian military colleges who witnessed unwanted sexualized or discriminatory behaviours in a postsecondary setting in the past 12 months, by actions taken and reasons for not taking action and gender, 2019

Table 2 Students at Canadian military colleges who witnessed unwanted sexualized or discriminatory behaviours in a postsecondary setting in the past 12 months, by actions taken and reasons for not taking action and gender, 2019

Table 2
Students at Canadian military colleges who witnessed unwanted sexualized or discriminatory behaviours in a postsecondary setting in the past 12 months, by actions taken and reasons for not taking action and gender, 2019