Table 6
Students at Canadian military colleges who personally experienced unwanted sexualized or discriminatory behaviours in a postsecondary setting in the past 12 months, by type of impact, 2019


Table 6
Students at Canadian military colleges who personally experienced unwanted sexualized or discriminatory behaviours in a postsecondary setting in the past 12 months, by type of impact, 2019
Table summary
This table displays the results of Students at Canadian military colleges who personally experienced unwanted sexualized or discriminatory behaviours in a postsecondary setting in the past 12 months. The information is grouped by Type of impact (appearing as row headers), Unwanted sexualized behaviours, Discriminatory behaviours, percent and 95% confidence interval, calculated using from and to units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Type of impact Unwanted sexualized behavioursTable 6 Note 1 Discriminatory behavioursTable 6 Note 2
percent 95% confidence interval percent 95% confidence interval
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Emotional impacts
Angry 15 11 20 26 19 34
Upset 12 9 16 20 13 28
Frustrated 15 11 20 29 22 38
Confused 15 11 21 12 8 20
Fearful 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
More cautious or aware 15 12 20 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Less trustful of others 12 9 17 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
In shock or disbelief 11 7 16 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Hurt or disappointed 10 7 14 19 13 28
Depressed 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
Anxious 9 6 12 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Experiencing suicidal thoughts 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
Ashamed 10 7 14 13 8 21
Guilty 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
Annoyed 29 24 35 37 29 47
Experiencing lowered self-esteem 7 5 11 18 12 26
Other emotional impact 7 5 12 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Not much of an emotional impact 35 29 42 24 17 33
No emotional impact at all 50 43 56 21 14 30
Impacts on school experience
Drop a class or classes or stop going to any classes 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
Change program, change school, or drop out of 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
Ask for extensions, ask to reschedule exams, or try to change class schedule 5 3 8 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Change where they live, change route to school, or change time of travel to or from 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
Avoid specific buildings at school 9 6 13 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Use drugs or alcohol to cope 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
Get help from a mental health professional 6 3 9 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Impacts on relationships and Canadian military college (CMC) pillars
Friends, roommates or peers 12 8 16 16 11 24
Family members 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
CMC pillarsTable 6 Note 3 8 5 12 17 11 24
... not applicable
F too unreliable to be published
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.

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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.

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Note 3

Includes leadership, physical, bilingual and academic pillars.

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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 experienced (targeted, directed at them personally) 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). 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.
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