The Second Assault

This week’s episode includes conversations with three young women who have had upsetting and demoralizing experiences bringing complaints about sexual assault or harassment to police. Hannah Kurchik is a joint law/social work student at the University of Windsor, and has spoken out in the past about her treatment by police when she reported a sexual assault. Irina Rosca is a Windsor Law grad who is now in practice at Monforton & Partners. Cherlene Cheung is a second-year law student at the University of Windsor, and a member of the national executive of Students for Consent Culture Canada (SFCC). Cherlene has also spoken out about her experiences reporting sexual assault in relation to how her undergraduate school (UOIT) dealt with her complaint.
In other news: an update regarding last week’s story about the Ontario government’s cuts to legal aid; Canadian Lawyer Magazine’s 2019 survey of legal fees; and the Ontario Court of Appeal accepts arguments about access to justice, procedural fairness, and evaluating evidence in the case of Kawartha-Haliburton Children’s Aid Society versus M.W., Curve Lake First Nation and Office of the Children’s Lawyer.
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Jumping Off the Ivory Tower is produced and hosted by Julie Macfarlane and Dayna Cornwall; production and editing by Brauntë Petric; Other News produced and hosted by Ali Tejani; promotion by Moya McAlister and Ali Tejani.