Career College Sexual Violence Policy  

      1.   Sexual Violence Policy

a.       Black Horse Truck Training Academy Inc. is committed to providing its students with an educational environment free from sexual violence and treating its students who report incidents of sexual

          violence with dignity and respect.

b.      Black Horse Truck Training Academy Inc. has adopted this Sexual Violence Policy, which defines sexual violence and outlines its training, reporting, investigative, and disciplinary responses

          to complaints of sexual violence made by its students that have occurred on its campus, or at one of its events and involve its students.

c.       The person accused of engaging in sexual violence will be referred to as the “Respondent” and the person making the allegation as the “Complainant”.

d.       Any party to a Sexual Violence investigation or decision-making process has the right to have a person present with him or her at every stage of the process. 

      2.   Definition of Sexual Violence

Sexual violence means any sexual act or act targeting a person’s sexuality, gender identity or gender expression, whether the act is physical or psychological in nature, that is committed, threatened or attempted 

against a person without the person’s consent, and includes sexual assault, sexual harassment, stalking, indecent exposure, voyeurism and sexual exploitation.

      3.  Training, Reporting and Responding to Sexual Violence

a.    Black Horse Truck Training Academy Inc. will include a copy of the Sexual Violence Policy in every contract made between it and its students, and provide a copy of the Sexual Violence Policy 

        to career college management (corporate directors, controlling shareholders, owners, partners, other persons who manage or direct the career college’s affairs, and their agents), instructors, staff, 

        other employees and contractors and train them about the policy and its processes of reporting, investigating and responding to complaints of sexual violence involving its students. *Any company participating 

         in offering student internships on their premises must provide an undertaking in writing that it is in compliance with all applicable legislation, including the Ontario Human Rights Code and the Occupational 

         Health and Safety Act and will provide students access to those policies should they encounter issues relating to sexual violence in the workplace.

b.     The Sexual Violence Policy shall be published on its website (or where the Career College does not have a website in a conspicuous location on each of its campuses). Career college management, instructors, 

         staff, other employees and contractors of Black Horse Truck Training Academy Inc. will report incidents of or complaints of sexual violence to 

      Harkamaljit Sahota at Black Horse Truck Training Academy Inc. (647-622-5552) upon becoming aware of them.

c.       Students who have been affected by sexual violence or who need information about support services should contact Harkamaljit Sahota at Black Horse Truck Training Academy Inc. (647-622-5552)

d.      Subject to Section 4 below, to the extent it is possible, Black Horse Truck Training Academy Inc. will attempt to keep all personal information of persons involved in the investigation confidential except in those 

           circumstances where it believes an individual is at imminent risk of self-harm, or of harming another, or there are reasonable grounds to believe that others on its campus or the broader community are at risk. 

          This will be done by:

                       i.         ensuring that all complaints/reports and information gathered as a result of the complaint/reports will be only available to those who need to know for                                                purposes of investigation, implementing safety measures and other circumstances that arise from any given case; and

                          iI.         ensuring that the documentation is kept in a separate file from that of the Complainant/Student or the Respondent.

a.      Black Horse Truck Training Academy Inc. recognizes the right of the Complainant not to report an incident of or make a complaint about sexual violence or not request an investigation and not to participate in any investigation that may occur.

b.      Notwithstanding (e) above, in certain circumstances, Black Horse Truck Training Academy Inc. may be required by law or its internal policies to initiate an internal investigation and/or inform police without the complainant’s consent if it believes the safety of members of its campus or the broader community is at risk.

c.      In all cases, including (e & f) above and (h) below, Black Horse Truck Training Academy Inc. will appropriately accommodate the needs of its students who are affected by sexual violence. Students seeking accommodation should contact Harkamaljit Sahota at 647-622-5552. Students are not required to report incidences in order to request accommodation or access to support services.

d.      In this regard, Black Horse Truck Training Academy Inc. will assist students who have experienced sexual violence in obtaining counselling and medical care, and provide them with information about sexual violence supports and services available in the community as set out in Appendix 1 attached hereto. Students are not required to file a formal complaint in order to access supports and services.

e.      If students, in good faith, report an incident of, or make a complaint about, sexual violence, they will not be subject to discipline or sanctions for violations of the career college’s policies relating to drug or alcohol use at the time the alleged sexual violence occurred.

f.       Students who disclose their experience of sexual violence through reporting an incident of, making a complaint about, or accessing supports and services for sexual violence, will not be asked irrelevant questions during the investigation process by the  career college’s staff or investigators, including irrelevant questions relating to the student’s sexual expression or past sexual history.