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Here you’ll find basic information about sexual harassment. What it is, how it’s legally defined in Canada, and how it can harm your career, your finances, and your mental health.

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Harassment

101

  • What is workplace sexual harassment?

    3-minute read

  • How does the law in Canada determine if I’ve been harassed?

    3-minute read

  • How can you tell if what you are experiencing is sexual harassment?

    3-minute read

How it

hurts

  • How does sexual harassment affect people’s mental health?

    8-minute read

  • How can sexual harassment affect my career?

    9-minute read

  • How sexual harassment can hurt you financially

    6-minute read

What’s

next?

  • You’re being sexually harassed at work. What are your options?

    8-minute read

Trying to decide whether to report? Thinking about quitting your job? Here we'll help you figure out the pros and cons. Plus, we'll tell you the three things that experts say everyone should do.

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Do this

first

  • Do this first: Assess your situation

    6-minute read

  • Do this first: Document everything

    4-minute read

  • Do this first: Build a support network

    3-minute read

Stop the

Harassment

  • How can I talk with the harasser to get them to stop?

    2-minute read

  • How can I talk with my employer to get them to stop the harassment?

    4-minute read

  • You’re being sexually harassed at work. Should you report?

    4-minute read

  • Working with your union

    11-minute read

Start to

rebuild

  • The secret your employer doesn’t want you to know

    8-minute read

  • How to protect your career

    5-minute read

  • How to protect yourself financially

    5-minute read

  • How to decide whether to quit your job—and how to make that work

    6-minute read

  • How to decide whether to change your career to get away from harassment—and how to make that work

    7-minute read

Manifest

your truth

  • How to find and work with a lawyer

    9-minute read

  • How to decide whether to take legal action (and what to expect if you do)

    16-minute read

  • How to decide whether to file a human rights complaint

    1-minute read

  • How to decide whether to go public, and how to protect yourself if you do

    9-minute read

  • Who blows the whistle on sexual harassment, and what happens to them afterward

    7-minute read

Harassment can really hurt us—including in ways we don’t necessarily expect. Here you can learn how harassment hurts people’s mental health, and how to protect yourself.

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How We

React

  • Why we blame ourselves and what can help

    6-minute read

  • Shock, confusion, and disbelief: Why we feel them and what can help

    5-minute read

  • Fear, worry, and anxiety: Why we feel them and what can help

    4-minute read

  • Anger: Why we feel it and what can help

    5-minute read

  • Depression and sadness: Why we feel them and what can help

    6-minute read

  • Grief and loss: Why we feel them and what can help

    6-minute read

How to

Deal

  • 20 ways to take care of your mental health

    8-minute read

What it all

Means

  • How to make sense of what happened to you: Understanding the trauma of sexual harassment

    8-minute read

  • How to navigate a world that’s not just

    8-minute read

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