Sexual Misconduct Process

UBC Sextual Violent Prevention and Response Office (SVPRO)

• Phone: 604-822-1588
• Email: svpro.vancouver@ubc.ca
• Web: https://svpro.ubc.ca

Once you contact SVPRO, they will assign a Confidential Support Specialist to guide you through the rest of steps. This part of the flow chart is only to give you an overview. Please scroll down the bottom of the web page https://svpro.ubc.ca/education/ubc-sexual-misconduct-policy-and-resources/ for a more comprehensive flowchart developed by SVPRO.

Please check https://svpro.ubc.ca/support/ for the full list of available resources. We list some resources that are not listed on SVPRO website. You can also involve your trusted third party when working with UBC SVPRO, such as, your union representative, association representative, lawyer, or even a friend or family member.

• UBC Office of the Ombudsperson, 604-822-6149, ombuds.office@ubc.ca, ombudsoffice.ubc.ca
• AAPS, 604-822-9025, aaps.office@ubc.ca, aaps.ubc.ca
• CUPE116, 604-827-1705, cupe116@cupe116.com, www.cupe116.com
• CUPE2950, 604-822-1494, office@cupe2950.ca, www.cupe2950.ca
• CUPE2278, www.cupe2278.ca
• Faculty Association, 604-822-2883, faculty.associationi@ubc.ca, www.facultyassociation.ubc.ca

Steps here are about disclosures as mentioned in Policy SC17. There is also a mandatory training course (Preventing and Responding to Sexual Misconduct) for all UBC members on https://wpl.ubc.ca. Overview of steps for responding to disclosure:

1. Recognize that a “disclosure” of sexualized violence is occurring.
   • Listen to what behaviour they are describing and how the behaviour is impacting them.
   • Keep in mind that the physical, emotional, and neurobiological effects of trauma impact individuals in a variety of ways.
   • Avoid making assumptions about how someone might present themselves when disclosing.
2. Respond in a supportive way.
   • Validate the person’s feeling with supportive statements.
   • Let the person disclosing take the lead.
   • Avoiding providing advice unless you are asked for it.
   • Assess their needs with non-invasive questions.
3. Refer the individual to UBC resources.
   • Offer to connect the individual to SVPRO
   • Ask for the person’s consent to take any action or share information (sharing disclosed information with others or taking action is a possible criminal activity, without explicit consent from the person disclosing).
   • Connect with SVPRO if you want to discuss your approach.
4. Honour the choices of the individual.
5. Keep everything confidential, unless there is a safety concern to the individual or the public.