Does your institution have a policy or protocol to address sexual harassment in experiential learning?
If yes, do you know where to find it, how often it’s reviewed, and whether it’s practical, aligned and effective in real-world settings? If no, are you ready to start building one, and wondering what to consider, who to involve, and how to make it truly work?
In this first of a two-part session, we’ll explore the foundations of policy and protocol development specific to experiential learning contexts. You’ll identify key building blocks, common gaps, and opportunities to strengthen your institutional or organizational response.
Learning Outcomes:
1) Understand features of common scenarios students may face and begin to develop a repertoire of strategies for effectively responding.
2) Identify key dimensions of institutional policy that threaten timely and effective response, and begin to consider approaches that prioritize student safety, health, and well-being.
Webinars are offered at no charge. Attendees are provided with closed captioning and simultaneous French or English translation. If you have any additional accessibility requests to support your participation, please email us at communications@couragetoact.ca.
Instructors: Katie Fizzell & Farrah Khan
Katie Fizzell is the Experiential Learning Strategist in Career Services at Queen’s University. In this role, she offers centralized support to faculty and staff as they develop and expand curricular and co-curricular experiential learning opportunities. Katie joined Career Services in 2013 after facilitating a variety of experiential learning opportunities in the secondary school system. In past roles at Queen’s, she has facilitated the Queen’s Undergraduate Internship Program and taught professional development and undergraduate courses with the Department of Global Development Studies on the theme of globally engaged learning.
Farrah Khan is CEO of Possibility Seeds, a Canadian consultancy advancing gender equity through systems change. An internationally recognized expert on building cultures of consent, Farrah served on the inaugural G7 Gender Equality Advisory Council, briefed House of Commons and Senate committees, and is a regular voice in media, including The Globe and Mail, The Guardian, and CBC. She has developed and led the Courage to Act Project, Canada’s first national initiative to prevent gender-based violence in post-secondary education, benefiting 1.8 million students and employees. Farrah brings a bold vision to designing transformative, accountable, and future-ready systems. She advises institutions on sexual harassment prevention, trauma-informed response, and organizational accountability. Creator of the BRAVE Model, a trauma-informed disclosure framework, she has trained over 100,000+ people to support survivors with care, clarity, and responsibility. Recipient of the Governor General’s Persons Case Award and the YWCA Women of Distinction Award, her lifelong work reflects a commitment to addressing systemic change rooted in joy, equity, and care.
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