Title: UBC ‘abandoned’ women who reported sexual assaults: Grad student finally expelled after a year and half of complaints, fifth estate discovers
Source: CBC News
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Date published: 11.20.2016
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-The University of British Columbia took more than a year and a half to act against a grad student despite mounting complaints of harassment or sexual assault by at least six women on campus, an investigation bythe fifth estate reveals.
The women allege Dmitry Mordvinov, a 28-year old PhD student in the history department, committed a wide range of offensive acts against them from inappropriate touching to sexual assault, starting at least as far back as the spring of 2013. The university quietly expelled him last week.
-UBC declined to talk to the fifth estate about the details of the case or the criticisms raised by the women, citing privacy concerns. But in an email statement to the fifth estate, UBC spokesperson Leslie Dickson said, “We take serious assault seriously and welcome a constructive dialogue on how our administrative processes … can be made clearer and more responsive.””
“Even after Mordvinov’s expulsion this month, many of the women feel betrayed by the university they called home.
“If the university isn’t going to take care of this or isn’t going to try and offer a safe space for people to learn in, then … by doing that you’re making it really easy for predators,” said one of them.