Milano's tweet kicked off an international movement that changed the culture of silence around sexual assault and harassment, leading to scores of accusations against powerful men. Uncovering a systemic problemIn Canada, the #MeToo movement was preceded years earlier by sexual assault charges laid against former CBC radio host Jian Ghomeshi in 2014, Khan said. When the #MeToo movement took off on social media, it sparked further conversations in Canada that sexual violence is a systemic problem. It released a report on students' experiences and understandings of sexual violence at the university's three campuses in 2019. A survivor of sexual violence herself, Wright began her advocacy work with University of Toronto student group Silence Is Violence.

Source: CBC News October 30, 2022 14:23 UTC