MONTREAL—A Quebec City university is unrolling a new sexual violence policy that includes a ban on intimate relationships between teachers and their students. Universite Laval’s policy also includes the creation of a centre dedicated to preventing sexual violence and mandatory training for students, teachers and staff. Universite Laval says in a news release that relationships between students and staff will not be banned in cases where there is no professional or teaching relationship between the two. ( Dreamstime )The measures announced Friday conform to new provincial legislation that requires all schools to have a sexual violence policy in place by Sept. 2019. Universite Laval says in a news release that relationships between students and staff will not be banned in cases where there is no professional or teaching relationship between the two.

Source: thestar October 13, 2018 18:00 UTC