22 Gray received a phone call from York University's manager of community relations and crime prevention, who notified her of her alleged perpetrator's schedule so she could avoid areas where he has classes. "It takes over my entire physical body." The source of her suffering is knowing she could encounter her alleged perpetrator on campus: On Feb. ".Going to York at this point in time, I feel a great deal of anxiety," she said. "But it's been the exact opposite." Nothing in place guiding York University's process: GrayĪccording to Gray, several factors influenced her decision to put her studies on hold and take a leave of absence from employment at York University on Feb 21. Figure it out here's the plan, this is how we deal with this," Gray said. I thought in that moment.York University would just get their stuff together. Her alleged perpetrator was arrested, charged with one count of sexual assault and released on bail on Feb. 2 Gray reported the alleged assault to the Toronto Police Service. She took a cab to Mount Sinai Hospital, where she was examined by a nurse who specializes in caring for survivors of sexual assault.Īnd on Monday, Feb. 1 only to discover the hospital's Sexual Assault/Domestic Violence Care Centre operates on regular business hours, Monday to Friday. (Lyzaville Sale/CBC)Seeking a sexual assault kit, Gray reported to Women's College Hospital in Toronto on Sunday, Feb. "On JanuI was raped by another York University PhD student teaching assistant," Mandi Gray told the CBC. 30, where she saw colleagues, classmates and friends. She told the CBC it happened following an informal university gathering on Jan. Gray, who is employed as a teaching assistant and research assistant at Osgoode Hall Law School, part of York University, could not speak to details of the assault because the investigation is ongoing. "I'm back here, where I feel safe and supported by people I've known for a long time," she said. The CBC met Gray, 26, at the Elizabeth Fry Society of Manitoba a Selkirk Avenue resource centre she worked at as an advocate for women in the criminal justice system before moving to Toronto in 2013. So rather than return to classes following the end of reading week on Feb. That student has been charged with sexual assault and released on bail but Gray says the university isn't taking her safety seriously. PhD student Mandi Gray said she was sexually assaulted by a fellow student in January. A Winnipeg woman says she won't go back to York University in Toronto until it can guarantee her safety.
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