CHAP Program Rationale

1. Staff Training Session CHAP Program Rationale • Harassment and abuse can happen to any youth, anywhere (school, sports field, summer training camp, at home, hockey practice, etc.) • Policy of DND: to ensure a respectful, harassment-free and safe learning environment for cadets • Legal obligation to report suspected youth abuse (Provincial/Territorial Child Protection laws) Cadet Harassment and Abuse Prevention Program 1

2. Staff Training Session Roles and responsibilities of Roles and responsibilities of CHAP players CHAP players Players Role Responsibilities take an intensive training program on Master Trainers trainer for UHRA CHAP advisor deliver 2-day Human Rights Advisor Course act as centre of expertise on CHAP program for the UHRAs in the region Unit Human trainer deliver this module to staff Rights Advisors deliver the parents module on CHAP advisor deliver CHAP to cadets at LHQ advise cadets/the chain of command on harassment and abuse Other Adults in model appropriate behaviour take action/seek advice of UHRA CCM when aware of harassment or abuse take this module Cadets participant understand their rights and responsibilities with respect to harassment and abuse Cadet Harassment and Abuse Prevention Program 2 Cadet Harassment and Abuse Prevention Program

3. Staff Training Session • Agenda • Introduction to harassment and abuse • Discipline vs. abuse • Dealing with disclosures • Risk reduction: protecting yourself • Understanding consent Cadet Harassment and Abuse Prevention Program 3

4. Staff Training Session Harassment vs . Abuse HARASSMENT or or Adult Adult HARASSMENT or or Cadet Cadet or or or or ABUSE Cadet Adult, older youth or ( minor ) youth in a position of authority Cadet Harassment and Abuse Prevention Program 4 Cadet Harassment and Abuse Prevention Program

5. Staff Training Session • The Canadian Human Rights Act:prohibited grounds of discrimination • race • national or ethnic origin • colour • religion • age • sex • marital status • family status • disability • pardoned conviction • sexual orientation Cadet Harassment and Abuse Prevention Program 5

6. Staff Training Session • IMPACT • NOT • INTENT Cadet Harassment and Abuse Prevention Program 6

7. Staff Training Session • Non-contact sexual abuse • Examples: • Shown sexual videos or pornography • Forced to listen to sexual talk, obscene phone calls • Forced to pose for seductive or sexual photographs • Forced to look at sexual parts of the body (e.g., genitals, buttocks, anus, breasts) • Forced to watch sexual acts • Objectified and ridiculed about sexual body parts • Intrusive questions, comments or sexual nature • Object of voyeurism e.g., watching a cadet shower Cadet Harassment and Abuse Prevention Program 7

8. Staff Training Session • Contact sexual abuse • Examples: • Touched in sexual areas • Forced to touch another’s sexual areas • Kissed or held in a sexual manner • Forced to perform sex Cadet Harassment and Abuse Prevention Program 8

9. Staff Training Session • Consequences • 30% of all sexual assaults in Canada are committed by teenagers.* • If your actions do not conform to • the standard of behavior expected of a cadet, • the Canadian Human Rights Act, or • the law, • there will be disciplinary and/or legal consequences. *Bagley Report, 1994 Cadet Harassment and Abuse Prevention Program 9

10. Staff Training Session • Examples of sanctions • verbal apology • written apology • letter of reprimand • referral to counseling • reduction in rank • expulsion from working with cadets • criminal charges • imprisonment *Bagley Report, 1994 Cadet Harassment and Abuse Prevention Program 10

11. Staff Training Session • Responsibilities of leaders • must use that power responsibly and with respect for others • must be positive role models for cadets, • must set an example • must ensure an harassment-free and safe environment • must intervene and report incidents of harassment or abuse according to CCM policy • must take care of cadets and discipline them, when warranted Cadet Harassment and Abuse Prevention Program 11

12. Staff Training Session • Discipline vs. Abuse • Discipline • is related to misbehaviour • only deals with the misbehaviour • does not humiliate • is thoughtful • represents no threat to youth’s well-being • uses action • Abuse • is not related to behaviour • attacks self-esteem: “You’re bad, stupid, worthless, no good…” • humiliates • is impulsive • is more severe than warranted • uses force Fairholm, Hearing the Hurt, 1997 Cadet Harassment and Abuse Prevention Program 12

13. Staff Training Session Discipline vs. Abuse (cont.) • Discipline • Means youth accepts responsibility for youth’s actions • Is based on equality and respect • Encourages youth to problem-solve • Demonstrates caring • Teaches good behaviour • Abuse • Means adult takes responsibility for youth’s action • Is based on superior/ dominance control • Assumes only adults can solve youth’s problems • Demonstrates hostility • Destroys Fairholm, Hearing the Hurt, 1997 Cadet Harassment and Abuse Prevention Program 13

14. Staff Training Session The Issue of Consent • Consent is… • active not passive: words and body language say “Yes” • based on choice: both have power to say “No” • not manipulated: no pleading, no guilt feelings • not coerced: no imbalance of power • not submission due to fear: no threats • freely given: it is an individual’s choice Fairholm, Hearing the Hurt, 1997 Cadet Harassment and Abuse Prevention Program 14

15. Staff Training Session Wrap-Up • The main message for staff is that harassment incidents should be dealt with internally, informally, where appropriate, at the lowest level possible, by the CCM, while abuse incidents must be reported externally to the local Child Protection Agency. Staff should consult the UHRA who will know the correct procedures to follow. • Always remember that, when considering your actions, it is the impact and not the intent that matters most. Cadet Harassment and Abuse Prevention Program 15