Consent is learned. | Consent is key

Education is key to prevention.
We can do better.

1/3

In college as well as in university, more than one in three people have experienced some form of sexual violence.

Source: ESSIMU, 2016 and PIECES, 2020

75%

In Québec, 75% of youth aged 15–25 endorse myths that question the credibility of sexual assault victims.

Source: Baril & al., 2025

42%

42% of student athletes have experienced sexual violence since arriving at university.

Source: Parent & al., 2022

CONSENT IS KEY seeks to inform, educate, raise awareness, and mobilize the province’s university and college communities around sexual violence.

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An initiative of the Centre for the Study of Learning and Performance (CSLP) at Concordia University, funded by the Ministry of Higher Education.

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Support resources for cases of sexual violence.

Whatever your situation or needs, support resources are available if you have experienced sexual violence.

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