The university changed its approach quietly, without public explanation or comment on whether non-disclosure agreements will still be used in other cases of abuse.
Dalhousie University has made a significant change to the way it responds to cases of sexualized violence involving members of its community. In the week following several events hosted by the group Can’t Buy My Silence, or CBMS, in Halifax—including training and information sessions on banning the misuse of non-disclosure agreements because of their harmful consequences, and an event specifically geared to ending their misuse in universities—Dal updated its sexualized violence website…