Being an active bystander enables you to feel confident in challenging unwanted types of behaviour. This session will give you the tools to intervene safely and effectively.
Being an Active Bystander means that we don’t stand by when we witness troubling behaviour; instead we take action and ensure that our University Community continues to feel like a safe, fun and accepting place to be. Troubling behaviour might include homophobic, racist or sexist jokes; discrimination; or taking advantage of a power imbalance, like status, size or level of inebriation. Power dynamics are often involved in cases of sexual violence, relationship violence, bullying or harassment.
Being an active bystander enables you to feel confident in challenging these types of behaviour, or otherwise intervening safely and effectively and this session will give you tools in order to do that