Issue link: https://publications.tfs.ca/i/876791
____________________________________________________________________________________ Page 2 of 19 Septembre 2016 Septembre 2016 Harassment Policy Background 1. Schools have an ethical and legal obligation to provide an environment where students and employees can carry out their activities in an atmosphere that is fair, safe, humane and responsible. A school environment should support, nurture and reward educational and career progress on the basis of such relevant factors as academic achievement and work performance. Such an environment should be free from all sorts of harassment, abuse and intimidation. Harassment is offensive, degrading and threatening. It is a form of dis crimination and is illegal. 2 . Where a complaint of sexual harassment is made by a student or her/his parent(s)/guardian(s) on the student's behalf against an employee of the School and where that sexual harassment is inappropriate touching, and where th e student is under the age of 16, the complaint falls within the mandate of the Child Sexual Abuse Protocol and the Child and Family Service Act and MUST be reported to the Children's Aid Society, the Catholic Children's Aid Society or the Jewish Child and Family Services who will do the investigation using procedures established under the Child Sexual Abuse procedure. (See the TFS Safe School Policy and Procedures.) 3 . TFS has implemented a specific policy on Workplace Violence which complements the Harassment policy. This policy can be found in the TFS Policies and Procedures available on the HR Google Drive.