Recent coverage of sexual misconduct in Canada’s military only seems to be growing. From the recent testimony given in parliamentary committee on the handling of the Gen. Jonathan Vance investigation, to a senior military commander being under investigation after being accused of sexually assaulting a subordinate and the Liberal government’s recent shutdown of the probe into sexual misconduct.

Today in The Conversation Canada, Karyne Gélinas from St. Mary’s University, explains what she witnessed and what happened to her during her 10 years in the military, and highlights the need for culture change through Gareth Morgan’s psychic prison metaphor.

She believes nothing will change until it’s clear how everyone colludes consciously and unconsciously.

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Haley Lewis

Culture + Society Editor
Vice-Admiral Haydn Edmundson manages military personnel command, which gives him authority over career consequences for military members found to have engaged in sexual misconduct, he is on indefinite leave with pay after being accused of sexually assaulting a subordinate. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

Sexual misconduct, abuse of power, adultery and secrecy: What I witnessed in Canada’s military

Karyne Gélinas, Saint Mary’s University

Deeper levels of comprehension are needed to understand the embedded inequalities and misconducts in the Canadian Armed Forces.
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