Tehnic Truck Training Academy Ltd. is committed to providing its students with an educational environment free from sexual violence and treating its students who report incidents of sexual violence with dignity and respect.
Technic Truck Training Academy Ltd. has adopted this Sexual Violence Policy, which defines sexual violence and outlines its training, reporting, investigative, and disciplinary responses to complaints of sexual violence made by its students that have occurred on its campus, or at one of its events and involve its students.
The person accused of engaging in sexual violence will be referred to as the “Respondent” and the person making the allegation as the “Complainant”.
2. Definition of Sexual Violence
Sexual violence means any sexual act or act targeting a person’s sexuality, gender identity or gender expression, whether the act is physical or psychological in nature, that is committed, threatened or attempted against a person without the person’s consent, and includes sexual assault, sexual harassment, stalking, indecent exposure, voyeurism and sexual exploitation.
3. Training, Reporting and Responding to Sexual Violence
Technic Truck Training Academy Ltd. will include a copy of the Sexual Violence Policy in every contract made between it and its students, and provide a copy of the Sexual Violence Policy to career college management (corporate directors, controlling shareholders, owners, partners, other persons who manage or direct the career college’s affairs, and their agents), instructors, staff, other employees and contractors and train them about the policy and its processes of reporting, investigating and responding to complaints of sexual violence involving its students. *Any company participating in offering student internships on their premises must provide an undertaking in writing that it is in compliance with all applicable legislation, including the Ontario Human Rights Code and the Occupational Health and Safety Act and will provide students access to those policies should they encounter issues relating to sexual violence in the workplace.
The Sexual Violence Policy shall be published on its website (or where the Career College does not have a website in a conspicuous location on each of its campuses). Career college management, instructors, staff, other employees and contractors of Technic Truck Training Academy Ltd. will report incidents of or complaints of sexual violence to Brinderpal Singh Thind at Technic Truck Training Academy Ltd. +1 (416) 248-1015 upon becoming aware of them.
Students who have been affected by sexual violence or who need information about support services should contact Brinderpal Singh Thind at Technic Truck Training Academy Ltd. +1 (416) 248-1015
Subject to Section 4 below, to the extent it is possible, Technic Truck Training Academy Ltd. will attempt to keep all personal information of persons involved in the investigation confidential except in those circumstances where it believes an individual is at imminent risk of self-harm, or of harming another, or there are reasonable grounds to believe that others on its campus or the broader community are at risk. This will be done by:
1. ensuring that all complaints/reports and information gathered as a result of the complaint/reports will be only available to those who need to know for purposes of investigation, implementing safety measures and other circumstances that arise from any given case; and
2. ensuring that the documentation is kept in a separate file from that of the Complainant/Student or the Respondent.
Technic Truck Training Academy Ltd. recognizes the right of the Complainant not to report an incident of or make a complaint about sexual violence or not request an investigation and not to participate in any investigation that may occur.
Notwithstanding (e) above, in certain circumstances, Technic Truck Training Academy Ltd. may be required by law or its internal policies to initiate an internal investigation and/or inform police without the complainant’s consent if it believes the safety of members of its campus or the broader community is at risk.
In all cases, including (e & f) above and (h) below, Technic Truck Training Academy Ltd. will appropriately accommodate the needs of its students who are affected by sexual violence. Students seeking accommodation should contact Brinderpal Singh Thind at +1 (416) 248-1015. Students are not required to file a formal complaint in order to access supports and services.
In this regard, Technic Truck Training Academy Ltd. will assist students who have experienced sexual violence in obtaining counselling and medical care and provide them with information about sexual violence supports and services available in the community as set out in Appendix 1 attached hereto. Students are not required to file a formal complaint in order to access supports and services.
Students are not required to report an incident of, or make a complaint about, sexual violence in order to obtain the supports and services.
If students, in good faith, report an incident of, or make a complaint about, sexual violence, they will not be subject to discipline or sanctions for violations of the career college’s policies relating to drug or alcohol use at the time the alleged sexual violence occurred.
Students who disclose their experience of sexual violence through reporting an incident of, making a complaint about, or accessing supports and services for sexual violence, will not be asked irrelevant questions during the investigation process by the career college’s staff or investigators, including irrelevant questions relating to the student’s sexual expression or past sexual history.
5. Disciplinary Measures
If it is determined by Technic Truck Training Academy Ltd. that the Respondent did engage in sexual violence, immediate disciplinary or corrective action will be taken. This may include:
disciplinary action up to and including termination of employment of instructors or staff; or
expulsion of a student; and /or
the placement of certain restrictions on the Respondent’s ability to access certain premises or facilities; and/or
any other actions that may be appropriate in the circumstances.
Appeal
Should the Complainant or the Respondent not agree with the decision resulting from the investigation, he or she may appeal the decision to Sandeep Singh, Director of Appeals within 10 days by submitting a letter addressed to Brinderpal Thind at Technic Truck Training Academy Ltd., 7115 Edwards Blvd, Mississauga, ON L5S 1Z2 advising of the person’s intent to appeal the decision.
7. Making False Statements
Should the Complainant or the Respondent not agree with the decision resulting from the investigation, he or she may appeal the decision to Sandeep Singh, Director of Appeals within 10 days by submitting a letter addressed to Brinderpal Thind at Technic Truck Training Academy Ltd., 7115 Edwards Blvd, Mississauga, ON L5S 1Z2 advising of the person’s intent to appeal the decision.
It is a violation of this Sexual Violence Policy for anyone to knowingly make a false complaint of sexual violence or to provide false information about a complaint.
Individuals who violate this Sexual Violence Policy are subject to disciplinary and/or corrective action up to and including termination of employment of instructors or staff or expulsion of a student.
8. Reprisal
It is a violation of this Sexual Violence Policy to retaliate or threaten to retaliate against a complainant who has brought forward a complaint of sexual violence, provided information related to a complaint, or otherwise been involved in the complaint investigation process.
Individuals who violate the Sexual Violence Policy are subject to disciplinary and/or corrective action, up to and including termination of employment of instructors or staff or expulsion of a student.
9. Review
Technic Truck Training Academy Ltd. shall ensure that student input is considered in the development of its Sexual Violence Policy and every time it is reviewed or amended.
Technic Truck Training Academy Ltd. shall review its Sexual Violence Policy 3 years after it is first implemented and amend it where appropriate. The review date will be April 30, 2027.
10. Collection of Student Data
Technic Truck Training Academy Ltd. shall collect and be prepared to provide upon request by the Superintendent of Career Colleges such data and information as required according to Subsections 32.3 (8), (9) and (10) of Schedule 5 of the Ontario Career Colleges Act, 2005 as amended.
