Task force launched to tackle sexual harassment at UBC medical school

UBC medical students are being sexually harassed more often than students in other Canadian medical schools, according to a new report.
An internal memo written by Dr. Andrea Townson, acting co-head of the UBC department of medicine, and sent to medical faculty at the University of British Columbia, refers to the “deeply concerning” results from a 2018 questionnaire of students who graduated from the 17 medical schools across Canada. Sexual remarks, uninvited touching and sexual assa