How a scholar led reshaping of Carleton's sexual violence policy

Caitlin Salvino was in Washington, D.C., on a student exchange in the fall of 2016 when an email popped into her inbox: Her school, Carleton University, was soliciting feedback from students about its then-newly drafted sexual violence policy.
Curious, she clicked through to the email.
Salvino had spent her time at Carleton so far with her nose in her books. She describes herself as extremely studious, a straight-A student in an honours human rights and law program who won academic awards. In fa