I was walking with my two daughters who are 9 and 10 years old. A man who appeared intoxicated was pushing a bike with 2 beer kegs on the handles. He started shouting and making sounds at us. I heard him say “oohhhh nice legs” My daughter looked over and he shouted at us “yeah … Continued
It’s not just the constant leering and catcalls that bother me, but I’ve experienced being called over to a police car for the officer to inform me I had a ‘nice ass’. When an average dude does this, it’s creepy enough..but a police officer? How am I supposed to deal with that? It’s my word … Continued
June 15, 2017 (Ottawa, ON). This week marks the two-year anniversary of a successful and ongoing joint anti-harassment strategy between OC Transpo and local women’s groups. The Let OC Transpo Know campaign and the online reporting mechanism were released in June 2015. This was the result of a collaborative effort between local women’s groups and … Continued
A few Mondays ago, just after work, my partner and I were driving home from grocery shopping at College Square. We were stopped at the lights by the McDonald’s. I looked out the window and saw a man in flimsy athletic shorts standing on the corner, fondling his genitals and leering at me. I was … Continued
Walking home holding hands with my girlfriend at night when a man on a bicycle stops on the sidewalk in front of his and leans over to pick something up. Says something inaudible to us as we walk by and since we ignored him he yells “I know you girls are lesbians but you can … Continued
I feel extremely compelled to share my story today. I was walking at the corner of Ash Lane and the Experimental Farm Parkway just after sunset tonight when a navy blue Honda CRV pulled a u-turn on the parkway after passing me, turned into Ash lane where I was headed and pulled over on the … Continued
My girlfriend and I were out with a friend on St. Paddy’s Day 2017, waiting for the bus on Rideau Street at Dalhousie. She and I were holding hands as we often do, and a man walking by on the sidewalk passed us, stopped to turn around so that we could see him, made a … Continued
I was on the bus home from work at about 11 pm, and we were stopped at a light on Albert at Bank. There was a red car also stopped at the light, in the lane next to the bus. The driver was leaned back in his seat, staring through the window at the people … Continued
On my way to work yesterday I decided to walk down McLeod as Elgin was a little busy. The man walking in front of me lit a cigarette so I moved to walk around him on the road to avoid the smoke. As I passed him, I heard muttering and chanced a glance over. The … Continued
I was walking home from a 7 to 10 class at uOttawa and was followed from George Street all the way to Guigues. I was way ahead of the guy but I noticed he had crossed the street and began to follow me quite early on. I kept crossing the road and even jaywalking to … Continued