Sexual violence emerges very early on, but it is often trivialized. It takes root because of a lack of education. You will maybe say I am belabouring the point, but Canadian volunteers are not necessarily trained to respond to sexual assault or harassment cases. It can start with a bad joke in the locker room that continues when the children get older. The volunteers do not have enough training to respond to situations like that.
Personally, I am lucky to be a physical educator and vice-principal of a school, so I was trained and equipped to respond to situations like this, although I would not go so far as to say I am comfortable in those cases. However, if a volunteer's job is as a factory manager, their primary skill isn't dealing with sexual assault or harassment cases, not to mention that they also may not have the necessary lens for spotting them.
To combat the toxic atmosphere, the housecleaning has to start at the top, but we must not ignore the training and help that volunteers and local associations need.