Sexual assault Archives - Pamela Cross

Still not getting it right

Pamela Cross — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 19:35:00 +0000

I write often — and critically — about the criminal law response to sexual assault. Believe me, I’d be happy to stop writing negative pieces about the criminal system in favour of having something positive to say, but that day Continue reading Still not getting it right→

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Taking back the night

Pamela Cross — Tue, 09 Sep 2025 13:14:00 +0000

The sexual assault trial earlier this year of five former members of Canada’s national junior hockey team focused attention across the country on sexual violence as well as on hockey culture. Many of us who work with survivors and victims Continue reading Taking back the night→

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What’s the point?

Pamela Cross — Mon, 28 Jul 2025 16:00:00 +0000

I almost didn’t write this blog. Not because the recent decision in the hockey player sexual assault trial isn’t important, because it is. Not because it isn’t worthy of comment, because it is. Not because I don’t care, because I Continue reading What’s the point?→

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Unappealing decision

Pamela Cross — Wed, 04 Sep 2024 13:06:50 +0000

In July, I wrote about the importance of expert witnesses in sexual assault trials. I referred specifically to the appeal by musician Jacob Hoggard, in which his lawyers argued that the trial judge improperly allowed expert evidence to be heard Continue reading Unappealing decision→

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