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Anti-Sexual-Violence Training: Restaurant Scene and Future Generations

anti-sexual-violence training: While the spotlight shone brightly on the entertainment industry, the MeToo movement revealed that these incidents happen across all industries, according to NOW Magazine. The hospitality industry, where alcohol, later hours and shift work can create a perfect storm of inappropriate behaviours, is on the front lines of the issue. The end of 2017 saw a seemingly endless vault of sexual harassment and assault accusations levied at producers, actors and comedians. The topic has been a major point of discussion in the city's restaurant scene, but only now is anti-sexual-violence training being formalized on college curriculums for future generations of hotel workers, chefs and servers. Beginning with the winter sessions, the school will implement a new online training module that every full-time student in its School of Hospitality, Tourism and Culinary Arts must complete. Centennial College is aiming to educate students on how to combat sexual harassment and assault before they become employees in the industry. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.