Safety and Security Resources for Students
Supporting Someone in Distress
- Recognize, support, refer, and/or report worrisome behaviours of an individual to connect them with the help they need. How to help
- Responding to a disclosure of sexual violence
- Report an individual at risk
Sexual Violence
- The U of A takes its responsibilities seriously to reduce sexual violence by fostering a culture of consent and support through education, training, and policy. Sexual Violence Information and Resources
- In response to a disclosure of sexual violence, the person who experienced sexual violence can ask the University to provide supports and resources, facilitate academic, residential, recreation, and/or work modifications, initiate an investigation of a complaint, and more. Complaints of Sexual Violence
Harm Reduction Resources
- Reduce the harm of alcohol and drug use by knowing the facts and following essential safety tips. Party Smart. Party Safe.
Safety Services
- Protective Services — Learn about the community peace officer agency that provides a number of services to the University of Alberta, including general patrol and incident response, complaint investigation, accident response, and more.
- Safewalk — Feel safer with Safewalk, the free accompaniment service for anyone travelling on or around campus at night.
Disclosures and Complaints of Misconduct
- Disclosure Services — Disclose concerns about university policies, procedures, or ethical standards in a safe, neutral, and confidential space. This includes concerns about fraud, discrimination, harassment and bullying or research misconduct.
Community Conduct and Standards
- Code of Student Behaviour — Know what the U of A considers appropriate and inappropriate student behaviour and how misconduct is handled.
- Statement of Ethical Conduct — The Statement provides an overview of the standards and aspirations for ethical conduct that the University of Alberta community strives to uphold and applies to representatives of the University including executive officers, faculty, staff, post-doctoral fellows, professors emeriti, visiting academics, student employees, contractors, members of the Board of Governors, Senate, Alumni Council and others acting on behalf of the University.