Any staff member or student who believes that he or she is a victim of sexual harassment should act promptly. Correcting the situation immediately is in everyone's best interests. Ignoring sexual harassment may make the situation worse because the harasser may misinterpret a lack of response as approval or condonation of the behaviour. Delay in making a complaint may also present difficulties for the University in conducting a thorough investigation and establishing the facts of the case.

Mediation and complaint investigation processes are available to staff or students through the Panel Against Sexual Harassment. A flow chart on handling sexual harassment complaints is appended in Annex 2.The Panel Against Sexual Harassment shall have the responsibilities as detailed in Annex 3 and shall report to the Committee Against Sexual Harassment. For each allegation/complaint, a team of at least two panelists will be appointed by the Panel Convenor to conduct mediation or investigation. The primary purpose of the mediation and complaint investigation processes is to deal with the complaint fairly and expeditiously.

Any staff member or student of the University who (a) has been sexually harassed by another staff member or student; (b) has witnessed an act of sexual harassment committed by another staff member or student of the University; or (c) has been expressly authorized by a victim to act on his/her behalf may approach the Panel Against Sexual Harassment. The current officers designated by the Panel Against Sexual Harassment to deal with enquiries and complaints are:

In the event that a sexual harassment complaint is under criminal investigation by a law enforcement agency or is the subject of criminal or civil proceedings in court, the University may suspend its mediation or investigation process. The Panel may resume the mediation or investigation process if the criminal investigation or civil action is abandoned, not proceeded with, discontinued or completed or following the dropping or completion of criminal or civil proceedings.