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April 17, 2023
Major (Ret'd) Donna Riguidel testifies for the House of Commons Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs' report on the experience of Women Veterans
Listen in to hear Major (Ret'd) Donna Riguidel's testimony for the House of Commons Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs report on Women Veterans on April 17, 2023. She speaks to her experience as a woman veteran and how the Front Line Workshop by Survivor Perspectives Consulting Group is working to teach members of the Canadian Armed Forces how to support and help military sexual trauma survivors.
Click here to watch the whole session including a question and answer period from the committee members.
December 15, 2022
PODCAST: The Sam Laprade Show with Donna Riguidel
Sam Laprade from City News talks with Major (Ret'd) Donna Riguidel on the role Survivor Perspectives Consulting Group provides in helping to shift culture change in Canada's Military.
Listen in to the Sam Laprade show to hear Donna Riguidel's perspective on several topics in relation to Military Sexual Misconduct including the Minister Anand 's latest recommendations to remove sexual misconduct from the military system and how the Front Line Workshop by Survivor Perspectives Consulting Group is working to teach members of the CAF how to support and help MST survivors.
September 23, 2022
Military to decide whether members accused of crimes can wear uniforms in civilian courts
Ashley Burke · CBC News
Several military sexual trauma advocates have said that the act of wearing the full uniform to court while on trial for sexual assault is a power play that intimidates complainants and triggers victims.
Retired major Donna Riguidel said she wants the military to ban its members from wearing their uniforms in court while on trial — or to at least advise against it.
"At best, it's tone-deaf," said Riguidel, the director of Survivor Perspectives Consulting Group. "At worst it's intimidation and bullying … and it will have a silencing effect on survivors."
Riguidel has been hired by the military to conduct training sessions to improve how military members respond to sexual misconduct disclosures.
She said the uniform is a powerful symbol of the institution and wearing it could make a complainant feel like they're facing off against the entire Canadian Armed Forces.
"It's unacceptable in an organization that's trying to become more trauma-informed and trying to focus on changing the culture to allow things like this to happen at his rank, at this leadership level," said Riguidel.
Read the full story here: https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/debate-uniform-military-court-sexual-assaul-trials-1.6593556?fbclid=IwAR3070X28LBkOjbH-QpE6f8eiYiPJhhM6DFlRuhCu-z3tkSzxojJPo9t8v0
May 31, 2022
The Current with Matt Galloway: Survivors want action, not words, after report into sexual misconduct in military
Former Supreme Court justice Louise Arbour released her final report on sexual misconduct in the military on Monday. Matt Galloway discusses its recommendations with Donna Riguidel and Dawn McIlmoyle, two former armed services members and survivors of sexual assault.
May 31, 2022
Retired Major Donna Riguidel speaks with the BBC on Military Sexual Misconduct following the release of the Arbour Report on Military Sexual Misconduct.
The Report of the Independent External Comprehensive Review of the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces by The Honourable Louise Arbour, C.C., G.O.Q. was released May 30, 2022. Retired Major Donna Riguidel speaks to the BBC in regards to one of the key points of the report being that the Canadian Armed Forces should no longer retain any jurisdiction over Military Sexual Offences.
Media Credit: BBC NewsDay https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w172yf8j5t2kcxj
20 avril 2021
Enquête du Comité permanent de la condition féminine de la Chambre des communes sur l'inconduite sexuelle au sein des Forces armées canadiennes - MJ Batek Représentant du Survivor Perspectives Consulting Group
MJ Batek s'est adressée au Comité permanent de la condition féminine au nom du Survivor Perspectives Consulting Group pour présenter notre groupe et discuter de ce que nous pouvons faire pour aider à atténuer la crise actuelle dans les Forces armées canadiennes. Elle a également parlé de l'importance de comprendre qu'une culture militaire sexualisée affecte également de nombreuses autres personnes, y compris des civils, et peut conduire à la violence domestique militaire, à la maltraitance des enfants et aux agressions sexuelles civiles.
15 avril 2021
Podcast de l'opération Tango Romeo avec le major Donna Riguidel sur le traumatisme sexuel militaire
17 mars 2021
Entrevue à la radio 630 CHED avec J'Lyn Nye et le major Donna Riguidel
Commandant Donna Riguidel présente Survivor Perspectives Consulting Group comme une solution pour créer un changement au sein des Forces armées canadiennes.
17 mars 2021
Entrevue de la CBC avec Suhana Meharchand et le major Donna Riguidel
Le Major Donna Riguidel est la fondatrice de la branche de l'Ouest canadien de l'Opération Honneur, la mission des Forces canadiennes visant à prévenir et à combattre l'inconduite sexuelle dans ses rangs. Elle dit que l'armée « fait tourner ses roues » sur la question depuis trop longtemps. Le Major Riguidel présente le Survivor Perspectives Consulting Group comme une solution pour créer un changement au sein des Forces armées canadiennes.