Mustangs for Consent: Incoming Undergraduate Training

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Mustangs for Consent consists of two Gender-based & Sexual Violence (GBSV) Prevention trainings for incoming undergraduate students: Consent 101 and Undressing Consent.

Requirements:

Consent 101: all incoming undergraduate students (including first years, exchange students, transfer students) must complete this training. This training is mandatory and to be completed by September 9, 2026 (the first day of classes).
Undressing Consent: Students living in residence must also complete Undressing Consent, as outlined in their . Training sessions are available until August 26.

Consent 101

In this self-directed course you will form a greater understanding of gender-based and sexual violence, consent, ��˴�Ƭ's policies, and how we can create a culture that encourages proactive support for those in need.

As you prepare to join our community this September, you will play a part in fostering a supportive and safe environment for all. Completing this training is part of your commitment towards a safe and respectful community at Western.

Access Training: Log in to OWL Brightspace using your ��˴�Ƭ email. Once logged in click 'Enroll in Course' to begin.

Training Quiz: You must complete and pass the quiz at the end of Consent 101 with a minimum score of 6/8.

Please note: This training is part of the mandatory training suite for all incoming students, along with the . Students who do not complete Consent 101 by the deadline will have an academic seal placed on their records and will not be able to add/drop courses, obtain a transcript, or Intent to Register for the following year.

Undressing Consent

A Pleasurable Approach to Learning About Consent, Rejection, and Sexual Violence is an interactive workshop where you will take a deeper dive into the skills and behaviours surrounding consent, sexual violence, sexuality, and its impact on our community. Workshops will be held in small groups of either men or women/ non-binary students and led by trainers from ��˴�Ƭ. The content was developed with the support of Anova and the Centre for Research on Violence Against Women and Children.

Expectations: The session is 90 minutes long, and you must attend the full sesssion. You are required to have your camera on and come ready to participate.

If you are unable to meet these expectations, you will be asked to reschedule for an alternate training session.

Participating in this live, interactive Zoom training supports your ability to communicate consent, understand sexual violence, challenge sexual norms, and foster respectful, healthy interactions at Western.

Access Training: Log in to OWL Brightspace using your ��˴�Ƭ email. Once logged in click 'Enroll in Course' to access the available sessions and register.

Please note: this training is required for all incoming students living in residence as part of their .

Impact & Research

Mustangs for Consent has been successfully implemented since 2022 and continues to have a positive and meaningful impact on ��˴�Ƭ students. Students’ feedback in the 2024 Mustangs for Consent report includes:

"I felt very safe, and [I] enjoyed asking questions."
"[I learned] different types of consent. I honestly thought it was limited to a yes and no."
"I learned GBSV is more common than I thought."

View Mustangs for Consent Report

��˴�Ƭ's Centre for Research on Violence Against Women & Children released research in 2024 on the impact of the Undressing Consent program. Some of their key findings include:

Almost 90% of the students were satisfied with Undressing Consent. They found it to be important and valuable.
Material in Undressing Consent was relevant and helpful to students during their first few weeks of university.
Students had greater explicit knowledge and more positive implicit attitudes about consent after completing Undressing Consent.

Training FAQs

All incoming undergraduate students are required ro complete Consent 101. All incoming undergraduate students living in residence are required to also complete Undressing Consent as part of the residence contract. Students not living in residence are still encouraged to complete Undressing Consent, but it is not mandatory.

No, your completion of Mustangs for Consent will not be included in your transcript.

If you are concerned with your ability to complete this training due to your own personal experience of GBSV, please reach out to support@uwo.ca or visit the GBSV Survivor Support webpage for support.

You will need to complete the GBSV training for the year you plan to attend.

If you are unable to meet the deadline, you will recieve an email with next steps. It is your responsibilty to complete the training before the deadline.

All exchange students need to complete Consent 101 to receive their ��˴�Ƭ ONECard. Completing Undressing Consent is strongly encouraged.

All incoming students must complete Consent 101. Completing Undressing Consent is strongly encouraged.

Only undergraduate students are required to complete Mustangs for Consent. Incoming graduate students are required to complete Supporting Safer Professional Practice (SSPP). Visit the SSPP webpage for more information on this training.

Consent 101 FAQs

The password for OWL Brightspace is the same password for your other ��˴�Ƭ accounts. If you forget your password, you can reach out to .

The training must be completed before arriving at campus to ensure all students start their academic year prepared to contribute to a safer campus community with this important foundational knowledge of GBSV response and prevention.

Upper year students are not required to complete Mustangs for Consent; however, we encourage all students to complete the training to learn more about how every one of us can contribute to a safer and respectful community at Western.

If you are having any issues accessing the OWL Brightspace site, please reach out to .

You will need to activate your account before accessing OWL Brightspace. Learn more on .

A passing grade is at least 6/8.

If you fail the quiz, you can easily go back through the content to see what you may have missed and retake the quiz. There are no limits to how many times you can take the quiz.

No, once you have received your certificate it is automatically uploaded onto your OWL Brightspace account.

Once you have passed the Consent 101 quiz with a score of at least 6/8, you will recieve an email with your certificate of completion. You can also access your certificate of completion in the 'awards' section of OWL Brightspace.

Undressing Consent FAQs

No, you are not required to complete Undressing Consent; however, we strongly encourage all students to complete this additional training to increase your skills and knowledge related to GBSV education and prevention.

The password for Zoom is the same password for your other ��˴�Ƭ accounts. If you forget your password, you can reach out to .

On your OWL Brightspace, enter the Mustangs for Consent course and under ‘Calendar’ on the right handside, below announcements you will see the session you signed up for under 'Upcoming Events'.

Future training dates will become available to students for registration gradually throughout the summer. We encourage you to check back frequently for additional dates that will become available and sign up for the earliest that works for your schedule to ensure you complete all your requirements before arriving at Western. The last available session will be on August 26, 2026.

If you arrive late, you may not be able to enter the training. You will need to sign up for a new session. Please ensure you arrive on time.

If you lose wifi connection, please try to rejoin the Zoom session as quickly as possible. If you miss too much content, the facilitators will not be able to let you back into the session and you will need to sign up for a new session.

Participants can be removed from the Zoom session for not complying with the requirements of being alone, being in a private space and having your camera on, disruptive behaviour, or harassing the facilitators or other participants. If you are removed, you will need to sign up for a new session.

At the end of the training, the facilitators will share a password you can use to access the Undressing Consent attendance quiz on OWL Brightspace.

Cameras are required to be turned on for the training to ensure students are actively paying attention, to increase feelings of safety, and to create better and more meaningful engagement amongst participants.

We require students to be alone and in a private space during the training to ensure participants can focus on the content, to increase privacy because of the subject matter and to reduce distractions during interactive components of the training.

The first two sections of the training have the same content. In the last section, the men’s session looks at rejection and the women’s and non-binary session looks at sexual desire.

Sessions are divided into gender-specific sessions because of the slightly different content addressing the different lived experiences that come from living in a gendered culture. Women and non-binary students are at increased risk of experiencing GBSV, and men are at increased risk of perpetrating violence; therefore, different skills are needed to be discussed with the different groups. Students can select the group that feels most comfortable based on their gender identity.

We recognize that while non-binary students do not have the same lived experience as cisgender or transgender women, they are at an increased risk of experiencing GBSV and therefore receive the same content.

In a training on GBSV, it is important to discuss sex and sexuality because talking openly about these topics can reduce stigma, help normalize the diversity of sexual experiences amongst our student population and can be a protective factor for reducing experiences of GBSV.

Have a question not answered here?

Email us at gbsv.edu@uwo.ca. We would be happy to answer your question.

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