# 2024-334 Harassment, Sexual Misconduct, Judge Arbour Rec. 10 – sexual-related files

Case summary

F&R Date: 2025-08-14

The grievor, an Officer Cadet (OCdt) at the Royal Military College (RMC), grieved the decisions of the Director of Cadets (DCdts) to neither consider an incident she had reported as sexual misconduct nor remove the alleged perpetrator, also an OCdt, from her cadet chain of responsibility (CCOR) in order to support her well-being. As redress, the grievor requested that her obligatory service be waived and that she be offered the option of a voluntary release without reimbursing the Crown for her education.

The Initial Authority failed to render a decision within the prescribed time limit under paragraph 7.15(2) of the Queen's regulations and orders for the Canadian Forces (QR&O). Accordingly, the grievor requested her file be forwarded to the Final Authority (FA) for consideration in accordance with QR&O paragraph 7.15(4).

The Committee confirmed the key facts of the alleged incident with several individuals at the RMC. The Committee found that the incident did not meet the definition of sexual misconduct contained in Defence Administrative Orders and Directives 9005-1, Sexual Misconduct Response, and there was no evidence of such. 

The Committee found that the incident was reported through the chain of command, investigated, and appropriate measures were taken by the DCdts. The Committee noted that the CCOR had no authority to sanction or discipline OCdts; that there was significant reporting distance between the grievor and the alleged perpetrator; and that the DCdts considered several options for the grievor before leaving her in place under the existing CCOR. The Committee was of the view that the DCdts did take the grievor's well-being into account. 

The Committee recommended that the FA not afford the grievor redress.