A small private college in Vancouver has become the first post-secondary institution in B.C. to sign a pledge explicitly banning the use of non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) in cases of abuse and harassment, and advocates are hoping it’s the start of a wider trend.
The board at Columbia College, a non-profit school that has offered university transfer courses to local and international students since 1936, voted in December to sign the Can’t Buy My Silence pledge. The pledge vows the college will not use NDAs to settle claims of sexual harassment and abuse, misconduct, or bullying.
Susan MacRae, an English professor at the school
