Anger erupts online after ‘pick-up artist’ tours UBC campus

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VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – Women are lashing out at UBC, saying the school did not do enough to protect students from a notorious self-acclaimed ‘pick-up artist’ who was on campus last week.

The man in question is Jan Huang who claims to make a living by trying to pick up women and to coach others to do the same.

Many students, who were offended that he was on campus, took to social media to voice their anger.

The university says it’s aware Huang was at the school, but that he did nothing wrong and didn’t violate any of the school’s policies. However, it encouraged students to make a formal complaint with campus security.

This comes at a time as an expert panel calls for sweeping changes to UBC’s approach to dealing with sexual assaults, after survivors on campus told members they lacked faith in the system.

The panel is pushing for new disciplinary processes for students and faculty accused of sexual violence, clear timeframes for handling complaints and a central office to co-ordinate an immediate response, this is according to a recent report.

The university decided to create a standalone sex assault policy after allegations it mishandled multiple complaints about a male PhD student. A separate committee wrote a draft sexual assault policy that was released in June. Public consultations on the policy will now be extended so the panel’s recommendations can be considered.

The panel repeatedly heard there was a “general mistrust” of UBC’s approach and that the university had failed to demonstrate accountability, causing some students to feel they had no choice but to go to the media, the report says.

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