Unwelcome: Sexual Harassment, Sexual Discrimination, Sexual Assault, and Rape in the Canadian Forces

Captain Dawn Ottman joined the Canadian military in 1978 when she was 18. Canada was for the underdog - and Ottman, having spent her childhood in poverty and protecting her sister from bullies - was both an underdog and a champion of them herself. She happily put her life on the line for her country.

From the beginning, Ottman endured harassment and insults for being a woman. After one early incident, she went to the military police. She was told no one would ever take her word over that of ...