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1. 1. www.winnipegfreepress.com

   www.winnipegfreepress.com/loca - [Cached]

   Published on: 3/30/2007   Last Visited: 3/30/2007

   "It's something we would like to refer to as an all-accessible washroom," U of W Students Association vice-president Vivian Belik said yesterday.
   
   Belik said the issue was first raised last summer by a transgendered student at U of W.
   
   They -- not he or she, but they -- could not be reached yesterday.
   ...
   Since then, UWSA has been working with the university's physical staff and administration to find washroom facilities which all students and staff can be comfortable using, Belik said.
   
   The ideal facility would be a single-stall washroom with a locked door, she said. U of W has a few, but they're a priority for wheelchair users.
   
   "There's already a lack of space for wheelchair accessibility" without having able-bodied people use those few spaces, Belik said.
   
   Switching multi-stall washrooms to accommodate both men and women "was seen to be neither safe nor desirable. A lot of women wouldn't feel safe" in a washroom also used by men, Belik said.
   ...
   Belik said that one solution might be single-stall washrooms that could accommodate wheelchairs, a mother breast-feeding, a transgendered person, or a family with a baby or toddler.
   
   But it is vital that no person be "outed" by being seen to use such facilities, Belik said.

2. 2. The University of Winnipeg Students' Association

   uwsafs.uwinnipeg.ca/board.php - [Cached]

   Published on: 2/3/2008   Last Visited: 2/3/2008

   Vivian Belik
   
   Vice-President Student Services
   
   uwsavpss@uwinnipeg.ca

3. 3. UW-University Affairs Committee

   www.uwinnipeg.ca/index/board-u - [Cached]

   Published on: 8/1/2006   Last Visited: 8/8/2007

   Vivian Belik