McGill University in Montréal is using this video to train faculty, staff and students in the event that an active shooter should ever be on campus:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSnNZttgjk0
The video is being used by several Canadian universities and has generated both praise and criticism from the community. Faculty have been asked to show the video in selected classes with warnings beforehand. Students are not required to watch.
In the past 30 years there have been shooting incidents at three Montreal post secondary schools resulting in 19 deaths and 31 injuries. The incidents occurred at Concordia University, Dawson College and Ecole Polytechnique/Université de Montréal. This is surprising because Montréal has an extremely low crime rate for a large city.
I am not sure if similar training/awareness programs exist at US universities.
Thoughts?
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