Juno News - March 26, 2026


University of Windsor levels sexual misconduct allegations against trans Pride Centre volunteer


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1 minute

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150.16441

Word count

274

Sentence count

11


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A university found that a 46-year-old trans, non-binary man committed sexual misconduct. This amidst what a junior news investigation found to be an alleged pattern of predatorial behavior. But the university kept him on campus.

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00:00:00.000 A university found that a 46 year old trans non-binary man committed sexual misconduct.
00:00:08.780 This amidst what a junior news investigation found to be an alleged pattern of predatorial
00:00:14.400 behavior but the university kept him on campus.
00:00:17.780 That student's name is Phoenix Shield, also known as David Williston.
00:00:23.120 And what about consequences?
00:00:25.720 Mr. Shields got a reprimand, which is a slap on the wrist.
00:00:29.600 He got a no contact order, but also an education session.
00:00:34.280 So that's it.
00:00:35.340 No suspension, no expulsion for what amounts to grape.
00:00:41.200 The student has now gone public.
00:00:43.160 And he told me in an exclusive interview that he believes this was a quote institutional
00:00:47.820 failure to protect students.
00:00:49.800 He told me that Phoenix Shield failed to disclose his HIV status before unprotected sex during
00:00:55.720 a consensual relationship something the university investigator refused to assess calling it an issue
00:01:02.440 for the criminal code now the victim told me that the university prioritized quote identity politics
00:01:10.600 optics over student safety in this case and during my investigation i interviewed multiple students
00:01:16.840 at the university of windsor who told me that they had some serious concerns about phoenix shield
00:01:21.640 before the complaint and some told me that they stopped going to campus the main campus entirely
00:01:28.200 out of fear of coming across mr shield as of now what's incredible in this story is how issues like
00:01:35.000 this are investigated by some universities some of the things that they're willing to completely
00:01:40.520 ignore and ultimately who pays the price so if you want to listen to the interview or you want
00:01:47.240 want to read more, check out the link in the bio.