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2014 was the year of celebrity hacks, Twitter mobs and doxxing rape victims. Can we survive the ugly new era of public shaming?

Michèle Audette is president of the Native Women’s Association of Canada, based in Montreal. The organization works at a policy level to combat physical and sexual violence against Aboriginal women and girls, identifying gaps in essential services and commissioning research on the issue.

Sue Montgomery, a justice reporter for the Montreal Gazette, started the Twitter hashtag #BeenRapedNeverReported in the wake of the initial allegations against Jian Ghomeshi. Within hours, it had gone viral.

Take a quick glance at the data on sexual assault in Canada and you will find a disturbing set of numbers. Like 472,000: the...