Episode 6: Girl in the woods

[WARNING: CONTAINS EXPLICIT CONTENT]

The first week of school can be a time of discovery and excitement. For Aspen Matis, it was quite the opposite.

On her second day of college, she was raped.

Aspen reported the rape to her college, but was shocked by the results following the mediation process. Listen to her story on the latest episode of Campus.

CBC NEWS INVESTIGATES with Diana Swain

Campus14:59Episode 6 EXTRA: Why sexual assault goes unreported

In a recent CBC survey of 87 post-secondary schools, 16 of them reported zero cases of sexual assault. Diana Swain is the CBC’s Senior Investigative correspondent, and also the lead reporter into this investigation. She came to the Campus studio.

Aspen is not alone. One in five women experience a sexual assault of some kind on campus.

Only a fraction of these are reported. CBC News surveyed post-secondary schools across Canada and found that 16 had no reports of sexual assaults over a six-year period. Critics say this is an inaccurate representation of what is happening on campuses.

Diana Swain is the CBC's Senior Investigative correspondent, and also the lead reporter into this investigation. She came to the Campus studio to talk more about the numbers.

PREVIEW: Aspen writes a letter to her family

Aspen's experiences drove her away from campus and into the woods for a gruelling, five month hike from Mexico to Canada. 

Her journey on the Pacific Crest Trail is documented in Girl In The Woods, a memoir she wrote.