Anne-Marie Robinson

Good. Yeah, it's kind of... For me, going back into the environment is a bit triggering.

Good. Yeah, it's kind of... For me, going back into the environment is a bit triggering.

It's good to get it done and get it over with. It's really weird from a time frame, because for most of my life, when I wasn't dealing with it, I felt like this... happened like 100 years ago but now that I'm into it it feels like it was literally yesterday. Yeah it's kind of a strange feeling. It's good because I'm finally dealing with it because I didn't process it for 40 years.

It's good to get it done and get it over with. It's really weird from a time frame, because for most of my life, when I wasn't dealing with it, I felt like this... happened like 100 years ago but now that I'm into it it feels like it was literally yesterday. Yeah it's kind of a strange feeling. It's good because I'm finally dealing with it because I didn't process it for 40 years.

I still feel like I'm that 15 year old girl and so I'm trying to reconcile those things.

I still feel like I'm that 15 year old girl and so I'm trying to reconcile those things.

One of the tipping points for me coming forward, I think I told you this, was when I went to one of my daughter's band practices and I was setting up chairs. I was a stagehand for a grade 9, 10 band when I was in grade 10 when he started to abuse me. And I just, like, I couldn't. I just suddenly realized, like, really, it was so stark.

One of the tipping points for me coming forward, I think I told you this, was when I went to one of my daughter's band practices and I was setting up chairs. I was a stagehand for a grade 9, 10 band when I was in grade 10 when he started to abuse me. And I just, like, I couldn't. I just suddenly realized, like, really, it was so stark.

These little girls I saw them as, you know, I was a woman in my 50s at that time and I just couldn't understand anything. how he could not see us as children.

These little girls I saw them as, you know, I was a woman in my 50s at that time and I just couldn't understand anything. how he could not see us as children.

Well, that took time because I think part of when predators groom children, they groom you to be silent. And I think one of the main mechanisms is to make you feel ashamed of it. And I felt very ashamed my whole life.

Well, that took time because I think part of when predators groom children, they groom you to be silent. And I think one of the main mechanisms is to make you feel ashamed of it. And I felt very ashamed my whole life.

I think it's always Eastern High School of Commerce, but everyone just called it Eastern Commerce. Flips to the band section. Yeah, there he is right there. He enjoys all kinds of sports and he likes jazz music. Mr. Walker also plays the trombone in the Royal Regiment band. He feels a student's best qualities are warmth and friendliness.

I think it's always Eastern High School of Commerce, but everyone just called it Eastern Commerce. Flips to the band section. Yeah, there he is right there. He enjoys all kinds of sports and he likes jazz music. Mr. Walker also plays the trombone in the Royal Regiment band. He feels a student's best qualities are warmth and friendliness.

This is where I first found the date for the Belleville trip, the one that I was sexually assaulted on. So there he is with a jazz band, so I'm not in this picture. Now where's Christine? There's Christine.

This is where I first found the date for the Belleville trip, the one that I was sexually assaulted on. So there he is with a jazz band, so I'm not in this picture. Now where's Christine? There's Christine.

The women hug, then discreetly check each other out.

The women hug, then discreetly check each other out.

No, I didn't physically resist, but I didn't... It wasn't consensual, but you knew it was wrong. No, I knew it was wrong, and he was my teacher, and so I did what he asked me to do.

No, I didn't physically resist, but I didn't... It wasn't consensual, but you knew it was wrong. No, I knew it was wrong, and he was my teacher, and so I did what he asked me to do.