To draw attention to the global issue of bullying, Canadians will mark the week from November 15th to the 21st as Bullying Awareness Week, a National campaign in Canada which allows members of the community to work together on preventing bullying, through education and awareness. According to News Canada, one of the most effective ways to put a stop to bullying is for bystanders to “stand up” once they see it occurring. This is often all it takes to halt harassment that takes place (NewsCanada). Jenn Heil, a former freestyle skiing Olympic Gold medalist, is just one public figure reaching out, “as a parent, I want my kids to feel secure,” she says. “Bullying is a serious issue and thanks to all of us rallying together, we are building safer
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This campaign helps students become aware of what constitutes bullying as well as where and when it might be happening. It helps them discover where to turn to for help when experiencing or knowing about acts of bullying, as well as increases student and community engagement in this significant issue. Bullying Awareness week aims to help students succeed, a healthy school environment assists to support with student success. By experiencing bullying first hand, these students actively get involved with this campaign every year in hopes to put a stop to bullying for themselves as well as other students who experience bullying but do not have the supports necessary to get help for themselves …show more content…
These teams take on leadership roles in schools that involve planning activities relevant to bullying awareness and prevention as well as get the whole school community engaged. Some past ideas for school-wide activities include, organizing campaigns such as pink t-shirt day to promote tolerance and inclusiveness to end bullying, organizing assemblies that feature presentations about the impacts of bullying and creating a poster making campaign based on the theme of bullying, to be presented at the assembly. Parents and teachers who hear about what their child/students experiences in terms of bullying is enough to get them involved with the Safe School Team. It is difficult for parents to see their children struggle with the effects of bullying which forces them to take a stand to help prevent it from happening at their child’s school
This campaign helps students become aware of what constitutes bullying as well as where and when it might be happening. It helps them discover where to turn to for help when experiencing or knowing about acts of bullying, as well as increases student and community engagement in this significant issue. Bullying Awareness week aims to help students succeed, a healthy school environment assists to support with student success. By experiencing bullying first hand, these students actively get involved with this campaign every year in hopes to put a stop to bullying for themselves as well as other students who experience bullying but do not have the supports necessary to get help for themselves …show more content…
These teams take on leadership roles in schools that involve planning activities relevant to bullying awareness and prevention as well as get the whole school community engaged. Some past ideas for school-wide activities include, organizing campaigns such as pink t-shirt day to promote tolerance and inclusiveness to end bullying, organizing assemblies that feature presentations about the impacts of bullying and creating a poster making campaign based on the theme of bullying, to be presented at the assembly. Parents and teachers who hear about what their child/students experiences in terms of bullying is enough to get them involved with the Safe School Team. It is difficult for parents to see their children struggle with the effects of bullying which forces them to take a stand to help prevent it from happening at their child’s school