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LIFT EACH OTHER UP Take your kindness to new heights! This Pink Shirt Day, and every day, let’s Lift Each Other Up. Our theme for this year’s Pink Shirt Day is “Lift each other up”; a simple but powerful message encouraging us to look beyond our differences and celebrate the things that make us unique. When we lift each other up, we see past the things that separate us and see instead the things that unite us as people.
WHAT IS BU
LLYING?
Bullying is a fo rm of aggression wh ere there is a power imbal ance; the person doing the bullying h as power over th e person bein g victimized. In additional to any physical tr auma incurre d, bullying can re sult in serious emotional pro blems, includin g anxiety, low se lf-esteem, or depression.
BULLYING VS HARASSMENT Bullying and harassment are similar, yet different: Harassment is similar to bullying because someone hurts another person through cruel, offensive and insulting behaviours. Harassment is different from bullying in that it is a form of discrimination.
TYPES OF BULLYING Physical bullying: using physical them, spreading rumours or force or aggression against another ignoring them (e.g., gossiping) person (e.g., hitting) Cyberbullying: using electronic Verbal bullying: using words to media to threaten, embarrass, verbally attack someone (e.g., intimidate, or exclude someone, or name-calling) to damage their reputation (e.g., Social/relational bullying: trying to sending threatening text messages). hurt someone through excluding
WHAT IS DISCRIMINATION? Discrimination is treating someone differently or poorly based on certain characteristics or differences. Bullying turns into harassment when the behaviour goes against Canada’s Human Rights Laws and focuses on treating people differently because of: Age Race (skin colour, facial features) Ethnicity (culture, where they live, how they live, how they dress) Religion (religious beliefs) Sex Sexual orientation (if they are gay, lesbian, bisexual, or heterosexual) Family status (if they are from a single parent family, adopted family, step family, foster family, non-biological gay or lesbian parent family) Marital status (if they are single, legally married, common-law spouse, widowed, or divorced) Physical and mental disability (if they have a mental illness, learning disability, use a wheelchair)
Information provided by redcross.ca/respecteducation Preventing Bullying
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CYBER SAFETY STRATEGIES FOR ONLINE & MOBILE SAFETY 1. Use an online nickname that doesn’t provide clues to your real identity. 2. Don’t open emails from strangers. 3. Don’t accept friend invites from strangers. 4. Don’t share your personal information (name, family members’ names, school, friends’ names, age, address, phone number, etc.) with anyone you don’t know. 5. Change your passwords regularly, especially if you think someone else might have them. Don’t share your passwords, even with friends. 6. Remember to log out of social networking sites like Facebook when you leave a computer 7. If someone you meet online asks to meet you in person, tell a parent, teacher, or other trusted adult. 8. Never post or forward naked photos of yourself or anyone else. 9. Always use the privacy features of social media sites. 10. Don’t share cell phone numbers or email addresses with people you do not know.
Kindness
comes in all shapes
and sizes.
Every child deserves an education free from discrimination, bullying, harassment, intimidation and violence. School District 72 is an erase partner to help ensure every child feels safe, accepted and respected. Parents and students can find erase resources at www.sd72.bc.ca on: • Online Safety • School Safety • Mental Health & Wellbeing • Sexual Orientation & Gender • Bullying Identity • Substance Use CONNECT WITH US www.facebook.com/CRSD72 @CRSD72 Website: www.sd72.bc.ca Phone: 250.830.2300 Email: info@sd72.bc.ca
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IF YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHO IS BEING BULLIED ONLINE: • When you see someone being bullied online, stand up for them. • Write down or save what you see and when you see it. • Help the person being bullied understand that they don’t deserve to be bullied. You could do this by phoning them, sending them a private message, email or text, or by speaking with them at school. • Don’t encourage bullying behaviour by participating in a bullying conversation thread or, “liking” or forwarding a hurtful comment. IF YOU ARE BEING BULLIED • Don’t try to reason or communicate with the person who is bullying you. • Use the “block” feature to prevent the person from contacting you again. • Tell a trusted adult or contact the Kids Help Phone web site. • Save any messages you receive as evidence.
Be Kind.
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