REGINA – The anti-bullying alliance (ABA) has declared this week Anti-Bullying week across the country.
This week’s theme is ‘The Future is ours: Safe, Fun and Connected’ – the goal is to encourage young people to take the lead and try to create a future without bullying.
“Bullying and cyberbullying affect the health and well-being of many children and youth across our province and our country,” Education Minister Don Morgan said. “The Government of Saskatchewan is committed to working youth, teachers, school division administrators and community organizations to build safe environments for children at school, in their communities and online.”
Morgan and legislative secretary Jennifer Campeau joined teachers and students from across the province to release Saskatchewan’s action plan to address bullying.
The province will have its first Anti-Bullying forum next week to give kids a chance to reflect on their own experiences with bullying and help them learn about responsible online behaviours.
“We know that there is already a lot of great work happening in schools across the province to address bullying and we need to shine a spotlight on this work,” Campeau said. “Together we can build on these examples to create consistency in the way we respond to bullying incidents, in hopes of creating safe environments for all of our children to live, grow, play and learn.”
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