Pink Shirt Day

• Okanagan high school students reminded about kindness from younger counterparts

  Pink Shirt Day was started in 2007 after a boy in Nova Scotia wore pink to school and was bullied. The day is now marked across the world.

  Canada

  Feb 22
  
• St. Charles Elementary School’s ‘Anti-Bullying Crew’ spreads positivity on Pink Shirt day

  The Anti-Bullying Crew at St. Charles elementary school in Pierrefonds dressed for Pink Shirt day and spread a message of positivity on Wednesday.

  Education

  Feb 22
  
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• B.C. school district to launch Safe Places program

  'We wanted to do something that captured the meaning of Pink Shirt Day – kindness, empathy, understanding – and link it to the symbolism of the Safe Places Rainbow Shield.'

  Crime

  Feb 20
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• Anonymous donor matching up to $15k in donations for BGC Okanagan

  BGC Okanagan is celebrating a month of kindness, and fittingly a random act of kindness is helping the non-profit kick off the occasion.

  Canada

  Feb 3
• ‘It’s polarizing these days’: Pink Shirt Day advocates in Calgary reinforce anti-bullying message

  With so much societal division, anti-bullying advocates say the message couldn't be more relevant. Wednesday is Pink Shirt Day and supporters say it's time adults lead by example.

  Canada

  Feb 23, 2022
• Okanagan resident donates 10K to BGC Okanagan

  BGC Okanagan said the donation will help support programming and services that are offered to children and youth throughout the Okanagan.

  Lifestyle

  Feb 20, 2022
• Bishop James Mahoney High School students burning their burdens for Pink Shirt Day

  More than 700 students at Bishop James Mahoney High School in Saskatoon stood up against bullying Thursday as part of Random Acts of Kindness and Pink Shirt Day. 

  Education

  Feb 17, 2022
• Saskatchewan schools celebrate Pink Shirt Day ahead of February break

  National Pink Shirt Day falls on Feb. 23 but with most Saskatchewan students on break during that time, school divisions celebrated it a week earlier.

  Canada

  Feb 16, 2022
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• Kelowna embraces 2021 Pink Shirt Day: ‘It’s a really important event here’

  It’s Pink Shirt Day at schools across Canada, as students, faculty and other non-profit organizations band together to combat bullying.

  Canada

  Feb 24, 2021
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• Petition calls for Black Shirt Day in B.C. schools to help fight racism

  Since it was launched in late November, more than 4,000 people have signed a Black Shirt Day online petition in support of starting an anti-racism conversation in B.C. schools.

  News

  Jan 11, 2021