As the much-hyped documentary film ‘Bully’ began to roll out across North America, we took a look at local experiences
The Bully Project is the much-anticipated documentary film that follows stories of several kids who are being bullied or have been bullied. Director Lee Hirsch started filming The Bully Project in 2009, about a year before bullying fully came of age as a high-profile crisis with the launch of what became the It Gets Better project. (more…)
Doctors, health experts set minds to making meaning of the senseless and speak of gun violence as a social disease
Public health experts now speak of guns in the same way they speak about viruses, cars, tobacco, and alcohol. After the most recent in a long list of mass shootings in the U.S.—and a recent incident in Toronto—there are calls for a fresh look at gun violence as a social disease, necessitating a public health response. The shocking, senseless violence occurs as violent crime and murder rates have been dropping. One doctor, involved in treating the victims of the Wisconsin Sikh temple shootings, asks: “Is this the new social norm?” (more…)
Rais Bhuiyan forgave the man who tried to kill him in a hate crime, then campaigned to save him from the death penalty
Ten days after the September 11th attacks in the U.S., Texan Mark Stroman entered the gas station where Rais Bhuiyan was working, asked “Where are you from?” and then shot him in the face. Rais, who is from Bangladesh, was one of three victims shot during Stroman’s revenge attacks on “Arabs,” and the only one to survive. (more…)
The Senate’s human rights committee has launched a study into cyber bullying, and it needs and invites youth input
The traditional archetype associated to bullying is becoming outdated. The face of bullying is changing—it’s moving from classrooms and playgrounds and entering into homes. Canada’s Senate committee on human rights has launched an in-depth study into a national initiative, in cooperation with provincial and territorial governments, for the prevention of cyber-bullying as an issue of child protection. (more…)
A community dialogue in Nanaimo provides opportunities tor youth to listen, be heard, and make change
Central Vancouver Island Multicultural Society will present an opportunity for youth to speak openly about experiences and concerns related to discrimination and hate crime in an event on Saturday April 21, 2012. Those who attend will be able to gain mutual appreciation for what the experiences of hate are—and what can collectively be done to change what hate looks like in our communities. (more…)
As the much-hyped documentary film ‘Bully’ begins to roll out across North America, we take a look at local experiences
The Bully Project is the much-anticipated documentary film that follows stories of several kids who are being bullied or have been bullied. Director Lee Hirsch started filming The Bully Project in 2009, about a year before bullying fully came of age as a high-profile crisis with the launch of what became the It Gets Better project. (more…)
