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‘Rape culture’ on display during university frosh events

September 12th, 2013 | Posted by pfmarchive in uncategorized - (Comments Off on ‘Rape culture’ on display during university frosh events)

Pro-rape chants at St. Mary’s University and University of British Columbia lead to national attention and backlash

Photo by Michael Courier, www.michaelcourier.com

A chant promoting non-consensual sex with underage girls has created a firestorm of controversy on two Canadian university campuses during frosh week. ‘Student leaders’ at St. Mary’s University in Halifax were the first to be videotaped as they enthusiastically led hundreds of new students in chanting phrases including, “U is for underage…N is for no consent”. (more…)

bullying and violence, crime and justice, men's and women's issues, myths and stereotypes, social media

“Let’s Talk” leader sets a personal and corporate example

July 18th, 2013 | Posted by pfmarchive in uncategorized - (Comments Off on “Let’s Talk” leader sets a personal and corporate example)

Mary Deacon has faced and dealt with mental health issues—in her own life and the lives of those close to her—and has become a high-profile corporate advocate for mental illness education and awareness

When Mary Deacon, the chair of the Bell Let’s Talk mental health initiative, took to the podium at a recent Montreal conference about collaboration in mental health care, she talked about stigma, mental health and tweets. She also talked about some of the many projects being funded by the ambitious (and very successful) Let’s Talk campaigns.

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health care, mental health, mental illness, myths and stereotypes, nonprofit issues, psychiatry and anti-psychiatry, recovery, social media, suicide and suicide prevention

Solidarity witness shares observations about protests from around the globe

July 11th, 2013 | Posted by pfmarchive in uncategorized - (Comments Off on Solidarity witness shares observations about protests from around the globe)

“The failure of electoral politics to address what’s really at stake means an increasing number of…issues are destined to be resolved through various forms of protest and civil disobedience”

Before photographer and essayist Christopher Grabowski moved to Canada in 1992 he was part of “a social movement that started as a protest and that successfully transformed the society by non-electoral and mainly non-violent means—the Solidarity movement in Poland.” Grabowski writes in The Tyee that “Although I’m not exactly experiencing déjà vu, much of what I am seeing and reading now is beginning to look familiar. And that makes me hopeful.” (more…)

multicultural, poverty issues, social justice, social media, writing and reflection

Grieving in an online world

January 24th, 2013 | Posted by pfmarchive in uncategorized - (Comments Off on Grieving in an online world)

Online grieving, whether on Facebook or other social media, is becoming the new normal…but does it actually help?

After the campus shootings in the U.S. at Virginia Tech in 2007 and Northern Illinois University in 2008, hundreds of affected students turned to social media websites to share their grief and search for solace. A study of these students found that their online activities neither helped nor harmed their long-term psychological health.

The study gave a first-of-its-kind portrait of student reactions to shootings on their campuses. It also documented both the online and off-line activities they engaged in to memorialize and recover from these events. (more…)

grief, psychology, research, social media

Has tragic death led to a bullying tipping point?

October 25th, 2012 | Posted by pfmarchive in uncategorized - (0 Comments)

Amanda Todd’s death by suicide—after her video disclosing bullying and harassment —creates a media tsunami

The death by suicide of Amanda Todd, who disclosed in a YouTube video the bullying and harassment she had been experiencing, created a tsunami of media attention. Social media—which was directly involved in her suffering—propelled her story to the front pages of local and national newspapers and websites around the world.

Martin Laba, an associate professor at Simon Fraser University specializing in media and pop culture analysis, told the Maple Ridge News he was surprised by the global impact of Todd’s story. “You’d have to have been living in a hole to have not heard about her story,” he said. “It truly went viral, and was particularly driven by social media.” (more…)

bullying and violence, grief, mental health, social media, suicide and suicide prevention

A national strategy to deal with bullying?

October 25th, 2012 | Posted by pfmarchive in uncategorized - (Comments Off on A national strategy to deal with bullying?)

Dany Morin, Member of Parliament, asks for a response to bullying and harassment of children and youth in Canada

Calling the bullying of children and youth “a nation-wide problem,” N.D.P. Member of Parliament Dany Morin has been asking Canada’s government to take action on the problem for a year now. He has introduced a motion, which calls for a national strategy to prevent bullying; it was debated in the House of Commons just days after the high-profile death by suicide of Amanda Todd. (more…)

bullying and violence, mental health, prevention, social media, suicide and suicide prevention

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