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A new website has been activated by the provincial government, with the motive of allowing B.C. students to report any bullying activity anonymously so appropriate actions could be taken. The Education Minister of Canada, Don McRae, made the announcement of launching new website on Monday.
Rae described the website as an anti-bullying forum designed by Premier Christy Clark following the suicide last month of Port Coquitlam teenager Amanda Todd. McRae declared that the reports reported in the website will be forwarded to the safe school coordinators, and the government will appoint one such coordinator in each district. The websites for Surrey and Nanaimo districts are already live, that allow anonymous reporting. Rae further explained that the task of safe school coordinators will be to analyze trends, recognize hotspots and help sketch an appropriate response, with help from suitable authorities if required, such as police.
At the start of the one-day forum, two young adults spoke about the difficulties they experienced in high school due to bullying. Jay Luty described her time of bullying as “a hellish reality,” when he was avoided throughout his years attending a secondary school on Vancouver Island. Luty stated that “I wanted to die.” Another victim, Buffy Cornell, described the story of how he found self confidence through personal interests, including music and sports.
This new website is part of the government’s 10-part ERASE Bullying strategy that includes tougher codes of conduct for schools and multi-year training for educators.
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