In association with PREVNet, the Canadian Safe School Network is please to be a part of the 5th Annual Bullying Awareness Week.

Family.ca and bullying.org want YOU to join thousands of your fellow peers across Canada to take a stand against bullying.

Bullying Awareness Week is an opportunity for people at the grassroots level in communities around the world to get involved in this issue, not by waiting for "Someone else" to do something, but rather for us to work together on preventing bullying in our communities through education and awareness.

The vision behind Bullying Awareness Week:

*  Bullying Awareness Week is about working at preventing bullying through education and awareness
*  Bullying Awareness Week is NOT about what others could or should be doing, but rather what WE can do!
*  Bullying is a community issue. Schools are a critically important part of the solution, but bullying should not be defined solely as a "school problem".
*  Addressing bullying is best done with a wholistic, community approach.
*  Everyone can play a role in addressing bullying in their community.
*  Bullying also needs to be understood as a health issue. The impact of bullying on personal health and wellness can last a lifetime. This also financial implications for our society with lessened productivity, lost manhours due to illness or personal days off work.
*  Bullying is a serious issue, at it’s worst, bullying can kill.

Bullying Awareness Week is a joint declaration of Bullying.org and Family Channel, a national children, youth and family television network. Since its inception in November 2003, Bullying Awareness Week has grown in support and is increasingly recognized by schools, individuals, organizations and communities as a time to celebrate and promote solutions to the problems of bullying.

For more information visit:

PREVNet
bullying.org
The Family Channel
The Canadian Red Cross - Stand Up 2 Bullying

Excerpts taken from www.bullying.org