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Bullying

What is bullying? • Bullying is unwanted, aggressive behavior that involves a real or perceived power imbalance. The behavior is repeated, or has the potential to be repeated, over time.

Bullying Involves: • Imbalance of power: • people who bully use their power to control or harm and the people being bullied may have a hard time defending themselves. • Intent to cause harm: • actions done by accident are not bullying; the person bullying has a goal to cause harm. • Repetition: • incidents of bullying happen to the same the person over and over by the same person or group.

Verbal • Name calling • Teasing • Threats • Mocking

Physical • Hitting • Punching • Shoving

Social • Spreading rumours • Leaving someone out on purpose • Breaking up friendships

Cyber-bullying • Cyber-bullying is bullying that takes place using electronic technology. • Text messages • Emails • Social networking sites

Bystanders • Bystander: someone who is witness to an act against another person. • Some bystanders encourage the situation • Some bystanders join in • Most bystanders watch passively and do nothing • Why might people not want to get involved? • Bystander Effect: a phenomenon in which the greater the number of people present at a situation, the less likely they are to help. People are more likely to step in if there are few or no other witnesses.

Impacts • Depression • Anxiety • Fear • Physical ailments • Suicide

Prevention • Upstanders: People who take action against bullying either by intervening directly, making friends with a bullied person, or seeking help for someone. • Public Service Announcements: public awareness about the issue. • Organizations: Kids Help Phone • School programs: Anti-bullying campaigns, clubs, the pledge • The Pledge: http: //ctvnewslondon. ca/thepledge/media. html

Jamie Hubley • http: //www. cbc. ca/news/canada/ottawa/story/ 2011/10/18/ottawa-teen-suicide-father. html

It Gets Better • http: //www. itgetsbetter. org/

Marjorie Raymond • http: //www. ctv. ca/CTVNews/Top. Stories/201111 30/quebec-teen-bullying-suicide-111130/

“Bully” • http: //thebullyproject. com/indexflash. html#/vi deo

Public Service Announcement • A type of advertisement intended to change the public interest by raising awareness of an issue, affecting public attitudes, or stimulating action.

PSA Examples: • http: //www. ccakids. ca/psas/bullying_prevention. html • http: //www. cancer. ca/ontario/about%20 us/me dia%20 centre/odpublic%20 service%20 announcements. aspx? sc_l ang=en

It Gets Better – Southwestern Ontario • http: //www. itgetsbetter. org/video/entry/2897/