FEBRUARY
February 5, 2008
2:00 – 3:00 pm
Focus: workplace bullying
Guests: Gary Namie, author “The Bully At Work” and co-founder of bullyinginstitute.org and workdoctor.com
www.bullyinginstitute.org
www.workdoctor.com
Stephen Hill, Employment Counsellor, Mentor and Founder, nobullyforme.org
Carmela Allevato, is a lawyer in the Legal Branch of the Canadian Union of Public Employees. She represents CUPE locals in British Columbia at arbitration, labour board hearings and before the courts. Check out her blog at www.callevato.blogspot.com
Namie defines workplace bullying as "repeated, health-harming mistreatment, verbal abuse, or conduct which is threatening, humiliating, intimidating, or sabotage that interferes with work or some combination of the three."
February 7, 2008
1:00 – 2:00 pm
Focus: bullying, sexual harassment and racial discrimination. Plus, an anti-bullying toolkit, which is being used by schools across this country and others.
www.acsp.cpha.ca
Guests: Dr. Mark Totten, sociologist and licensed social worker. Author of more than 25 books, articles and reports on youth issues. He has worked with high-risk children, youth and families in a variety of therapeutic, community and correctional settings for three decades.
Steve Mulligan, Anti-Homophobia and Diversity Consultant with the Vancouver School Board
www.vsb.bc.ca/districtinfo/organization/ls/Social+Responsibility+and+Diversity.htm
February 8, 2008
1:00 - 2:00
Topic: bullying of people with special needs
Guests: Victoria Chaddock, Coordinator, Supported Child Development Program, BC Centre for Ability
http://www.centreforability.bc.ca/
Marianne Kaplan, Documentary Filmmaker, "The Boy Inside" and mother of an autistic son
http://www.theboyinside.com/
February 12, 2008
1:00 – 2:30 pm
Topic: cyberbullying
Guests: Dr. Robin Kowalski, Cyberbullying Expert
www.cyberbullyhelp.com
Cathy Wing, Co-executive director, Media Awareness Network
www.media-awareness.ca
"Cyber bullying, also known as electronic bullying or online social cruelty, is defined as bullying through email, instant messaging, in a chat room, on a website or gaming site, or through digital messages or images sent to a cellular phone. Although sharing certain features in common with traditional bullying cyber bullying represents a unique phenomenon that has only recently begun to receive attention in both the popular press and in academic circles. Cyber bullying not only looks and feels a bit different than traditional bullying, but presents some unique challenges in dealing with it." (Kowalski, Limber and Agatston, 2007)
Types of Cyberbullying:
Flaming refers to a brief, heated exchange between two or more individuals that occurs via any communication technology.
Cyber Harassment involves repetitive offensive messages sent to a target.
Denigration is information about another that is derogatory and untrue.
Impersonation is when the perpetrator poses as the victim, then communicating negative, cruel, or inappropriate information with others as if the target himself or herself were voicing those thoughts.”
Outing refers to sharing personal, often embarrassing information with others with whom the information was never intended to be shared.
Trickery refers to tricking someone into revealing personal information about themselves and then sharing that information with others.
Exclusion/Ostracism Online exclusion can occur in any type of password-protected environment or by a target being knocked off of buddy lists or by refusal to accept a friend request from a classmate on a social networking site.”
Cyberstalking refers to the use of electronic communications to stalk another person through repetitive harassing and threatening communications.
February 14, 2008
1:00 - 2:00
Topic: bullying/obesity
Guests: Irving Gold, Chair, Canadian Obesity Network
http://www.obesitynetwork.ca/
Jordan Ninkovich, author, "Epidemic: Obesity Harassment Bullying"
February 15, 2008
1:00 - 2:00
Topic: how BC schools are dealing with bullying
Guests:
Irene Lanzinger, President, BC Teachers' Federation
http://www.bctf.ca/
Les Dukowski, President, BC Principals and Vice Principals Association
http://www.bcpvpa.bc.ca/
A representative from the BC School Superintendents Assocation
http://www.bcssa.org/
February 18, 2008
1:00 - 2:00
Topic: Bullying in schools
Guest: Dr. Carol Battaglio, PhD in Counseling Psychology
February 19, 2008
2:00 - 3:00
Topic: Solutions for Bullying
Guest: Mary Gordon, Founder - Roots of Empathy
http://www.rootsofempathy.org/
February 22, 2008
1:00 - 2:00
Topic: Self-esteem in teens
Guests: Anita Roberts, Founder of SafeTeen
http://www.safeteen.ca/
Brad Randell
Amanda Bencz-Commandeur
Rob Williams, Kinisiologist, Co-Founder of Performance Posture Specialists
http://performanceposturespecialists.com/
JANUARY
January 22, 2008
1:00 - 2:00 pm
Focus: establishing the extent of the problem, how bullying impacts those involved, and avenues for change
Guest: Barbara Coloroso
Parenting expert and author, The Bully, The Bullied, and The Bystander
www.kidsareworthit.com
Breaking the cycle of violence in our homes, schools and communities involve more than merely identifying and stopping the bully. It requires that we examine the why and the how a child becomes a bully or the target of a bully (and sometimes both) as well as the role the bystanders play in perpetuating the cycle. A deadly combination is a bully who gets what he wants from his target, a bullied child who is afraid to tell, bystanders who either watch, participate in the bullying, or look away, and adults who see bullying as teasing, not tormenting, as ‘boys will be boys.’ not the predatory aggression that it is.
2:00 – 3:00 pm
Guest: Travis Price and DJ Shepard, Pink T-shirt pioneers
Hear from the Nova Scotia students who inspired our Pink T-shirt campaign. Travis shares his story of being bullied, and how he and DJ galvanized a whole province to join the fight against bullying.
January 25, 2008
2:00 - 2:30 pm
Focus: the link between gangs and bullying
Guest: Michael Maxwell, Program Director of Leave Out Violence BC (LOVE BC). Kids can be bullied into joining gangs, or to seek protection from bullying and violence. www.leaveoutviolence.com
January 29, 2008
1:30 - 2:00 pm
Focus: Are schools prepared to deal with the bullying that happens there? Are teachers adequately trained to deal with the complaints they hear? Do school programs aimed at reducing bullying actually work?
Guest: Katherine Sawchuk shares her story of being bullied from the age of 6 until she was 12, and how school authorities largely ignored her pleas for help.
2:00 – 3:00 pm
Guest: Dr. Rachel Vreeman is with the Indiana Children's Health Services Research section of the Department of Pediatrics at the Indiana University School of Medicine. She says in her experience as a pediatrician, bullying is a complex health problem that can lead to physical, social and emotional problems later on. She says that about ten percent of children are bullied or are bullies themselves. Further, she says many of the strategies schools use to curb bullying simply don't work.
www.archpedi.ama-assn.org
Guest: Cindi Seddon is co-founder of the Bully B'ware program, and a principal in the Coquitlam school district.
www.bullybeware.com
She recommends the following when your child encounters a bully:
KIDS
- Stand straight and tall if faced with a bully; look him straight in the eye.
- Be polite but firm. Tell the bully "Stop it, I don't like it. Leave me alone."
- If at all possible, don't cry or show you are upset. Walk away if you can't hide your feelings.
- Report events to an adult you trust. Expect action to be taken.
PARENTS
- Contact your child's school, anonymously, and ask if there is a bullying policy.
- Then, if assured your child won't be exposed to greater risk, inform them of the events that transpired, including a date, time and place.
- Follow up with school authorities. Ask what action has been taken and how your child will be kept safe if his identity has been exposed. .
January 31, 2008
1:00 – 2:00 pm
Focus: the differences between how girls bully and how boys bully.
www.canadiancrc.com/Bullying
www.mcintyre.ca
Guest: Dr. Sybille Artz, Professor of Child and Youth Care, University of Victoria
Aaron White, School Psychologist in West Vancouver