Let kindness grow this pink shirt day!
Dewey is celebrating Pink Shirt Day and wants to know if you would join in the fun!
Pink Shirt Day is a day where we look at ways to be kind to each other. No one wants to be bullied. It is a fantastic opportunity to learn about mental health and what to do in situations where you experience or see bullying and prejudice.
Digital Resources
- PinkShirtDay.ca
- Internet Awareness for Parents MediaSmarts
- Get Net Wise Get Net Wise
- The White Hatter
- Digital Citizenship: Guide for Parents
- Focus on the Family
- The Canadian Centre for Child Protection has issued a Cybertip.ca Alert for parents on how talk to youth about online extortion. Review a tip sheet for parents. We also encourage all parents to sign up with Cybertip to receive information on concerning technology trends as they emerge.
- Well-Being BC – Created for all schools, as part of a school-based mental health initiative to support three pillars of Well-Being.
- KidsHealth – Easy-to-follow articles, slideshows, videos, and health tools designed to help families learn, grow, and be their best.
- PBS LearningMedia – Personal, Mental, and Emotional Health resources fileterable by grade and resource type.
Unit Study Kits
- Digital Literacy Kit (Grades 6-8)
Subscriptions
- Axis (Gr. 7-12) helps caring adults talk with teens about topics they might not otherwise discuss.
- Discovery Education (K-12) has many helpful videos with various topics.
- EVERFI has short courses on mental health. Contact Margaret Basaraba for access to preset classrooms.
- Explora Canada (Gr. 8-12) has many mental health and anxiety articles.
- Gale Cengage Science (Gr. 8-12) Scroll down to find further articles.
- Learn360 (K-12) has many videos relating to mental health and bullying issues.
- National Film Board (Gr. 10-12) has short films about mental health issues.
- rightnow MEDIA (Gr. 10-adult) approaches mental health and bullying from a Biblical perspective.