The Pledge to End Bullying

TVDSB grad advocates for self and others “See the ability.” This is the message of World Down Syndrome Day on March 21. Thames Valley District School Board grad and current self-advocate Matthew MacNeil is pictured on a 2013 campaign poster that reads, “It is important to continue to learn.” A Glendale High School grad, MacNeil [...]

I was severely bullied from grade 1 all the way to grade 11 or 12. The bullying was both mental and physical, from name calling, being the one with ‘the coodies’ to getting slapped and punched by girls and guys. It was awful. But I always hung in there, believing and knowing that I was [...]

What would have started out as “My Son’s Story” has turned out to be an awesome, amazing, learning situation for my son’s class! Over 4 years ago I had my first meeting with the then principal of Wyevale Central Public school about some disturbing and sometimes dangerous situations involving the bullying of my son Sean. [...]

When I was young I had a lazy eye, one of my biggest insecurities, & boy did no one let me forget about it. Every day in school people would make fun of me for it, until eventually I switched schools and a majority of the bullying stopped. After high school started things were definitely [...]

My name is Norm and I was bullied in school when I was a kid but I guess it wasn’t as big as it is today. I am 47 years old and I started getting bullied in the sixth grade when I started Hollycrest Middle School. I started grade six in 1977 I went from [...]