Canada stepping up 4R kids- BULLYCIDES AND BULLYING- Statistics September 2013 Canada- No more abuses- No more Excuses-/F**KING PAEDOPHILES -soul stealers/ r kids matter/CHER ON FEMINISM/ Sept 30 2013

Michael de Adder know Canadians so well.... let' step up Canada- no more Angels dying Monster thriving..

another bullycide canada-  Angel dies while monsters thrive-  Todd Loik murdered by bullycide September 2013 Canada kim-loik-  The raw heartache of losing a beloved child because of evil behaviour condoned by others-  Canada's stepping up-  r kids matter.

STOP A BULLY- CANADA STATISTICS AND FACTS- SEPTEMBER 2013 –For Todd, Amanda, Jamie from Ottawa, Courtney, Amanda.... our Rethaeh and thousands of children angels die while monsters thrive.... it’s time Canada- the best site ever.... Canada’s stepping up- thank u

http://www.stopabully.ca/bullying-resources/bullying-statistics

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CANADIAN BULLYING STATISTICS

A study on bullying by the University of British Columbia, based on 490 students (half female, half male) in Grades 8-10 in a B.C. city in the winter of 1999, showed:

       » 64 per cent of kids had been bullied at school.

       » 12 per cent were bullied regularly (once or more a week).

       » 13 per cent bullied other students regularly (once or more a week).

       » 72 per cent observed bullying at school at least once in a while.

       » 40 per cent tried to intervene.

       » 64 per cent considered bullying a normal part of school life.

       » 20-50 per cent said bullying can be a good thing (makes people tougher, is a good way to solve problems, etc.).

       » 25-33 per cent said bullying is sometimes OK and/or that it is OK to pick on losers.

       » 61-80 per cent said bullies are often popular and enjoy high status among their peers.

Source: Centre For Youth Social Development, UBC Faculty of Education

- 1 in 5 Canadian Teens have witnessed online Bullying

- 25% of kids between 12-15 have witnessed cyberbullying

- 25% of girls and 17% of boys have witnessed online harassment

- 51% of all teens have had negative experience with social networking

- 16% said someone posted an embarassing photo of them

- 12% said someone hacked their account

Source: Ipsos Reid 2011 Survey of 416 Canadian Teenagers

Canada Bullying Statistics and Facts:

       Punching, shoving, teasing, spreading bad rumours, keeping certain people out of a group, getting certain people to "gang-up" on others are all forms of bullying

       One in seven Canadian children aged 11 to 16 are victims of bullying

       25% of children in grades 4 to 6 have been bullied

       Bullying occurs once every 7 minutes on the playground and once every 25 minutes in the classroom

       In majority of cases, bullying stops within 10 seconds when peers intervene, or do not support the bullying behaviour

       Adults who were bullied as children are more likely to suffer from depression in adulthood.

       * Between 10% and 15% of high school students are victims.

       * 11% of secondary students bully other youngsters at least once a year.

       * 31% of students say they would participate in the bullying of a young dislikes.

Source: Craig &. Pepler, 1997

Cyberbullying Statistics

* 90% of parents are familiar with cyberbullying; 73% are either very or somewhat concerned about it.
* 2 in 5 parents report their child has been involved in a cyberbullying incident; 1 in 4 educators have been cyber-harassment victims.
*  73% of educators are familiar with the issue and 76% believe cyberbullying is a very or somewhat serious problem at their school.
* Educators consider cyberbullying (76%) as big an issue as smoking (75%) and drugs (75%).

The study adds that "the most commonly experienced form of cyberbullying
is when someone takes a private email, IM, or text message and forwards it to someone
else or posts the communication publicly"

*38% of girls online report being bullied, compared with 26% of online boys.
* Nearly 4 in 10 social network users (39%) have been cyberbullied, compared with 22% of online teens who do not use social networks (all from
Pew, 2007).

Source: Microsoft's Truthyworthy Computing division

 

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HELP LINES....

NO MORE BULLYING- NO MORE- CANADA'S STEPPING UP...

TO CANADA'S CLASSIFIED... 4 EVERY KID IN THE WORLD- whether ur 2 or 102- we've all been there...

see u got that Inner Ninja going on- and don't 4get kids and elders are also ur fans- u chisel ur words in stone on our hearts and bring hope from despair 4 homeless kids and kids who have just had a shitty chance at life- thanks Canadian son... and taps out 2 David Myles who also has Canada's flag wrapped around his heart and soul- the Buddy Holly of Canada

Classified - Inner Ninja ft. David Myles

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGhyL8zg3_I

LINKS ON BULLYING AND CHILD ABUSE- (Mind Rape/Physical Torture/Sexual Assault)

FOR KIDS- TWEENS-TEENS-YOUNGBLOODS- But perhaps most of all..... each and every Canadain Adult- we must take more responsibility and be more vigilant:

To learn more about bullying and if u r being abused- check out:

www.stopcyberbullying.org

www.cyberbullying.novascotia.ca

www.prevnet.ca

www.cpha.ca/en/activities/safe-schools.aspx

http://needhelpnow.ca/app/en/  AND http://needhelpnow.ca/app/fr/

RespectED: Violence & Abuse Prevention

http://www.redcross.ca/article.asp?id=000294

www.kidshelpphone.ca

If you are a victim of bullying, call The Kids Help Phone at 1-800-668-6868.

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Shania Twain - Black Eyes, Blue Tears - Live!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26Fd5Q2-VC0

LYRICS

"Black Eyes, Blue Tears"

Black eyes, I don't need 'em
Blue tears, gimme freedom
Positively never goin' back
I won't live where things are so out of whack
No more rollin' with the punches
No more usin' or abusin'

I'd rather die standing
Than live on my knees
Begging please-no more

Black eyes-I don't need 'em
Blue tears-gimme freedom
Black eyes-all behind me
Blue tears'll never find me now

Definitley found my self esteem
Finally-I'm forever free to dream
No more cryin' in the corner
No excuses-no more bruises

I'd rather die standing
Than live on my knees
Begging please-no more

Black eyes-I don't need 'em
Blue tears-gimme freedom
Black eyes-all behind me
Blue tears'll never find me now

I'd rather die standing
Than live on my knees, begging please...

Black eyes-I don't need 'em
Blue tears-gimme freedom
Black eyes-all behind me
Blue tears'll never find me now

It's all behind me, they'll never find me now

Find your self-esteem and be forever free to dream

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ABUSED CHILDREN'S HEALING MONUMENT-  TORONTO- CANADA

http://www.irvingstudios.com/child_abuse_survivor_monument/images/quilt_inventory/711A2_square.htm

http://www.irvingstudios.com/child_abuse_survivor_monument/poetry/711A2_poem2a.htm#711a2

http://www.irvingstudios.com/child_abuse_survivor_monument/CanadianResponse.htm#top01

Canada Child Abuse Healing Monument- the quilts- Martin Kruze - We Remember - 2 honour those who survived horrific child abuse and paedophiles- and those who did not.... Martin Kruze ("Iwas a Paedophiles dream") little boy who loved playing hockey at Maple Leaf Gardens- commited suicide 3 days after horrid 2 year sentence of paedophiles who abused 80 little boys who just loved hockey..... We remember Martin... here's to the One Billion Rising- around the world- breaking the chains- no more abuses and - no more damm excuses.... Canada's stepping on up hard...

Martin Harold Kruze who told the story of his horrendous abuse at Maple Leaf Gardens- COMMITED SUICIDE- at tender 23 yrs of age-  AT THE LITTLE BIT OF JAIL TIME THE PAEDOPHILE MONSTERS GOT.... Dr. Michael Irving built the ONLY.....Children's Abused Surviivors Healing Monument- which is in Toronto, Ontario- Canada

http://www.irvingstudios.com/child_abuse_survivor_monument/Martin_Kruze.htm

Martin Kruze- I was a Paedophile's Dream-  young hockey player- 3 days after PAEDOPHILE'S 2 YEAR VERDICT-  young hockey play Martin Kruze was so distraught = he commited suicide

Martin Kruze on Reaching Out Child Abuse Monument- TORONTO, CANADA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuozbnNmobQ

COMMENT:

One victim, Brian Cills never received a single penny of the? compansation money that was promised to him by the Gardens.

We are wondering if any of the other victims actual received any compansation that was awarded to them.

Or should they all just go and jump off a bridge too.

Please comment to Brian Cills,

if you are one of these vitims.

Thank you.

AND..

Martin Harold Kruze who told the story of his horrendous abuse at Maple Leaf Gardens- COMMITED SUICIDE- at tender 23 yrs of age- AT THE LITTLE BIT OF JAIL TIME THE PAEDOPHILE MONSTERS GOT.... Dr. Michael Irving built the ONLY.....Children's Abused Surviivors Healing Monument- which is in Toronto, Ontario- Canada

http://www.irvingstudios.com/child_abuse_survivor_monument/Martin_Kruze.htm

HERO - HERO   PAEDOPHILE ABUSED SURVIVOR-  THE VICTOR OVER THE MONSTERS

Maple Leaf Gardens sex abuse victim revisits rink

Man assaulted as a child at Maple Leaf Gardens returns with his hockey team

CBC News  Last Updated: Sep 7, 2013 10:31 PM E

A former victim of convicted Maple Leaf Gardens child molester Gordon Stuckless returned to the arena for the first time today, reclaiming the rink as the new home ice for his junior A hockey club.

The Mattamy Athletic Centre, formerly the Maple Leaf Gardens, is the new home to the Ryerson Rams. Allan Donnan, general manager of the Predators junior A hockey team, will also host 42 games this season at the arena.The Mattamy Athletic Centre, formerly the Maple Leaf Gardens, is the new home to the Ryerson Rams. Allan Donnan, general manager of the Predators junior A hockey team, will also host 42 games this season at the arena. (Tim Wharnsby/CBC)

Allan Donnan was among dozens of boys sexually assaulted decades ago by the former Gardens usher in the 1960s, '70s and '80s.

Now a grown man, Donnan returned Saturday afternoon to the arena that has haunted him for years, this time to watch the puck drop at the historic venue as the general manager of the Toronto Predators junior A hockey team.

    'So much was locked in this building and today we unlocked the door, and we came back in, and we came in the front door.'—Allan Donnan, survivor of sex abuse and general manager of the Toronto Predators

"The young men that walked in with me today, said, 'We got your back, we got your back,' and that made it all worthwhile," he said.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/story/2013/09/07/toronto-gardens-allan-donnan-stuckless.html

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AND...

Martin Harold Kruze who told the story of his horrendous abuse at Maple Leaf Gardens- COMMITED SUICIDE- at tender 23 yrs of age-  AT THE LITTLE BIT OF JAIL TIME THE PAEDOPHILE MONSTERS GOT.... Dr. Michael Irving built the ONLY.....Children's Abused Surviivors Healing Monument- which is in Toronto, Ontario- Canada

http://www.irvingstudios.com/child_abuse_survivor_monument/Martin_Kruze.htm

Martin Kruze- I was a Paedophile's Dream-  young hockey player- 3 days after PAEDOPHILE'S 2 YEAR VERDICT-  young hockey play Martin Kruze was so distraught = he commited suicide

Martin Kruze on Reaching Out Child Abuse Monument- TORONTO, CANADA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuozbnNmobQ

COMMENT:

One victim, Brian Cills never received a single penny of the? compansation money that was promised to him by the Gardens.

We are wondering if any of the other victims actual received any compansation that was awarded to them.

Or should they all just go and jump off a bridge too.

Please comment to Brian Cills,

if you are one of these vitims.

Thank you.

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GET THE POINT- IT'S LIKE CHER SAYS  2 question r u a feminist still??

Cher on the art of the comeback

A conversation with Cher on working with Lady Gaga and singing for Jackie O

by Elio Iannacci on Sunday, September 8, 2013 8:00pm

Q: So many young performers like Taylor Swift don’t want to identify as feminists. Why is that?

A: What is the bad connotation with feminism? When women have full control of their bodies, when women get paid exactly the same as men, when everything that happens for men happens for women, I can stop calling myself a feminist.

http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/09/08/on-singing-for-jackie-kennedy-working-with-lady-gaga-and-the-art-of-the-comeback/

AND..

READER’S CORNER

‘How many of you are feminists?’

I remember being in high school in Mr. Plato’s Global History class when he point-blank asked the students: “How many of you are feminists?"

Only about three of us raised our hands. Plato told them all they were doorknobs (or something to that ef­fect, lovingly) and explained that feminism is the basic b elief in equal­ity, something the other kids had never considered before.

Kids aren’t taught about feminism — not what it actually is, anyway. They close their eyes and imagine feminists as fat lesbians, frothing at the mouth and hating men while they stuff their faces with three-day-old tuna casser­ole.

They don’t think of their mothers, struggling to make the same pay as the men at work. They don’t see their older sisters dealing with misogyny each and every day as a university student. They don’t see their neigh­bour being raped, their best friend b eing turned down for jobs, or their grandmother being forced to stay home because that was her “place."

Kids need to know what feminism is, because feminism is how we’re all going to make our world a better place. Making each group equal is how we move beyond issues like what’s happening in our university system, in or our political system, in or our work­places and in our schools.

You have to teach people when they are young that all people deserve equal respect, or else you’ll lose them. Why are kids in their first year of university so quick to accept a sexist chant? Because they don’t know any better, and that’s our fault.

We have to do better for the girls and the boys, or else the next genera­tion will lose something that’s been essential in shaping the current gener­ation: the ongoing fight for gender equality.

Christie Blotnicky, Halifax

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CANADA: ONE BILLION RISING- break the chains-no more excuses -or abuses/ST. MARY'S UNIVERSITY-UNIV. BRITISH COLUMBIA- universities, colleges and schools inclusive-u r tommorow's Canadian Leaders- kids look up 2 u.

http://nova0000scotia.blogspot.ca/2013/09/canada-one-billion-rising-break-chains.html

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CANADA MILITARY NEWS: Sep6- innie meenie minie mow- catch a nig**r by the toe -in our day VS 2day's "Y is for your sister, O is for oh so tight, U is for underage, N is for no consent, G is for grab that ass, SMU boys we like them young." - Thx SMU students r couragely stepping up and fixing the hurtin

http://nova0000scotia.blogspot.ca/2013/09/canada-military-news-sep6-innie-meenie.html

BLOG:

 PAEDOPHILE HUNTING- Nova Scotia where's our inquiry in2 Nova Scotia Home 4 Coloured Children -black on black paedophile abuse/ Cruise Ships PAEDOPHILE HORROR/ Hunting Paedophiles August 29, 2013

 http://nova0000scotia.blogspot.ca/2013/08/paedophile-hunting-nova-scotia-wheres.html

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TO CANADA'S CLASSIFIED... 4 EVERY KID IN THE WORLD- whether ur 2 or 102- we've all been there...

 see u got that Inner Ninja going on- and don't 4get kids and elders are also ur fans- u chisel ur words in stone on our hearts and bring hope from despair 4 homeless kids and kids who have just had a shitty chance at life- thanks Canadian son... and taps out 2 David Myles who also has Canada's flag wrapped around his heart and soul- the Buddy Holly of Canada

 Classified - Inner Ninja ft. David Myles

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGhyL8zg3_I

ONE BILLION RISING- SHORT FILM-  break the chains of abuse- no more excuses

 One Billion Rising- Break the Chain of Abuse- NO MORE EXCUSES-  Evry Day is Internat.Women'sDa

UNITED NATIONS-  USA OBAMA AND THE WORLD NATIONS NEED 2 SIGN 65% OF WORLD'S WOMEN ARE EQUAL-  come on USA-  no more excuses-   and if all nations - do not sign THEN CANADA- DUMP UNITED NATIONS... please

bullying- 

malalas

 first responders

CANADA'S SOLDIERS OF SUICIDE- UNVEILING OTTAWA- SEPTEMBER 15 2013

 Martin Kruze- young hockey play- raped abused as a boy Maple Leaf Gardens- I WAS A PAEDOPHILE'S DREAM-   Child Abuse Healing Monument- Toronto- Canada  (Only one of kind on planet)- we pray 4 the murdered abused kids, suicide kids- and pray 4 the survivors- the victors..... God bless u- Martin Kruze commited suicide 2 days after the horrid small verdict... now the paedphiles are back on 85 more charges.

Honouring our troops- thank u

September 11, 2001- Canadians Remember- somebody has 2 care- God bless our troops

Child Abuse Healing Monument- Toronto-Canada

child abuse-  if we all don't stop this- who will?

suicide by bullying-  11 year old Canadian child- just couldn't take it- only child-BULLYCIDE

Nova Scotia Home 4 Coloured Children- hundreds of lives destroyed by systemic child abuse (mind rape/physical torture/sexual assault) by black on black abuse-  Nova Scotians - Canada wants inquiry

Phoenix Sinclair- takin from beloved foster parents and beaten 2 death and horrible abused by mother and live in partner- she didn't make it 2 five years old folks...

Jamie from Ottawa-  bullycide- are u happy now????

hey Canada- the face of bullycide

Beautiful Courtney A. Brown of Nova Scotia-  tortured and destroyed by peers- BULLYCIDE

Rehtaeh Parson-  raped, tortured by peers-  not one institution in Nova Scotia saved her- BULLYCIDE

VICTIMS NEED JUSTICE FROM PAEDOPHILES- IT'S TIME CANADA- r kids matter

sex /labour slave trafficking of children and women- globally 80 million

MURDER BY BULLYCIDE- OUR AMANDA TODD-   Canada is going 1,000 BULLYCIDES- Let's Step Up Canada

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 LINKS ON BULLYING AND CHILD ABUSE- (Mind Rape/Physical Torture/Sexual Assault)

 FOR KIDS- TWEENS-TEENS-YOUNGBLOODS- But perhaps most of all..... each and every Canadain Adult- we must take more responsibility and be more vigilant:

 To learn more about bullying and if u r being abused- check out:

 www.stopcyberbullying.org

 www.cyberbullying.novascotia.ca

 www.prevnet.ca

 www.cpha.ca/en/activities/safe-schools.aspx

 http://needhelpnow.ca/app/en/  AND http://needhelpnow.ca/app/fr/

 RespectED: Violence & Abuse Prevention

 http://www.redcross.ca/article.asp?id=000294

 www.kidshelpphone.ca

 If you are a victim of bullying, call The Kids Help Phone at 1-800-668-6868.

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14 f**king years old??????????????????????????????  HEY BIKER FRIENDS- STREET PEERS- PASS THIS ONE ON -   hang his junk 2 the jailyard wall-  a-n-o-n-y-m-o-u-s   help darlins!

Soccer coach guilty of sex assault

STEVE BRUCE COURT REPORTER

sbr uce@herald.ca @CH_cour ts

A Halifax soccer coach has pleaded guilty to s exually assau lt­ing one of his players, a 14-year-old girl, last fall.

Konstanty (Kostek) Bedoa-Gorski, 24, entered the plea Tues­day in Halifax provincial court.

Bedoa-Gorski, a psychology student at Saint Mary’s University, will be sentenced Dec. 18.

Judge Michael Sherar ordered the young man to co-operate with the preparation of a presentence report.

Defence lawyer Thomas Singleton told the court the sen­tencing date would allow his client to finish this semester at SMU.

But the south-end Halifax uni­versity announced later Tuesday that Bedoa-Gorski had been sus­pended and barred from campus.

A dis ciplinary hearing will b e held as soon as possible, a uni­versity spokesman said.

SMU was in the national head­lines last week for a frosh week chant encouraging the rape of underage girls.

Bedoa-Gorski abused the girl last October.

He was also charged with sex­ual interference. That charge will be withdrawn after he is sen­tenced for sexual assault.

Bedoa-Gorski remains free on an under taking , with conditions banning him from using the Inter­net, having contact with children under the age of 16 and going to schools, parks, playgrounds and other places known to be frequen­ted by kids.

He’s forbidden from commu­nicating with the victim or going to her home. The girl’s identity is protected by a publication ban.

Bedoa-Gorski was director of MAPS Elite, a Halifax-based pro­gram for high-performance soccer players between the ages of 12 and 16 .

He’s also coached in Soccer Nova Scotia’s provincial program, at the Farias Soccer Academy and with clubs such as Cole Harbour, Dartmouth United, Halifax Dun­brack and Dartmouth FC.

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 IDLE NO MORE CANADA- our beautiful First Peoples of 10,000 years- u matter-Canada matters

 }}  this day and age.... u would come 2 Canada and trophy hunt OUR BEARS????- let alone the First Peoples of 10,000 years in Canada- u would insult our First Peoples-  had to cry- watched this on APTN- Canada's First Peoples Television Station- how could we not mourn and cry- and 2 leave the carcass- like the billion buffalo stolen from USA First Peoples.... Come one it's 2013

 Bear Witness: a film by BC's Coastal First Nations

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDg24d8fF1Q

 Published on Sep 3, 2013 

 When 'Cheeky' the bear is ambushed and decapitated in front of a lone witness, a chain of events is set in motion up and down the coast. You're the next link.

 http://www.BearsForever.ca

 imho- we must all work 2gether 4 our environment- and yes we need our own energy and use our own oil- Cape Breton toxic wasteland  is now a children's park- we must stop using oil, gas whatever from HERITICAL MUSLIMS who are destroying Muslims like pirannas every damm day in the Middle East, Africas and Asias..... we just cannot continue 2 condone this kind of world in 2013-

   God bless our Canada- I always picture God looking like Chief Dan George  :-)

 Idle No More Canada-  our beloved First Peoples 10,000 years-  our Canada children- our wolves (my very favourite creature- haunting- beautiful-inspiring) - let's look after Canada now

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 The Wolves

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20SWz2Gf_BY

 The Gray Wolf (Canis lupus; also spelled Grey Wolf, see spelling differences; also known as Timber Wolf or Wolf) is a mammal in the order Carnivora. The Gray Wolf shares a common ancestry with the domestic dog (Canis lupus familiaris), as evidenced by DNA sequencing and genetic drift studies. Gray wolves were once abundant and distributed over much of North America, Eurasia, and the Middle East. Today, for a variety of human-related reasons, including widespread habitat destruction and excessive hunting, wolves inhabit only a very limited portion of their former range. Though listed as a species of least concern for extinction worldwide, for some regions including the Continental United States, the species is listed as endangered or threatened.

  IF U LOVE WOLVES PLZ ENJOY IT!! SAVE THEM!!

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UBC student leaders quit over rape chant

September 12, 2013 - 7:02am By THE CANADIAN PRESS

 

Same chant recited at SMU earlier this month

http://thechronicleherald.ca/canada/1153651-ubc-student-leaders-quit-over-rape-chant

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Tenancy rules eased for abuse victims

September 11, 2013 - 7:20pm By THE CHRONICLE HERALD

Nova Scotia is making it easier for abuse victims to get out of leases early without financial penalties.

“The worry about a lease could prevent someone from leaving a dangerous situation,” John Joyce-Robinson, the justice department’s director of victim services, said Wednesday in a news release.

Through changes to the Residential Tenancies Act, victims can now work with victim services to end year-to-year leases with one month’s notice instead of three months and end fixed-term leases before the stated end date.

Tenants who would previously had to pay the rent for the rest of the lease can now apply to have the financial responsibility reduced.

For more information, call victim services at 1-888-470-0773.

http://thechronicleherald.ca/novascotia/1153517-tenancy-rules-eased-for-abuse-victims

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Frosh chant response group set

Five women, three men on Saint Mary’s panel established by university president

EDUCATION REPORTER FRANCES WILLICK fwillick@herald.ca @CH_Frances

Saint Mary’s University an­nounced Wednesday the mem­bers of a new group tasked with helping prevent sexual assault on campus.

Led by Dalhousie University law professor Wayne MacKay, the membership will include Laurel Broten, the creator of Ontario’s Sexual Violence Action Plan; Shelagh Crooks, a philosophy professor at Saint Mary’s; lawyer and writer Wendy MacGregor; Marilyn More, the minister re­sp onsible for the Advis ory Coun­cil of the Status of Women Act; Brad Prest, a fourth-year political science student; Staci Simpson, a graduate student and the co­ordinator of the Saint Mary’s women’s centre; and Russell Westhaver, a sociology and crim­inology professor at Saint Mary’s.

Maureen Reid of BoardWorks Consulting will serve as an ad­ministrator and resource consult­ant for the group.

Colin Dodds, the president of Saint Mary’s, struck the presiden­tial council last week in the wake of a pro-rape cheer sung on cam­pus during frosh week.

“We have assembled a team of five women and three men that bring a wide range of perspectives to the issue," Dodds said in a news release. “They will be draw­ing on the best resources and expertise from both the campus and the community."

The group will also look at ways of increasing respect and safety on campus.

Saint Mary’s spokesman Steve Proctor said external organiza­tions will have an opportunity to give input, but he’s uncertain how it will be solicited or collected.

“There are any number of people who have great resources that we will b e tapping into in the process," he said.

The bu dget for the council has not yet been set. MacKay told The Chronicle Herald last week that his role as leader is a volunteer p osition .

The council’s recommendations are expected in mid-December.

Two students are facing a dis­ciplinary hearing in connection with the orientation week chant.

Another student, 24-year-old Konstanty (Kostek) Bedoa-Gorski, was suspended and will also face a dis ciplinary hearing after plead­ing guilty on Tuesday to sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl whom he coached in soccer.

Proctor said neither the dates nor outcomes o f dis ciplinary hearings are made public.

http://thechronicleherald.ca/metro/1153444-smu-names-members-of-sex-assault-prevention-group

and...

SMU names experts on panel looking at sexual violence

http://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/smu-names-experts-on-panel-looking-at-sexual-violence-1.1450799

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Program to target sexualized violence

AARON BESWICK TRURO BUREAU

abeswick@herald.ca @CH_ABeswick

ANTIGONISH — It took three years of hundreds of Saint Mary’s University students chanting about sexually assaulting under­age girls for anyone to complain, or if s omeone did, for s omeone to listen .

It took widespread outrage in the media for the administration and stu dent council, the president of which admitted to participating in the chant, to respond last week.

And that’s a problem for Lucille Harper, Annie Chau and the 80 stu dent and academic leaders coming to Antigonish on Friday to learn how to b e the individual that resists this type of herd mentality.

“When you look at the (Saint Mary’s University) frosh leader saying that (students) didn’t even think about the words they were chanting, you see how pervasive sexualized violence is in our cul­ture," said Harper, executive director of the Antigonish Wo­men’s Resource Centre & Sexual Assault Services Association.

This weekend, stu dent and academic leaders from around Atlantic Canada will come to St. Francis Xavier University to take instru ction on how to identify sexualized violence and its pro­motion and how to intervene in a program hosted by the Women’s Resource Centre. Those 80 will be sent back to their campuses as instructors of a program called Bringing in the Bystander, in the hopes of creating a broader cul­ture of whistle-blowers.

“We all want to live in a safe, happy community where p eople are treated with respect," said Chau, program co-ordinator at the women’s centre.

“Everyone in the community is responsible for that."

The bystander approach was developed at the University of New Hampshire as a means to reining in the excess es on campus that promote sexual violence.

Angela Borges, a lead trainer in prevention innovation at that university, will be in Antigonish on Friday to teach the course.

“When you look at movies, music and television you s ee a lot of themes around sexual violence and rape that trivialize it in some way," said Borges on Monday.

“So much so that people take it as normal. Our program asks people to look at that, whether it be in the broader media or people making jokes, and stand up against it."

During the program, parti­cipants practise intervening in situations, whether it be an intox­icated girl being dragged off from the bar or a chant such as the one at Saint Mary’s University that promotes rape.

It is about the individual stand­ing up against a massive media machine that promotes extreme sexuality and often trivializes sexual violence, said Borges.

She admitted that those are big forces for the individual to op­pose.

“But it is encouraging to see that now we are starting to recog­nize the problem and seeking solutions to do something about it ."

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NFLD

Racy beer mug noticed by university dean

The dean o f engineering for Me­morial University of Newfound­land says there will be con­sequences for a sexualized beer mug that has prompted the school’s engineering society to apologize.

Greg Naterer says he’s dis­turbed by the mugs selected by the society for a recent party.

The souvenir mugs feature a cartoon image of a barely dressed woman and the words “If She’s Thirsty Give her the D (DAY)," a play on the party’s D-Day theme and a reference to a phrase that has its origins from a pornography website and its us e in standup comedy. (CP)

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Waste not, want not

September 11, 2013 - 6:54pm By GORDON DELANEY VALLEY BUREAU

Farmer donates corn to Feed Nova Scotia

http://thechronicleherald.ca/novascotia/1153510-waste-not-want-not

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ATLANTIC CANADA FILM FESTIVAL 2013- COME VISIT

CBC at the Atlantic Film Festival 2013

http://www.cbc.ca/ns/community/blog/2013/08/cbc-at-the-atlantic-film-festival-2013.html

CALGARY

Cenovus to give priority to veterans

One of Canada’s energy giants has joined a program that makes military veterans a priority when hiring new employees.

Federal Veterans Affairs Minis­ter Julian Fantino was in Calgary for the announcement by Cenov­us Energy, which has a workforce of about 5,000.

Fantino said Cenovus is the first energy and utility company to participate in the program an­nounced last fall as part of a gov­ernment veterans transition plan.

He said many Canadian sol­diers leaving the military have useful skills, including the ability to work as part of a team. (CP)

Kind-hearted custodian puts school in the pink

September 11, 2013 - 8:31pm SHERRI BORDEN COLLEY Staff Reporter

http://thechronicleherald.ca/novascotia/1153528-kind-hearted-custodian-puts-school-in-the-pink

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2 all the troops- then, now, always waiting with God 4 us-we love u and we remember 9/11

 Go Rest High On That Mountain-Vince Gill

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