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'Bikes Against Bullies' Rally Honours Amanda Todd, Bullying Victims

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 06.09.2013 | Canada British Columbia
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PORT COQUITLAM, B.C. - Dozens of people gathered in Port Coquitlam on Sunday for the first annual Bikes Against Bullies rally in honour of Amanda Todd...

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Amanda Todd's Mom On Online Safety

The Huffington Post B.C. | Posted 03.21.2013 | Canada British Columbia
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Amanda Todd’s mother is using her daughter’s tragic story to warn parents to update old "stranger danger" lessons and focus on social media intera...

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Initiative Tries To Protect Children From Online Predators

The Huffington Post Alberta | Posted 02.05.2013 | Canada Alberta
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The Alberta government is offering an online course to teach parents about the risks children may face online. The initiative comes mere months aft...

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Amanda Todd Among Google Top 2012 Searches

The Huffington Post B.C. | Posted 12.13.2012 | Canada British Columbia
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Amanda Todd, the B.C. teen whose suicide unleashed an international debate on cyberbullying, was among the top trending searches of 2012, said a Googl...

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How To Report On Suicide

CBC | Posted 02.03.2013 | Canada British Columbia
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Vancouver School Board trustees passed a motion last night to try and influence how the media in B.C. reports on suicides. They want all m...

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Raffi vs. Cyberbullies

CP | Victoria Ahearn, The Canadian Press | Posted 01.30.2013 | Canada British Columbia
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TORONTO - Children's entertainer and advocate Raffi says he was "shaken" and "angry" when he heard about the death of Amanda Todd, a British Columbia ...

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Amanda Todd's Celebration Of Life

CBC | Posted 01.18.2013 | Canada British Columbia
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Hundreds attended a celebration of life at the Red Robinson Theatre in Coquitlam, B.C., Sunday to remember Port Coquiltam teen Amanda Michelle Todd. ...

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Pop Star Was Bullied As A Teen, Offers Advice For The Amanda Todd Generation

Huffington Post Canada | Joshua Ostroff | Posted 05.15.2013 | Canada Music
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Lights is a pretty and successful pop star. But that's now. Back when she was known as Valerie Poxleitner, she was just another teenage girl whose own...

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Amanda Todd Memorial Set For Sunday

The Huffington Post B.C. | Posted 11.18.2012 | Canada British Columbia
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A B.C. teen whose death sparked a worldwide debate on bullying will have her birthday celebrated Sunday with a memorial service that will also collect...

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Dear Sheryl Sandberg: Please Keep Predators Off Facebook

Raffi Cavoukian | Posted 01.16.2013 | Canada Living
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Raffi Cavoukian

We are a community of concerned citizens in British Columbia, including Amanda Todd's mother. As you may know, Amanda was contacted and blackmailed through Facebook by an adult predator who impersonated local teens to enter her circles of friends. We appeal to you as COO of Facebook, a mother, a visionary digital media leader, and member of the board of The Walt Disney Company, to lead industry-wide adoption of systemic security to block predators and abusers from accessing kids on major social media platforms, starting with Facebook itself.

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Amanda Todd's Mother Excluded From Anti-Bullying Conference

The Huffington Post B.C. | Jesse Ferreras | Posted 11.14.2012 | Canada British Columbia
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Amanda Todd's mother doesn't understand why she was excluded from an anti-bullying forum that the B.C. premier said was partly motivated by the teen's...

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Was Amanda Todd's Death a Tipping Point?

Craig and Marc Kielburger | Posted 01.14.2013 | Canada
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Craig and Marc Kielburger

This year we see one issue weighing on young people more than any other: bullying. After the event, we shared a moment with the mother of the B.C. teen who had taken her life to offer our condolences. The grieving mother told us she hoped her daughter's tragedy would prove a tipping point. We believe it has.

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She Was Not Internet Obsessed: Mom

CBC | Posted 12.23.2012 | Canada British Columbia
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The mother of cyberbullying victim Amanda Todd says the teen, whose story led to a worldwide outpouring of anger and grief, touched the heart of most ...

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We Don't Need Another Amanda Todd -- Let's Talk About Suicide

Arthur Gallant | Posted 12.23.2012 | Canada Living
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Arthur Gallant

With the recent, tragic, and unnecessary death of bullying victim Amanda Todd, I believe that it is time to talk about suicide openly. Having the nation begin to talk about bullying and suicide prevention should have happened a long time ago. I am sad that it has taken an end to a life to begin talking about suicide so openly but it is something we must talk about to prevent it.

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Amanda Todd Memo Defended

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 12.22.2012 | Canada British Columbia
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VANCOUVER - An anti-bullying expert is defending a memo she co-authored that cautioned school districts around British Columbia about showing classes ...

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VOTE: Should Students Watch Amanda Todd Video?

The Huffington Post B.C. | Andree Lau | Posted 11.12.2012 | Canada British Columbia
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Opinion is split over whether showing the video created by B.C. teen Amanda Todd will create meaningful discussion in classrooms, or if it will be "tr...

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Vigils In Remembrance

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 12.19.2012 | Canada British Columbia
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SURREY, B.C. - They lit candles, shared their thoughts and collectively took a quiet stand against the kind of torment which caused a British Columbia...

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Bullying Victims Remembered In Worldwide Vigils

CBC | Posted 12.19.2012 | Canada Living
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A series of gatherings across Canada — and the world — are being held today to remember bullying victims, including the B.C. teen who committed su...

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'Unfounded' Rumours Of Todd's Tormentor Slowing Investigation: RCMP

CP | Dene Moore, The Canadian Press | Posted 12.16.2012 | Canada British Columbia
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VANCOUVER - Online rumours and scams linked to the tragic case of Amanda Todd are delaying the police investigation of her case, RCMP said Tuesday.Sgt...

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Amanda Todd Was Not Just Bullied

Wayne K. Spear | Posted 12.16.2012 | Canada
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Wayne K. Spear

In reading about the tragic case of Amanda Todd, I was unable to find a single news source prepared to follow the evidence to its logical conclusion -- that she was the victim of male sexual violence. Here on display was the familiar and rank hypocrisy by which women are routinely sexualized and then attacked for their supposedly wanton ways. .

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Bullied Teen Sexually Exploited: Advocate

CP | Dene Moore, The Canadian Press | Posted 12.15.2012 | Canada British Columbia
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VANCOUVER - A national child exploitation group received a tip almost a year ago about 15-year-old Amanda Todd, the British Columbia teenager who took...

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Motion Calls For Anti-Bullying Strategy

CP | Terry Pedwell, The Canadian Press | Posted 12.15.2012 | Canada Politics
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OTTAWA - When Dany Morin was being picked on in high school, there was no such thing as Facebook.The taunting faced by teens these days is far worse t...

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The Least We Can Do Is Learn From Amanda Todd

Wendy Craig | Posted 12.14.2012 | Canada
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Wendy Craig

With the recent case of 15-year old Amanda Todd who killed herself Wednesday as a result of a cyberbullying campaign against her, it's clear we need to do a better job of supporting youth who are victimized by bullying. We can empower youth to be part of the solution by teaching them what they can do.

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Stop Making Sickening Remarks About Teen's Death: Family

CBC | Posted 12.14.2012 | Canada British Columbia
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The family of a B.C. teenager who took her own life last week is asking online bullies to leave the teenager alone, police say. Amanda Tod...

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'I Wish I Could Have Done Something'

CP | Keven Drews, The Canadian Press | Posted 12.13.2012 | Canada British Columbia
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VANCOUVER - Their pleas for help were strikingly similar but ended with tragically different results.Amanda Todd, 15, of Port Coquitlam, B.C., and Jon...

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