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Ask an Expert: Anti-Bullying

Pink Shirt Day is on Feb. 28. UVic psychologist Bonnie Leadbeater is available to speak to media about bullying prevention. Since 2008, the CKNW Orphans鈥� Fund has hosted the annual anti-bullying campaign Pink Shirt Day in Vancouver. This year's focus is on cyber bullying.

Expanded community engagement into more Arctic communities is helping UVic's Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) carry out the ocean science that matters most to the people who live in Canada鈥檚 North.

New funding for expanded community engagement in more Arctic communities will help Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) carry out the ocean science that matters most to the people who live in Canada's North.

A new study by lead author Bonnie Leadbeater garnered media attention across BC and back east about high frequency in young drivers of risk behaviours, particularly for frequent users of marijuana. The study has implications for plans for legalization of recreational use and preventive education efforts.

When her job as a Youth Care Worker with the Cariboo-Chilcotin school district was cut last June, Mikara Pettman, 42, was worried. A happy, productive woman鈥攁n equal family partner, mother to two teens and active in her community鈥攕uddenl鈥�

A study released Oct. 26 by UVic and Island Health shines a unique spotlight on a generation of young people in Greater Victoria. No other research study in Canada has followed a full decade of observation of youth from one distinct region and varied socio-economic backgrounds.

On July 19, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the creation of the Prime Minister鈥檚 Youth Council, a body of 30 young Canadians aged 16 to 24, who will provide non-partisan advice to the Prime Minister on national issues such as employment, access to education, building stronger communities as well as climate change and clean growth, among others.

Ann-Bernice Thomas doesn鈥檛 hesitate when asked the most surprising aspect of being named the City of Victoria鈥檚 2016 Youth Poet Laureate. 鈥淎ll the attention,鈥� she says with a quick laugh. 鈥淐onsidering I didn't really hear anything about last year's poet, it's been really surprising . . . but nice.鈥� A second-year double-major in theatre and writing, Thomas was announced as the new Youth Poet Laureate in January and quickly received a flurry of attention from nearly all of Victoria鈥檚 media outlets. Her one-year term, jointly funded by the City of Victoria and the Greater Victoria Public Library, ends on December 31, for which she will receive a $1,750 honorarium and $1,000 in special project funding.

Tuition waivers for up to 15 students each year for those from government care Lilia Zaharieva whispers her question with genuine awe. 鈥淭hey gave how much?鈥� she asks, hearing about the $2-million donation from the Sisters of St. Ann earmarked for the 番茄社区鈥檚 Youth in Care award. As a recipient herself, she knows firsthand the life-altering significance of such generosity.聽 鈥淲hat an amazing gift to give,鈥� she says. 鈥淲hat fantastic help.鈥�

The Sisters of St. Ann are establishing an endowment at the 番茄社区 that will continue their legacy of providing education for young people most in need.

Parents who haven鈥檛 broken their teenagers of their late-to-bed, late-to-rise rhythms, or who haven鈥檛 yanked their kids out of a too-too-much-YouTube summer by enforcing book reading or times-tables reviews may feel like they鈥檝e missed the boat on b鈥�

Many more young people are at risk of harm from alcohol than previously estimated shows a new study published in the Canadian Journal of Public Health by researchers at the 番茄社区鈥檚 Centre for Addictions Research of BC (CARBC). The C鈥�

Is empathy changing in a world where social media and globalization are rapidly transforming how we interact with others? The 番茄社区鈥檚 Rebeccah Nelems is investigating empathy and youth as part of a prestigious three-year scholarship announced today from the Pierre Elliot Trudeau Foundation. She is one of only 16 Canadian doctoral students receiving a $180,000 award.

The 番茄社区鈥檚 Rebeccah Nelems is investigating empathy and youth as part of a prestigious three-year scholarship announced from the Trudeau Foundation. She is one of only 16 Canadian doctoral students receiving a $180,000 award.

Brittney Sharma鈥檚 vision鈥攁n outdoor program to help children who had experienced family trauma鈥攇enerated lots of buzz this year after being chosen as a showcase idea for the Clinton Global Initiative University (CGIU) conference. Sharma graduates this month with a bachelor鈥檚 in anthropology, and says her time at UVic was filled with academics and club activities, as well as developing her vision to help children of battered women.