A sea of pink...

I was one of the lucky ones. While I was always a little different growing up I never really felt the full force of a bully. But I did see others feel the wrath of the school bully.

Today is Pink Shirt day across Canada, raising awareness of this major problem. Just how much of a problem is it? According to the Promoting Relationships and Eliminating Violence Network (PREVNet) the problem touches a great deal of students including those as young as grade one. The graph below shows the percentage of students who reported being victimized in the past two months.

Pink Shirt Day was started in 2007 by a group of students in Nova Scotia out to show support for one of their classmates that was being bullied. Today, thousands across the province are wearing pink to raise awareness.

Visit http://www.pinkshirtday.ca for more information.