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Monday, February 13, 2012

Provincial Government Getting Help On Problem Of Bullying

Education Minister Jody Carr wants to come up with an overriding provincial policy on bullying and he's getting help with that from Rob Fowler, the chair of the District 8 Education Council, who's co-chairing a committee on bullying. 

Fowler says even coming up with a definition of bullying is more in the eye of the beholder. He says in Moncton, bullying is defined as "if it hurts, it's bullying" while his definition is sustained harassment over a period of time by someone who has influence or power over another person. To him, getting pushed down to the ground in a playground and punched is not bullying but it is assault.

Fowler also tells us there are 25 thousand programmes you can choose from and he also points out the makeup of each school is different so what works in one may not be the solution in another.