Half of the grant, or $100,000, will help launch Me to We's new Stand Up! Leadership Program in up to 10 communities throughout the province. Thirty students from various schools will be brought together to participate in three-day student-led workshops focused on bullying response and prevention, while at the same time creating and maintaining a sustainable safe school environment.
Students will learn communication skills, teamwork and advocacy to promote supportive, caring, anti-bullying behaviour. When they return to their schools, these student ambassadors will bring with them action plans to create stronger, more inclusive learning environments as a way to prevent bullying. The communities hosting the program will be announced later this fall.
The grant's other $100,000 will continue to support Free The Children's annual youth empowerment We Day event - the fourth year in a row the Ministry of Education has provided this funding.
The Stand Up! Leadership Program complements government's ERASE- bullying strategy by helping to provide a safe school environment for students. The strategy, announced last June, is the most comprehensive provincewide anti-bullying and threat-assessment school strategy in Canada.
It includes a five-year, multi-level training program for 15,000 educators and community partners to help them proactively identify and address threats. To date, almost 4,000 educators and community partners have been trained in 50 out of 60 school districts.
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