February 28, 2024

Wednesday, February 28 marks Pink Shirt Day, also known as Anti-Bullying Day. This day began in Nova Scotia in 2007 when two students distributed 50 pink shirts to classmates after a new student was bullied for wearing one. With that one small act of kindness, Pink Shirt Day was born and has...

Dr Matthew Chow wearing pink for Pink Shirt Day
February 18, 2021

We often think bullying is a problem faced only by children – given one in five students is affected by bullying – but it’s also a serious scourge across society. And unlike producing green energy or developing vaccines against a novel illness, bullying is a problem that cannot be fixed by...

Together for Health
February 21, 2020

February 26, 2020, marks the 13th anniversary of Pink Shirt Day. The anti-bullying awareness day began in 2007, when two Nova Scotia grade 12 students, David Shepherd and Travis Price, wore pink shirts in support of a younger student who was bullied for wearing the colour.

Since that...