UPEI joins “Pink Shirt Day” initiative

L to R: Members of UPEI's Healthy Campus Committee Dr. Gloria McInnis-Perry, Dr. Charles Adeyanju, Ryan Johnston, and UPEI student Bethany Coffin prepare for the upcoming Pink Shirt Day on February 27. UPEI is joining the initiative to raise bullying awareness and to help make its campus a respectful and safe place to learn and work.
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Posted on Wednesday, 13 February 2013

The UPEI Healthy Campus Committee in conjunction with the Fair Treatment Office invites all students, staff, and faculty, and the broader community to wear pink on Wednesday, February 27, to raise bullying awareness and help make our campus a respectful and safe place to learn and work. 

“Pink Shirt Day” was started by two Nova Scotia high school students after a bullying incident occurred in their school when a male student was bullied for wearing a pink shirt on the first day of school. The initiative has since spread to other schools, clubs, workplaces, and has even gone international.

In Canada, anti-bullying is promoted by wearing pink on the last Wednesday of February to symbolize a no tolerance policy on bullying. Last year, 6.4 million people took part in “Pink Shirt Day.” Learn more about Pink Shirt Day by visiting http://www.pinkshirtday.ca/. 

For more information on UPEI’s Pink Shirt Day, please contact Peggy Leahey at (902) 566-6498 or mleahey@upei.ca.