This year, Feb. 22 is Pink Shirt Day in Canada. A day to challenge bullying and to help inspire others to do the same.

Across Nunavut, schools are planning to take part in Pink Shirt Day, and Education Minister Pamela Gross welcomes all Nunavummiut to also take part.

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There are various resources for students and teachers to help educate people on bullying in schools. That includes the Ajunngittugut Pink Shirt Day resource guide, designed to help support student engagement and to build awareness against bullying.

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The department of education also worked with the Canadian Red Cross on its bullying prevention book guide, also available in schools. It gives an overview of bullying, what it is and isnSA国际影视传媒檛 as well as what forms it takes.

A newer resource for the department, according to Gross, is a pride guide, which is designed by youth, for youth to help those who are experiencing gender-based violence in schools.

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The committee also intended to help guide a preventative and proactive response to keeping the school environment safe for everyone.

The greatest way however to take a stand against bullying said Gross, is to be visible in your support and by raising awareness, taking part in Pink Shirt Day is one such way.

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Pink Shirt Day originated in Berwick, NS, where in 2007 two Grade 12 students handed out 50 pink shirts after another Grade 9 student in Cambridge, NS was bullied for wearing a pink shirt on his first day. Since then Pink Shirt Day has spread across the nation with schools in every province and territory taking part.