{"id":111425,"date":"2026-02-25T12:14:49","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T17:14:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sutton.ca\/staging\/?p=111425"},"modified":"2026-02-25T12:14:22","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T17:14:22","slug":"pink-shirt-day-to-fight-bullying-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sutton.ca\/staging\/en\/pink-shirt-day-to-fight-bullying-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Pink Shirt Day, Wednesday, February 25, to fight bullying"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Bullying can take many forms, including physical, verbal, social, or relational bullying, and cyberbullying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kindness, listening, empathy, and understanding can make all the difference in helping victims of harassment: together, let&#8217;s support victims and speak out against bullying!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Origin of Pink Shirt Day<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinkshirtday.ca\/about\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.pinkshirtday.ca\/about\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">initiative began in Canada in 2007<\/a>, when 12th-grade students purchased and distributed 50 pink shirts after another student was bullied for wearing a pink shirt in Cambridge, Nova Scotia. Since then, the Pink Shirt Day initiative, led by the CKNW Children&#8217;s Fund, has raised funds throughout the year to support anti-bullying programs. More than 180 countries show their support for this cause each year by participating in Pink Shirt Day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For information and statistics on bullying in Canada:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.statcan.gc.ca\/o1\/en\/plus\/5585-pink-shirt-day-raising-awareness-about-bullying-canada\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.statcan.gc.ca\/o1\/en\/plus\/5585-pink-shirt-day-raising-awareness-about-bullying-canada\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pink Shirt Day: Raising awareness about bullying in Canada<\/a>, Statistics Canada<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www23.statcan.gc.ca\/imdb\/p2SV.pl?Function=getSurvey&amp;SDDS=5233\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www23.statcan.gc.ca\/imdb\/p2SV.pl?Function=getSurvey&amp;SDDS=5233\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Canadian Health Survey on Children and Youth (CHSCY)<\/a>, Statistics Canada<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\"><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pink Shirt Day is celebrated in Canada and around the world on the last Wednesday of February to raise awareness about bullying, particularly in schools. 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