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Seventeen-year-old Keira first noticed an inner uneasiness at a young age. “I felt all this pressure within myself to be the kid I thought I was supposed to be,” she says. “I always had a pit in my stomach.”” From the outside, no one could tell Keira was struggling. She came from a stable home and a supportive community, was a star basketball player and an excellent student. Yet Keira suffered with intense internal pressure to live a “perfect” life. At age 11, Keira was diagnosed with anxiety. “I closed myself off because I didn’t want to add anything negative...

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Today, across Canada, thousands of students, teachers, allies, advocates and other caring people are wearing pink shirts in solidarity with those who have been bullied, and those who are experiencing it right now. In the new age of the internet, bullying and cyberbullying are rampant, and can happen to anyone, anywhere, with serious and long term effects. You may not be a bullying victim, but you probably know someone who is. It takes all of us to stand up against bullying. Read below to see what the experts have to say about collaborative solutions. How do we define bullying? Our...

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For Langley’s Jon Pue, local high schools are second homes. An in-school youth worker (and YU Area Director), who also supports additional school programming during the summer, school staff trust Jon as someone who can help students experiencing challenges — students like Ken. Jon met Ken during a summer program designed to ease the transition from middle to high school, where the jump to a 2,200-student high school, like Ken’s, can be anxiety-inducing and overwhelming. The program introduces students to support staff and resources, with some summer fun mixed in.        For Ken, this program was pivotal. “Change has always made...

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