Bullying and Cybersafety

Provides online information about bullying and how to identify and support bullied children. Includes:

• Information for kids and youth
• Information for parents
• Information for school teachers
• Information for school bus driver
• Information for sports coaches

Confidential crisis support text and online messaging service that connects individuals with volunteer crisis responders for support about any topic.

First Nations, Inuit, and Métis people can connect with an Indigenous volunteer crisis responder. African, Caribbean and Black youth can connect with volunteer crisis responders through the RiseUp program that was built in collaboration with Black community partners and people from across the Afro-diaspora.

No data plan, internet, or app is required to text. Online messaging can be accessed on a desktop or mobile device.

Click for: Information on support for First Nations, Inuit, and Métis and Black youth

• Online life
• Cyber safety
• Social media
• Gaming
• Relationships

• Best practices for keeping kids safe online
• Teaching safe use of technology
• Online social media and gaming platforms used by kids
• Healthy relationships on and offline
• Information about cyberbullying and sexual exploitation online

Professional counsellors are available to help young people deal with concerns, large or small, by telephone or live chat. Examples of these concerns include:

• Bullying
• Violence and abuse
• Housing
• Legal aid
• Sexual health
• Issues related to sexual orientation and gender identity
• Suicide

Kids Help Phone counsellors can also provide information and referral to local services. The service is free, anonymous, and confidential.

Provides a support network that offers bullied youths assistance via telephone, email, and text(SMS). Support includes:

• Identify problems and solve them
• One-on-one conversations with bullied youth and their families
• One-on-one conversations with bullies, their parents, teachers, guidance counsellors, principals, and school board staff, local social service, and when it's necessary local police.

• How to contact websites and online services to request an image/video be removed
• Guidance on involving a safe adult
• Importance of self-care
• Recognizing when things have gone too far

Provides a variety of online information for children and teenagers related to their well-being. Examples include:

• Bullying and abuse
• Eating disorders
• Equity
• Sex and relationships
• Friends and family
• School and work
• Physical, emotional and sexual health
• Self-injury and suicide
• Identity
• Jobs, money, and housing
• Tools and games
• Substance use
• Youth stories
• Question and Answer