by Lucas Marshall | Oct 24, 2019 | News |
According to a survey conducted by Mission Research for CBC News, more than one-third of students between the ages of 14 and 21 say they were physically assaulted at least once before reaching high school. Boys are even more likely to face violence, with four in 10...
by Lucas Marshall | Oct 24, 2019 | News |
Today, we launch a special investigation into violence in our schools. This project took us in unexpected directions and required sensitivity. I think it is important that I tell you why. Our job at CBC News is to make sure that we take on stories that...
by Lucas Marshall | Oct 24, 2019 | News |
Austin deBussac was in Grade 8 when his schoolmate pulled out a knife and showed it to him. Then things escalated. Austin says the student put him in a chokehold and wielded the weapon in a terrifying way. “He held the knife to my throat.” Some may assume...
by Lucas Marshall | Oct 24, 2019 | News |
There were many firsts in 2016 for Jonathan Samuels as he started high school in Etobicoke, many of them difficult. He had recently moved back to Toronto from Jamaica, was starting Grade 11 in a new school — and he was gay, which meant he faced insults and...
by Lucas Marshall | Oct 24, 2019 | News |
More than one-quarter of young people surveyed in Atlantic Canada say others had shared sexual rumours or messages about them while they were in school. Reflecting on their years in school, one in 10 of those surveyed also said a sexual act had been forced...
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