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- Safety
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- Mobile Text Survey
- Grader Profile
- Differences Among Us
- Youth in Action
- Links to Community and Resources
- Find Us
Key Findings and Grades - Safety
FAST FACTS
Safety at School
Only 41% of B.C. students in grades 7 to 12 said that they always feel safe at school. About 9% of students reported that they were attacked physically or assaulted while at school or on the way to school in the last year.
Source: Highlights from the 2008 BC Adolescent Health Survey, McCreary Centre Society
Cyber-Bullies
One in four young people in B.C. say they were victims of cyber-bullying, and almost one in five say they have bullied others online. Why? According to nearly 80% of Canadians age 9 to 17, it’s easier to bully online than in person, and 67% who bully think they’ll never get caught.
Source: Microsoft Canada and Youthography Internet Safety Survey, 2009
Youth and Crime
Despite the media spotlight on youth crime, B.C. has the second lowest youth crime rate in Canada. The success of our diversion and prevention services debunks the myth that punishment is the answer. Especially when we consider that in B.C., annual community supervision costs $20,000 per year, and each youth in custody costs $215,000.
Source: Kids, Crime and Care, B.C. Government, February 2009.
YOUTH IN ACTION
LOVE
LOVE can stop the cycle of violence. Leave Out ViolencE (LOVE) is a grassroots program that helps youth age 13 to 19 whose lives have been touched by violence turn it into something positive. They encourage youth to use culture and media to spread messages of anti-violence, and hopefully stop the cycle of violence in their own lives.
www.leaveoutviolence.com