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Resources: Bullying and cyberbullying

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Get resources and tools to help you teach youth about bullying and cyberbullying.

Lesson plans

Our ready-to-use lesson plans include engaging activities that will help you connect with youth.

We have the following lesson plans on the topic of bullying and cyberbullying:

  • Cyberbullying - Types, Consequences, Supports (Grades 4-6)
  • Cyberbullying - Impact, Prevention, Resolution (Grades 7-8)
  • Cyberbullying - Conflict, Appropriate Behaviour, Support (Grades 9-10)
  • Cyberbullying and Digital Harassment - Conflict, Consequences, Citizenship (Grades 11-12)

To request one or more of these lesson plans, please send an email to cycp_cpcj@rcmp-grc.gc.ca.

Handouts

These handouts will help you talk to youth about the forms bullying can take, the impact it can have, and how to respond to it.

Programs

These programs can help you support bullying prevention.

  • Walk away, Ignore, Talk it out and Seek help (WITS) Programs Foundation

These prevention programs bring adults and children together to learn simple strategies to resolve conflict. RCMP employees use these programs to talk to students about how to prevent bullying.

This program helps youth and adults recognize and prevent bullying and equips them to deliver bullying prevention initiatives in their schools or organizations.

Video-based learning

Use these videos to help educate youth about cyberbullying.

Delete Cyberbullying

This video features animated blocks to inform and instruct teenagers about cyberbullying and actions to take if you are bullied.

Transcript - Delete Cyberbullying

Upbeat music ♫

In a world where you are always connected

(Animated outline of a planet with sun rising on the horizon- written text)

You can LIKE, REGRAM, SNAP, TWEET, and SHARE

(Animated map of the world with various social media symbols)

Instantly message anyone

(Animated hand holding smart phone showing map of the world)

And livestream your friends

All this is great

But it may lead to

Nobody joined your call.

Hahaha

(Animated hand operating a smart phone and receiving message)

Cyberbullying

Noun

(Animated written definition of the word cyberbullying)

Sending threatening messages

Aggressively trolling others

Impersonating people online

Online harassment and stalking

Writing offensive posts

Sharing private or intimate pics and videos without consent

For the victim, cyberbullying can lead to:

(Animated blue character closing the cover of a laptop with earphones on top)

Depression

(Slouching animated blue character sitting on a bed by a window)

Social Anxiety

(Animated blue character watching purple and green characters from a window)

Loneliness, and embarrassment

(Kneeling animated blue character slipping to ground from the windowsill and)

Stressed-related health problems like headaches and stomach aches

(Animated blue character in a drifting house standing by the window with purple and green animated character watching)

Low self esteem

Skipping school

Low grades

Aggressive behaviours

(Animated house with character at the window floating in the air, quickly followed by multiple floating houses)

Contemplating, attempting, or committing suicide

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Cyberbullying can have legal consequences

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(Black animated writing depicting various behaviours and their legal consequence)

Spreading rumors about someone

Defamatory Libel

Creating a fake profile to ruin one's reputation

Identity Theft/ Fraud

Threatening to share someone's personal information to others if they don't do what you want them to do

Uttering Threats and Extortion

Constantly sending mean or threatening messages that make someone fear for their safety

Criminal Harassment

Sharing intimate pics and videos of minors (under the age of 18)

Child pornography

If you have experienced cyberbullying,

(Animated pink characters)

You can

(Animated pink character with grey animated hands reaching out)

Leave the conversation

Unfollow or block the user

(Animated character suspended in the air putting sunglasses on )

Protect your privacy and adjust your profile settings

(Animated pink character receiving a message on a smart phone)

Take a screenshot

(Animated pink hand holding a smart phone with a message written)

Hey nerd

U gon get it

And report the content to the website or app admin

(Animated pink character suspended in the air with sunglasses reading smart phone)

Talk to someone: a parent, friend, police officer or trusted adult

If it is life-threatening, contact your local police agency

(Animated pink character suspended with sunglasses and yellow animated suspended character)

(Animated pink hand holding a smart phone showing numbers 911)

Recognize it. Report it. Delete it from your school and community.

(Black writing on grey background)

For more information, please visit: RCMP Centre for Youth Crime Prevention

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More resources

There are many websites that provide expert advice and facts on bullying and cyberbullying, including:

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