PEI weekend international summit on bullying

An international summit on bullying and online harassment was held in Charlottetown, PEI on Saturday.

Politicians and social media companies attended as well as Glen Canning and Leah Parsons, whose daughter, Rehtaeh, committed suicide earlier this year.

According to CBC, social media and technology companies were asked by students to do more to help prevent cyber bullying.

Google and Facebook responded saying they’re working on online tools to report events of bullying to parents.

But a psychology graduate student, Jeremy Doucette says it’s also important not to label bullies as villains.

Canning agrees, saying placing all the laws on children is irresponsible, as it is not solely their responsibility.

He says opening up the conversation to everyone can help prevent bullying.