Issue link: https://publications.tfs.ca/i/1484703
Parents' Handbook 2022– 2023 35 Verbal bullying: - name-calling, mocking, hurtful teasing; - humiliating or threatening someone; - making people do things they don't want to; Social bullying: - excluding others from the group; - gossiping or spreading rumours about others; - setting others up to look foolish; - making sure others don't associate with a person; Electronic bullying: - using a computer or phone text messages, or pictures to: - threaten or hurt someone's feelings; - single out, embarrass, or make someone look bad; - spread rumours or reveal secrets about someone; Racial or Religious bullying: - treating people badly because of their racial, ethnic or religious background; - saying negative things about a cultural or religious background; - calling someone racist names; - telling racist or inappropriate religious jokes; Sexual bullying: - unwanted and unwelcome behaviour about sex or gender that interferes with someone's life and makes them feel uncomfortable; - touching, pinching or grabbing someone in a sexual way; - making crude comments about someone's sexual behaviour; - spreading a sexual rumour about someone; - calling someone "gay," a "fag," or something similar; Disability bullying: - leaving someone out or treating them badly because of a disability (e.g., learning, physical, speech); - making someone feel uncomfortable because of a disability; and/or - making comments or jokes to hurt someone with a disability. Examples of hazing include: - Subtle hazing, including excluding or ignoring someone, name calling, withholding information, and engaging in purposefully unfair contests that do not promote friendly competition; - Harassment hazing, including preventing someone from attending class, engaging them in lengthy sessions that do not allow adequate time for studies, requiring someone to perform ridiculous acts or errands, subjecting someone to deliberately uncomfortable conditions, trickery, verbal abuse, and causing nudity or indecent exposure or embarrassment; and - Violent hazing, including forced consumption or ingestion of any substance, preventing eating, drinking water, or sleeping, sexual violation, unwanted touching, physical assault, physical or mental shocks, and forcing someone to participate in illegal activity, activity that is contrary to the person's genuine moral or religious beliefs, or contrary to school rules. 3. Prevention, Intervention and Support Strategy Prevention and Awareness Raising All employees of TFS must take seriously all allegations of bullying behaviour and act in a timely, sensitive and supportive manner when responding to students who disclose or report bullying incidents. Bullying in any form will not be tolerated at TFS. Reports of circumstances or actions that represent