Extract of the Journals of the Senate, Wednesday, June 27, 2012: The Honourable Senator Jaffer moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Fraser: That notwithstanding the Order of the Senate adopted on November 30, 2011, the date for the final report of the Standing Senate Committee on Human Rights on cyberbullying in Canada be extended from October 31, 2012 to December 14, 2012. [...] Canadian youth and the experts working with them are very concerned that more needs to 1 be done to raise awareness about the harmful impacts of cyberbullying and to help those that have been affected by it – the victims, the bullies as well as the bystanders. [...] This report presents the Committee’s findings with respect to the nature of cyberbullying and its impacts, the roles that stakeholders can play in addressing it and the best practices that are emerging in dealing with it. [...] Recommendation #5 The Committee recommends that the federal government explore the possibility of working with the provinces and territories to establish a task force whose terms of reference would be to define cyberbullying and to establish a uniform manner of monitoring it nationally. [...] Do you develop it from the lens of the person who is perpetrating that behaviour?11 Throughout this study, numerous witnesses discussed the importance of supporting the development of a definition of cyberbullying and a uniform, consistent vocabulary in order to make 12 interventions with young people more effective.
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