Montreal students reflect on bullying, kindness on Pink Shirt Day

Montreal students reflect on bullying, kindness on Pink Shirt Day

Feb. 25 is Pink Shirt Day in Canada and events are being held across the country to stand up against bullying. Students at Willingdon Elementary School wrote kind messages on paper pink shirts displayed on a poster to highlight the day.

Students at A.E. Perry Elementary show kindness for annual Pink Shirt Day

KAMLOOPS — The last Wednesday of February marks Pink Shirt Day for students across Canada. The day started in 2007 when two students from a Nova Scotia school bought 50 pink t-shirts after their friend was bullied for wearing pink. Since then, schools have been preaching kindness to others throughout February. The focus on anti-bullying and kindness is something the principal of A.E. Perry Elementary instills in her students throughout their ye…