Cyberbullying is a modern day plague. And on Feb. 28, people across the country will wear pink shirts to mark Anti-Bullying Day. Today in The Conversation Canada, we present two different articles on the topic of cyberbullying.

Nadia Naffi of Concordia University points out that 85 per cent of bullying happens in front of other people, but few of us stand up on behalf of those being bullied. “As bystanders, we have a moral and ethical obligation to protect them from the cyberbullying targeting them,” she writes - and her article offers ideas on how all of us can take a stand.

Ryan Broll of the University of Guelph looks at the role parents can play in preventing cyberbullying of young children. “As a researcher who studies cyberbullying, I have found that among parents, teachers and the police, parents have the most important role to play in prevention,” says Prof. Broll.

Charles Burton of Brock University is back with another insightful analysis of Canada-China trade relations and he’s sounding some alarm bells about Canada’s position in the ongoing trade talks: “It’s time to realize that decisions being made now are going to radically change the values of global diplomacy and justice for the next century or more.”

And finally…if I asked you to name the largest mass murder in Canadian history, what would your answer be? Chandrima Chakraborty of McMaster University points out that too few of us know the answer: the 1985 bombing of Air India Flight 182, when 280 citizens or permanent residents of Canada were among the 329 people killed. Prof. Chakraborty is part of a project that is assembling an archive dedicated to the memories of the people killed on the Air India flight.

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