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Amanda Todd bullying suicide: "Nice it Forward" in her memory The sad story of Canadian teenager Amanda Todd, who self-produced a video about being bullied and then killed herself weeks later, has prompted a new round of outrage about cyberbullying. Skip to next paragraph. Stephanie Hanes. Correspondent ...

Canadian teen in viral anti-bullying video commits suicide | The Raw ... : A Canadian teen who filmed a viral anti- bullying video about how she was cyber-stalked by an unknown person who'd obtained a topless photo of her was found dead in her home on Wednesday in an apparent suicide. Amanda Todd's video ...

One year after teen's death, bullying is on the agenda  - Amanda Todd struggled with mental health issues, she said. Todd said over the past year she's realized that confronting the issues of teen bullying and suicide  ...

Teen's suicide leads to review of district's youth support The suicide of 15-year-old Amanda Todd of Coquitlam, who killed herself on Oct. 10 after enduring years of online bullying, blackmail, assault and sexual harassment — and who made a video pleading for respect and tolerance — has educators in the ...

Anti-bullying expert defends memo sent to BC school district : VANCOUVER – An anti- bullying expert is defending a memo she co-authored that cautioned school districts around British Columbia about showing classes a YouTube video shot by Amanda Todd before her suicide. by macleans.ca on Tuesday, October 23, ...

BC teen's suicide nets hundreds of tips to police : B.C. Mounties say they have received more than 400 tips since a 15-year-old Maple Ridge girl took her own life after experiencing relentless bullying. Amanda Todd committed suicide in her family home on Wednesday, about a month after posting a video on ... CBC.ca

Barbara Yaffe: Bullying becomes issue of national concern Amanda Todd's recent suicide highlights the perils of social media, embraced by a gung-ho generation of young people ill equipped to deal with its excesses. Now, governments are scrambling to address a problem contributing to the suicides of an ...