The OCDSB is a community that values acceptance, appreciation, cooperation, empathy, fairness, integrity, optimism, perseverance, respect, and responsibility. The OCDSB is committed to building a community vested in human rights by advancing equity and eliminating all forms of discrimination so that each person feels part of the OCDSB community.
The OCDSB recognizes that the most effective and sustainable means to addressing all forms of bullying is through a comprehensive, evidence-based approach that engages all individuals. All classroom, school, and system teaching and learning environments are committed to establishing and promoting safe, welcoming, inclusive, and accepting learning spaces where all feel a positive sense of self and of belonging.
The purpose of the OCDSB’s Bullying Prevention and Intervention Plan (BPIP) is to develop, in consultation with students, principals, vice-principals, educators and other staff, parents and caregivers, volunteers, school councils, and the public, a long-term approach regarding bullying prevention and intervention to be implemented by all schools of the OCDSB.
The BPIP requires all schools to use their Safe Schools Team to develop, implement and monitor at least one bullying prevention and intervention goal in their Student Mental Health and Well-Being Plan - part of the School Priority Learning Plan (SPLP).