Pink Day

The International Day of Pink is a day of action, born when a youth in a high school in Cambridge, Nova Scotia was bullied because he wore a pink shirt to school. His fellow students decided to stand up to bullying; and hundreds of students came to school wearing pink to show support for diversity and stopping discrimination, gender-based bullying.

We encourage staff and students to not only wear pink in support of gender and sexual diversity, but to also hold events and activities that will engage their community and challenge gender stereotypes.

Across the world discrimination continues to be the leading source of conflict. Stereotypes (ideas) may lead to prejudices (attitudes/feelings) which may lead to discrimination (actions) and affect how we work, study and treat one another; they create barriers, bullying, harassment, hate and violence.

The International Day of Pink is more than just a symbol of a shared belief in celebrating diversity and challenging rigid gender roles - it's also a commitment to being open minded, to being understanding of differences and to learning to respect each other.