STOP the BULLYING in Figure Skating
- by: Abby Carrothers
- recipient: Canadian Figure Skating Association and Hayleigh Abbott's skating Club
It has recently been in the news that a 12 year old girl named Hayleigh Abbott was thrown out of her figure skating club after speaking out about bullying in her club. In an age where anti bullying is being promoted everywhere it is surprising that she was banned after only doing what has been encouraged.....to speak out. She has now been without the sport she loves for 4 months because Skate Canada will not resolve the investigation in a positive or timely manner. It should be easy to put an end to this by stopping the bullying however it is not encouraged to go to the media about this and could potentially be why it is taking so long. Further more a supporter commented on FB about Hayleigh's situation and all that was put on there was more cyber bullying (adults included).
It is my hope that by putting up this petition Skate Canada will do the right thing and allow this 12 year old to go back to a sport she loves and they implement a respect in sports course like Hockey Edmonton so this doesn't happen again.
It is important that the correct message is sent to not only sports teams but to everyone that you can speak out against bullying and that when you do it should stop. Please help a 12yr old girl be aloud to get back on the ice and not be punished for speaking out. This article has been in the media and it is time to send a message to Skate Canada that they should stop this and resolve the problem in a positive and timely manner. By taking 4 months and letting a 12 year old be subjected to not only bullying on ice but o FB as well. It is my hope that with this petition it will send a message that this is not ok......anywhere! Imagine if it were your chld what would you do?
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