Professor Joy Butler’s Perspectives on Bullying and Dodgeball Game

Dear Colleagues,

Professor Joy Butler has over the last five days been interviewed by various local, national and international media (TV, radio and newspaper) on an important topic of bullying as regards Dodgeball game, common in many school PE curricula.  Please listen to as well as read the perspectives Professor Joy Butler is offering at the select links below:

TV

  1. CBC News https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/dodgeball-dangerous-stop-ubc-professor-1.5161403
  2. Global News https://globalnews.ca/news/5355416/dodgeball-bullying-children/
  3. CTV News https://bc.ctvnews.ca/b-c-researchers-label-dodgeball-a-tool-of-oppression-1.4449665
  4. Fox News https://www.foxnews.com/world/dodgeball-is-legalized-bullying-canadian-researchers-claim

Radio

  1. CBC Early Edition interview, Steven Quinn: https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-91-the-early-edition/clip/15714851-should-schools-ban-dodgeball
  2. MSN https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/legalized-bullying-stop-playing-dodgeball-in-schools-ubc-professor-urges/ar-AACnWCN
  3. iHeart Radio http://www.iheartradio.ca/am-1150/news/dodge-ball-no-1.9308366
  4. WWL First News https://wwl.radio.com/media/audio-channel/dodgeball-bullying
  5. Watters’ World with Jesse Watters.  Foxnews – not sure we can do this one.

Newspapers

  1. The Toronto Star https://www.thestar.com/opinion/star-columnists/2019/06/06/i-now-regret-my-love-of-dodgeball-maybe-getting-rid-of-it-isnt-such-a-bad-idea.html

https://www.thestar.com/opinion/star-columnists/2019/06/06/i-now-regret-my-love-of-dodgeball-maybe-getting-rid-of-it-isnt-such-a-bad-idea.html

  1. com  https://www.breitbart.com/sports/2019/06/04/researchers-dodgeball-is-unethical-tool-of-oppression/
  2. National Post https://nationalpost.com/news/dodgeball-isnt-just-problematic-its-an-unethical-tool-of-oppression-researchers
  3. Vancouver Sun https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/daily-poll-should-schools-outlaw-dodgeball
  4. The Province https://theprovince.com/news/local-news/daily-poll-should-schools-outlaw-dodgeball/wcm/0408dbac-064e-4093-b1d5-b3a959f12af8
  5. The College Fix https://www.thecollegefix.com/prof-argues-the-game-of-dodgeball-has-a-hidden-curriculum-it-reinforces-oppression/
  6. ‘From’ Press https://pressfrom.info/ca/news/canada/-141185-legalized-bullying-stop-playing-dodgeball-in-schools-ubc-professor-urges.html
  7. BPR Business and Politics https://www.bizpacreview.com/2019/06/05/as-world-reflects-on-d-day-study-pegs-dodgeball-as-unethical-tool-of-oppression-a-serious-problem-761961
  8. The Western Journal https://www.westernjournal.com/wc/researchers-launch-absurd-attack-dodgeball-claim-tool-oppression/
  9. CFAX 1070   http://www.iheartradio.ca/cfax-1070/audio/academics-at-a-conference-in-vancouver-say-dodgeball-encourages-students-to-aggressively-single-out-others-1.9308653?mode=Article
  10. Northern News https://www.northernnews.ca/news/dodgeball-isnt-just-problematic-its-an-unethical-tool-of-oppression-researchers/wcm/a91a1119-1960-445d-a2e4-1ae5e03f831c
  11. Chek News https://www.cheknews.ca/legalized-bullying-stop-playing-dodgeball-in-schools-ubc-professor-urges-566407/
  12. Wetaskiwin Times https://www.wetaskiwintimes.com/news/dodgeball-isnt-just-problematic-its-an-unethical-tool-of-oppression-researchers/wcm/a91a1119-1960-445d-a2e4-1ae5e03f831c

Best, Samson.

Dr. Samson Nashon, EdD
Department Head & Professor of Science Education

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