Lakeshore Advance, 2013-02-20, Page 15OPP protecting our children
Lakeshore Advance
Children and youth are increas-
ingly living out a large proportion
of their daily lives online whether
using technology to communicate
with friends, seek entertainment,
or learn and broaden their knowl-
edge about the world around them.
1 lowever, just like the offline world,
parents and teachers need to be
fully aware of the risks children and
youth niay encounter while using
the Internet. Ontario Provincial
Police (()PP) is letting Ontarians
know about the comprehensive
Internet safety resources and tools
available through the Canadian
Centre for Child Protection, 'These
tools are there to help parents (and
teachers) make sense of the chal-
lenges with raising children and
youth in an ever-changing techno-
logical world.
In this ever-changing techno-
logical world, children and youth
are able to connect to the Internet
with relative ease, exposing them
to risks and harms that can be dif-
ficult to keep up with, says Inspec-
tor Scott Naylor, Manager, OPP
Child Sexual Exploitation Unit.
The protection of children online
is all of our responsibility. The
Canadian (:entre for Child Protec-
tion resources provides parents,
educators and communities with
current information about
children's online activities and
what we can do to make the Inter-
net a safer place for our children
and youth.
The Canadian Centre for Child
Protection, a national charitable
organization dedicated to the per-
sonal safety of all children, will be
launching new e -parenting safety
sheets addressing issues and con-
cerns parents may be facing right
now with regard to their adoles-
cent's online safety. 'Ibis includes
valuable information
We all have an
important role to play
in the online protection
of children
-- !donna McDonald
on protecting youth from online
luring, the growing issue of sex -
ting, as well as how to talk to your
child about healthy relationships
and appropriate boundaries.
"We all have an important role
to play in the online protection of
children," says Hanna McDonald,
Executive Director, Canadian Cen-
tre for Child Protection. "We know
that for parents and teachers it can
be hard to even know where to
HE EMERALD ASH BORER (EAB)
is killing ash trees throughout Ontario.
Help protect our trees!
EAB has been detected in southern Ontario. The following coun-
ties are in the regulated area: Essex (1), Chatham -Kent (2), Lambton 3
Middlesex H, Elgin (5), Huron (6 , Perih7), Oxford (8
Norfolk (9), Wellington (10), Waterloo (11 Brant (12� Haldimand 13
Hamilton (14), Niagara (15), Halton 16), Peel (17), Toronto(18 ,
York (19), and Durham (20).
EAB regulated area in southern Ontario
EAB is a destructive insect that spreads to new areas when infested wood is moved.
By federal regulation, anyone moving ash tree materials or firewood out
of these 20 counties without written permission from the Canadian Food
Inspection Agency may be fined or prosecuted.
DON'T MOV( FIRIINOOD
For more information, visit
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or call 1-866-463-6017
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begin and this is why, in partner-
ship with the OPP, we want to
make sure that Canadians are
aware of the important educa-
tional resources we have to offer to
better protect children:'
Recognizing that educators also
play a critical role when it conies
to teaching children important
personal safety strategies that will
help reduce online victimization,
the Canadian Centre will also be
distributing over a million Internet
safety materials to schools across
Canada free -of -charge. The OPP
also encourages parents and
teachers alike to visit The Door
That's Not Locked website (www.
thedoorthatsnotlocked.ca), a com-
prehensive resource with age-spe-
cific Internet safety information.
This includes material about the
online activities that are popular
with children of different age
groups, the potential risks children
face when using certain
technologies and safety strategies
to address those concerns.
About the Canadian Centre for
Child Protection: The goal of the
Canadian Centre for Child Protec-
tion (www.protectchildren.ca) is
to reduce child victimization by
providing programs and services
to the Canadian public. Its four
national programs include Cyber-
tip.ca (www,cybertip.ca), Canada's
tip -line to report the online sexual
exploitation of children; Missing-
Kids.ca (www.missingkids.ca), a
national missing children resource
and response centre; Kids in the
Know (www.kidsintheknow.ca),
an interactive child personal safety
program for children in Kindergar-
ten to Grade 9; and Commit to
Kids (www,commit2kids,ca), a
program to help child -serving
organizations create safer environ-
ments for the children in their care
and reduce their risk of sexual
abuse.
L'AGRILE DU FRENE
est en train de tuer des frenes d'un bout a I'autre de
('Ontario. Aidez-nous a proteger ces arbres!
La presence de I'agrile du frene a �t� detectee dans le sud de ('Ontario. Cette zone
reglementee englobe les comtes suivants : Essex (1); Chatham -Kent 2); Lambton 3'
Middlesex \4); Elgin (5); Huron (6); Perih (1) ; Oxford (8); Norfolk (9
Wellington 10); Waterloo (11); Brant (12_); Haldimand (13)• Hamilton 14
Niagara 5); Halton (16); Peel (17); Toronto (18); York (19
Durham (20).
Zone reglementee du sud de l'Ontario
L'agrile du frene est un insecte nyisible qui se propage dans de nouvelles
regions par le transport de boas intesta.
En vertu de regi ment tion feclerale, toute personne deplac;ant des produits
du frene ou du bois de chautfage e partir d aces 20 comtes, 6 moins de
permission ecrite de I Agence canadienne a inspection des aliments, est
passible d'une amende ou s'expose e des poursuites ludiciaires.
NE DiPLACIZ PAS DE BOIS DE CHAUFFAOI
Pour de plus amples renseignenients, visite, le site
www.inspection.gc.ca/phytoravageurs
ou composez le 1-866-463-6017
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