TY - JOUR PY - 2005// TI - Preventing violence in youth JO - CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal A1 - Weir, E. SP - 1291 EP - 1292 VL - 172 IS - 10 N2 - After a wave of violence in Ontario involving students and schools that resulted in the death of 3 teens in 3 separate incidents, Ontario's Minister of Education, Gerard Kennedy, unveiled components of the provincial government's Safe Schools strategy to prevent violence. They include school safety audits, electronic access devices and an anti-bullying hotline. This program, which has propagated throughout Canada, aims to enhance emotional literacy and reduce levels of violence by connecting students in elementary classrooms to a neighbourhood family with a baby. Students interact with the baby over 27 instructor-led sessions, exploring themes of human development, cultivating perspective, emotional connection and social inclusion. LA - SN - 0820-3946 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.045315 ID - ref1 ER -