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Back-to-School Means Back Online—Is Your School Ready?
Start the school year right with SafeOnline’s “Your Life Online” for students and “Parenting Strategies for Online Safety” for caregivers!

Merlyn
Aug 16, 20242 min read
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Back-to-School Special: 10% Off SafeOnline Digital Safety Talks!
Hey there! As you gear up for the 2024/2025 new school year, I want to share something exciting. I'm Merlyn, and at SafeOnline, I'm...

Merlyn
May 29, 20241 min read
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Back-to-School Special: 10% Off SafeOnline Digital Safety Talks
This fall, invest in the digital safety and wellness of your children and their guardians. At SafeOnline, I'm offering a special 10%...

Merlyn
May 21, 20241 min read
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Technology News for Education
AI, Social Media, and Digital Wellness The digital world keeps spinning faster, and this past week really highlighted the mix of cool...

Merlyn
Apr 29, 20242 min read
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B.C. Gov’t Takes Steps to Keep Our Kids Safe Online
Let’s dive into something super important today – how we’re stepping up to make the online world a safer place for our kids. There’s some...

Merlyn
Mar 15, 20242 min read
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B.C. Government Restricts Cell Phones in Schools
On Thursday, the B.C. government announced it expects all school districts to have policies in place by September 2024 that restrict...

Merlyn
Jan 26, 20242 min read
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SafeOnline Announces Student and Parent Presentations for Fall 2023
I'm super excited to share what's coming up this fall for students and parents! Technology keeps changing, and there's always something...

Merlyn
Sep 14, 20231 min read
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Online Sexual Exploitation of Boys Alarming!
Online sexual exploitation has shifted from a long slow grooming targeted at young girls to to predators viciously extorting teen boys.

Merlyn
May 3, 20232 min read
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Saanich Families Learn about Online Safety
Over 1400 people were educated in two days! It is increasingly important to educate ourselves and our loved ones about potential dangers...

Merlyn
Apr 13, 20232 min read
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International Safer Internet Day: Feb. 7, 2023
Join over 170 groups and organizations in celebrating Feb. 7, 2023, as International Safer Internet Day. Making space for conversations...

Merlyn
Feb 7, 20231 min read
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Newest Research Shows Youth Increasing Social Media Use
New research is showing us the level of saturation of media use by children and youth is up dramatically. Common Sense Media released a...

Merlyn
Sep 21, 20181 min read
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Paula Todd's "Extreme Mean" Book Launch
Merlyn Horton contributed as an expert voices in the book which also include some of the most respected international ‘cyber-bullying’...

Merlyn
Jun 1, 20141 min read
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