The role of Gay-Straight Alliances in addressing bullying in schools

Bullying: Experiences and Discourses of Sexuality and Gender

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 132-144

  Schneider, Margaret ^a   Travers, Robb ^b   St John, Alex ^b   Munro, Lauren ^b   Klein, Kate ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203076774     Document Type: Chapter

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