The father of a boy shot and killed by a fellow student in 1999 will be speaking about bullying to parents of District 16 students at James M. Hill Memorial High School on May 9 at 7:00 pm until 8:30 pm. Rev. Dale Lang will be pointing out that empathy and compassion are so important and that people must care about others, even those that are tough for us to like. Reverend Lang’s son Jason was an innocent victim of an angry, bullied 14 year old boy at W. R. Myers High School in Taber, Alberta. Since then the Anglican priest has spoken about bullying to numerous teachers’ conventions, church groups and in over 350 high schools. In addition to the presentation for parents, during his visit to Miramichi he will be speaking to grades 7 to 10  students from the district in sessions schedule that week from Monday to Wednesday. The visit by Rev. Lang is being arranged through a partnership between School District 16 and the City of Miramichi.