Carol Todd

ABOUT CAROL TODD

Mother of Amanda Todd , a teenage victim of cyberbullying who died by suicide in British Columbia, Canada in 2012. She established the Amanda Todd Trust, a non-profit group that supports anti-bullying awareness and programs for young people with mental health problems. She works as a classroom educator.

She attended the University of British Columbia . In 1984, she graduated with a Bachelor of Education.

In January 2022, she won a legal fight to lift a publication ban that prevented her from sharing her daughter's story. She was awarded the Me to We Award for Social Action, the Jer's Vision Award for Advocacy and the Roz Prober Award. In 2013, she started the Light Up Purple campaign.

When her daughter was in seventh grade she moved in with her father.

She and Shanaya Fastje are both known for campaigning against bullying.