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This study examines preservice teachers’ perceptions about cyberbullying. Specifically, the following questions guide the research:(i) To what extent are preservice teachers concerned about cyberbullying?(ii) How confident are preservice teachers in managing cyberbullying problems?(iii) To what extent do preservice teachers feel prepared to deal with cyberbullying?(iv) To what extent do preservice teachers think that school commitment is important? Survey data were collected from 154 preservice teachers enrolled in a two-year post-degree program in a Canadian university. The results show that although a majority of the preservice teachers understand the significant effects of cyberbullying on children and are concerned about cyberbullying, most of them do not think it is a problem in our schools. In addition, a vast majority of our preservice teacher have little confidence in handling cyberbullying, even though …