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Consent Culture in the “New Normal”
It’s our pleasure to share the Ophea platform with Julie S. Lalonde, internationally recognized women’s rights advocate and public educator based in Ottawa. For nearly 20 years, she has been working to improve the lives of women and girls in Canada with a focus on engaging bystanders to create...
Energize Your Family Vacation!
Ah … The Family Vacation. A different take on the 3 Rs: Relax, Reconnect, Rejuvenate. Oh, except maybe not the relax part. Travel, especially with young kids, can involve long, crowded and confining conditions, impacting their ability to move around. Oh, and maybe not the rejuvenate part. Because...
Clearing the Air About Cannabis: Brain Development and Related Harms
Clearing the Air About Cannabis: Using a harm reduction approach to cannabis education in the classroom and the school setting
What do students need to know and be able to do in order to make informed decisions when dealing with situations involving cannabis? In the fifth installment of our “Clearing the Air About Cannabis” series, we tackle how cannabis education can be implemented in the classroom through a harm reduction...
What’s New? A Guide to the Updated PlaySport
PlaySport has a new home on Ophea.net! As of September 12, 2023, Ophea’s PlaySport.net website is no longer available. Going forward, updated PlaySport activities and other resource content are accessible at ophea.net/PlaySport . What is PlaySport? PlaySport is an online activity-based resource...
#DTL16Days Partner Learning Series: Webinar Series Recap
Section 1: The Purpose of Focus Courses within the H&PE Curriculum
Supporting Learning about Mental Health in Elementary Health and Physical Education Webinar
Effective Food Literacy Strategies in Elementary Health and Physical Education Webinar Blog
Beginning the Discussion: An Overview of the 2019 Elementary Health and Physical Education Curriculum
With the recent release of the 2019 Health and Physical Education (H&PE) elementary curriculum , Ophea is committed to supporting educators through providing professional learning opportunities throughout the 2019/2020 school year. In October, we hosted English and French webinars to support...
Introducing Culturally Responsive and Relevant Pedagogy in Health and Physical Education
Ophea is proud to announce our newest resource, Culturally Responsive and Relevant Pedagogy in Health and Physical Education . This free online resource has been developed to support educators in creating an inclusive Health and Physical Education (H&PE) learning environment that supports the...
#Ophea100 Learning Series: Understanding the Relationship between Physical Education and Truth and Reconciliation
Continued Learning for Educators
Clearing the Air About Cannabis: Trends in Student Cannabis Use Since Legalization
In the period surrounding cannabis legalization in Canada, questions abounded on the impact it would have on youth. As an educator, you may have debated with your colleagues, or had friends and family members asking your opinion. Today, we finally have data to help us understand what’s changed and...