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Re-Imagining Intramurals with Aurora Grove Public School
Ophea’s Sector Spotlight aims to illuminate the bright spots within the education sector through recognizing the critical work being done by community members and value-aligned organizations, and its impact on student and staff well-being. This initiative also aims to strengthen connections between...
Youth Perspectives on Identifying and Responding to Gender-Based Violence in the Classroom
On November 29, 2023, Ophea hosted a webinar in partnership with the Ontario Coalition for Rape Crisis Centres (OCRCC) ’s Draw the Line Campaign (#DTL16Days). Moderated by Ophea’s Curriculum Consultant Andrea Haefele (she/her), Youth Perspectives on Identifying and Responding to Gender-Based...
Steve Friesen, Raise the Bar Founder & Health and Physical Education Teacher (retired)
Ophea’s Sector Spotlight aims to illuminate the bright spots within the education sector through recognizing the critical work being done by community members and value-aligned organizations, and its impact on student and staff well-being. For over two decades, educators and student leaders across...
Cannabis – Issues, Trends, and Impacts
Caught Choosing Healthy
Teaching Harm Reduction regarding Substance Use - Tips for Educators by Youth
Vaping Education Resources
Vaping Education Resources have been developed to provide educators with capacity building tools and conversation starter prompts to support students in developing the knowledge and skills needed to make informed decisions to support their health and well-being. The Vaping Educations Resources...
Ideas for Action
Ideas for Action is a free activity-based resource supporting leaders of all ages in the planning and implementation of activities that promote and enhance the health and well-being of students, school staff, and the broader community. This resource provides easy-to-use activities on the topics of...
Exploring and Applying Vaping Education within the Elementary H&PE Curriculum
Join us for an hour-long discussion as we explore the scope and sequence of learning about vaping within the Health and Physical Education (H&PE) curriculum for grades 4-8. We will be modelling learning strategies, based on lesson plans, and together, will apply a harm reduction approach and...
Ask Us: Vaping and Making Connections to the Elementary H&PE Curriculum
Join us and the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) for an hour-long Q&A session on vaping and its connections to the Health and Physical Education (H&PE) curriculum for grades 1-8. The session will focus on answering your questions about vaping, adopting a harm reduction approach, and...
Beginning the Discussion: An Overview of the 2019 Elementary Health and Physical Education Curriculum
This webinar is intended for elementary educators and will include a discussion on the differences between the 2015 and 2019 Health and Physical Education curriculum. Together, in partnership with School Mental Health Ontario, this webinar will unpack the changes to the strands and components...
Exploring Social-Emotional Learning Skills in Health and Physical Education
This webinar is intended for elementary educators. Together, in partnership with School Mental Health Ontario, this webinar will unpack the Strand A: Social-Emotional Learning Skills including implementation and assessment strategies. Mental health literacy in the context of Health and Physical...
Learning Health and Physical Education Through Inquiry
Throughout this webinar participants will: Experience the Inquiry Based Learning process and approach in the context of health and physical education. Break down the Inquiry process in order to identify potential starting points in instruction as well as tools to help activate student learning...
Virtual Field Trips: Stress Management and Coping
Ophea and School Mental Health Ontario partnered to produce a series of virtual field trips embedded in three-part lesson plans that were released each month from January 2021 to June 2021. The virtual field trips cover the following topics related to stress management and coping: Breathing...