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Q&A: Increasing Student & Teacher Understanding of Gender-Based Violence & Harassment
Over the last couple years, Ophea supported a school-based approach to increasing student and teacher understanding of gender-based violence and harassment. The initiative, Campaign Messengers: Taking a Stand!, reached 166 schools, close to 6,000 educators, and over 92,000 students. Though the...
Embedding Strategies with a Culturally Responsive and Relevant Pedagogy Lens in Health and Physical Education
The content and the setting of learning in Health and Physical Education (H&PE) requires meaningful opportunities where everyone feels valued, respected, and engaged in their learning. Educators need to engage in critical dialogue about how identities and differences contribute to the framework for...
Ultimate Space – Three Ways to Play
Mother Earth Defenders – Three Ways to Play
Switch It Up – Three Ways to Play
Sitting Volleyball — Mini Courts
Equity Feels Like Belonging
Shadow Tag
Grade 4
As children become more independent and more responsible for their own safety, they learn the skills for assessing risk, responding to dangerous situations online, and protecting themselves from a variety of social dangers including bullying, abuse, violence, and other risks associated with...
Getting to Know Yourself
A Culturally Responsive and Relevant Pedagogy (CRRP) approach requires educators to take the time to do some personal thinking and reflection. At the core of this personal identity work is the importance to understand how historical structures have impacted educators' experiences and perspectives in...
Targets Away
Goalball – Two Ways to Play
Bean Bag Boccia – Three Ways to Play
What if…the #Ophea100 Learning Series
Winter Festival of Friendly Fun!
Suggestions for Instruction
A thorough examination of your personal bias also includes considering the ways your teaching strategies and instruction style could affect your students. Once we recognize that biases and perspectives are inherent in any topic, we can take steps to understand the values, assumptions, possible...
Getting Started
This resource includes: Ready-to-use classroom activities that use scenarios from the Draw the Line campaign : These scenarios help students develop an understanding of gender-based violence, including the role of the bystander, as well as decision-making, problem-solving, communication, and...
Stop, Start, Consider!: Student-Centred Practices in Health and Physical Education
Stop, Start, Consider! is a free downloadable poster series developed to support educators, school staff, and other members of the school community in creating identity-affirming, safer Health and Physical Education (H&PE) learning environments for every student. When students experience feelings of...