Image Safe Re-opening of Schools Supports Ontario’s students, parents/caregivers, and staff have demonstrated their commitment to learning and resilience ever since the COVID-19 outbreak. The Government of Ontario has now released a Guide to...
Image Effective Food Literacy Strategies in Elementary Health and Physical Education Webinar Blog In March, Ophea hosted a French webinar with a specific focus on effective food literacy strategies in Health and Physical Education at the elementary level. The content was based on research and...
Image A Research Agenda to Better Support Indigenous Students and Indigenous Content in Ontario Health and Physical Education The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s Calls to Action , published in 2015, highlighted Canadian educators’ moral and ethical responsibilities to contribute to the advancement of...
Image Clearing the Air About Cannabis: To use or not to use? Youth share their perspectives. Most of our students are under the legal age for cannabis consumption, and the majority of them do not use cannabis. The 22% of Ontario students 1 (and 18% of Canadian students 2 ) who do use cannabis...
Image Benefits of Active Outdoor Classrooms: Q&A with Mine Centre Public School Cooler weather can be intimidating. But not for students who enjoy the benefits of active outdoor classrooms. Whatever the month or weather, more teachers are implementing outdoor learning spaces to...
Image Supporting Learning and Educator Well-being through Challenging Times It is astounding to see all the innovative instructional, assessment and evaluation strategies educators have been providing to address the individual students’ needs in their classes, and ensuring...
Image Exploring and Applying Vaping Education within the Elementary H&PE Curriculum Webinar Blog On April 27, 2021, Ophea hosted a webinar about exploring and applying vaping education within the elementary Health & Physical Education (H&PE) curriculum. The session was formulated around three...
Image Clearing the Air about Cannabis: Key Learnings from our Live Chat with CSSDP Introduction On January 20 th 2021, we went live on Facebook for #Cannabis101Chat , an interactive chat about harm reduction in cannabis education. During the event, guest speakers from Canadian...
Image Engaging Students in Healthy Living through Drama Looking for an innovative way to teach healthy living and engage students in their learning? Check out the NEW Engaging Students in Healthy Living through Drama resource which has been developed to...
Image Celebrating 100 Years of Healthy, Active Living! A hundred years ago—when Ophea was founded—things were eerily similar. An influenza pandemic had just swept through various parts of the globe. Weary populations were struggling to cope with its...