A Quick Guide to Pronouns
(Available in English)
Author: Canadian Centre for Gender and Sexual Diversity (CCGSD)
Audience (Grade): Teachers (Elementary, Secondary), Administrators (Elementary, Secondary)
Topic: What are gender pronouns, How to use the right pronouns, Using the wrong pronouns and what to do
Type: Website, Pamphlet
Description: This guide provides specific information regarding gender pronouns, how to use them, and how to respond if pronouns are not used correctly. This guide can provide helpful tips for students participating in intramurals and for intramural supervisors to support inclusive and welcoming intramural environments for every student.
Abilities Centre – Training and Education
(Available in English)
Author: Abilities Centre
Audience (Grade): Teachers (Elementary, Secondary), Administrators (Elementary, Secondary), Community Partners
Topic: Disability Inclusion Workshop, Physical Literacy and Inclusion Workshop, Mixed Ability Sport Training
Type: Website, Videos, Professional Learning
Description: The Training and Education initiatives use the principles of universal design and evidence-based best practices to create opportunities that support individuals in their own inclusion journey. The learning opportunities use co-design and co-development approaches to ensure that the expertise of individuals with lived experiences is embedded into each of the training and education initiatives. The topics to support intramural activities include Physical Literacy and Inclusion, as well as Mixed Ability Sports.
Disability-Centred Movement: Supporting Inclusive Physical Education
(Available in English and French)
Author: Ophea
Audience (Grade): Teachers (Elementary, Secondary), Administrators (Elementary, Secondary)
Topic: Inclusive Physical Education, Meeting Students’ Individual Needs, Sample Accommodations for Disability ‘Groupings’, Program Planning for Various Settings, Individual Education Plan (IEP) Process
Type: Website, Resource
Description: The Disability-Centred Movement resource is designed to support inclusive Physical Education by providing a collection of capacity-building tools that enable educators to embed universal design into their practice, and to plan their programming to meet students’ individualized needs. This resource is a tool to help educators enhance their physical activity programs while developing an inclusive lens through education and understanding of disability.
Mixed Ability SportTM
(Available in English)
Author: Abilities Centre
Audience (Grade): Students, Teachers (Elementary, Secondary), Administrators (Elementary, Secondary)
Topic: Inclusion of all abilities in sport, Accessible sports model, Equity and belonging
Type: Website, Professional Learning, Program
Description: Mixed Ability Sport introduces a fundamental change to the current conditions for grassroots sport participation, redefining the way we think of, join in, and participate in sport. Mixed Ability is a social movement within sports, actively promoting inclusion and equality through a sense of belonging and membership to a group, team or club. Mixed Ability enables people of all abilities and life experiences to take part in sports and clubs, without being separated, classified or labelled.
ParaSport® Ontario Resource Hub
(Available in English)
Author: ParaSport® Ontario
Audience (Grade): Teachers (Elementary, Secondary), Administrators (Elementary, Secondary), Community Partners
Topic: Quality Participation for Children and Youth with Disabilities, Lesson Plans and Activities, Activity Adaptations and Variations, Inclusion of Every Participant in Sport and Recreation, Find a Sport, Find a Club
Type: Website, Videos, Resource Library
Description: The ParaSport® Ontario resource hub has an extensive range of resources and tools to support the implementation of parasport activities at home, at school, and in the broader community. The resource library on the hub provides articles, tips, and resources for parents, educators, activity leaders, coaches, and volunteers. The hub also provides a wide variety of parasport-specific resources to help get you started.
Resources – Egale Canada
(Available in English and French)
Author: Egale Canada
Audience (Grade): Students, Teachers (Elementary, Secondary), Administrators (Elementary, Secondary)
Topic: Variety of resources to support 2SLGBTQI students
Type: Website, Visual, Webinar, Guide, Resource
Description: This website hosts numerous resources that educators can access to support the 2SLGBTQI community and students within their schools, including: a Sports Inclusion playbook, tips on affirming and inclusive language, tips on how to practice 2SLGBTQI allyship, a pronoun resource for teachers, and much more.
Sports Inclusion
(Available in English)
Author: Canadian Centre for Gender and Sexual Diversity (CCGSD)
Audience (Grade): Teachers (Elementary, Secondary), Administrators (Elementary, Secondary)
Topic: 2SLGBTQIA+ inclusion in sport, Tips for trans allyship, Creating a positive space
Type: Website, Pamphlet
Description: The Canadian Centre for Gender and Sexual Diversity (CCGSD) has the goal of reducing homophobia and transphobia in sports. This resource provides strategies to create environments as free from harm as possible for the 2SLGBTQIA+ community to participate in sports and activities.
We Belong
(Available in English and French)
Author: PHE Canada
Audience (Grade): Teachers (Elementary, Secondary), Administrators (Elementary, Secondary), Community Partners
Topic: Inclusion of newcomer children and youth in sports, Community building, Encouraging cultural respect
Type: Website, Resource, Videos, Tools
Description: We Belong offers a variety of support tools to encourage facilitators to develop and deliver quality physical activity programming for newcomer children and youth in Canada.