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Disability-Centred Movement: Supporting Inclusive Physical Education
Ophea’s Disability-Centred Movement: Supporting Inclusive Physical Education resource is a free online resource that has been developed to provide support to educators in designing a physical education program for students with disabilities, and approaches for physical activity providers to engage...
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...
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...
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...
APPLE Schools and Ophea Join Forces for Healthier School Communities
Big things are coming! APPLE Schools and Ophea are all about fostering healthy, vibrant school communities where students can thrive. That’s why we’re thrilled to announce an exciting collaboration between our two organizations that will take our efforts to the next level! This fall, APPLE Schools...
Culturally Responsive and Relevant Pedagogy in Health and Physical Education
Ophea’s Culturally Responsive and Relevant Pedagogy in Health and Physical Education is a free online resource that has been developed to support educators in creating an inclusive Health and Physical Education (H&PE) learning environment to support students' personal, social and academic...
Expanding Our Healthy Eating Choices
We are learning where food comes from and how it can affect the environment; We are learning how local fresh foods and foods from different cultures can help expand our healthy eating choices.
Revisiting the Benefits and Dangers of Digital Technology
We are learning about the dangers of technology and using coping strategies and relationship and self-awareness skills to identify ways to protect ourselves from these dangers.
Effects of Viewing Sexually Explicit Images
We are learning about the dangers of technology and using coping strategies, and relationship and self-awareness skills to identify ways to protect ourselves from these dangers; We are learning...
Applying Our Knowledge About Safe Use of Digital Technology
We are learning about the dangers of technology and using our social emotional learning skills to identify ways to protect ourselves from these dangers; We are learning about the impacts of viewing...
Coercion and Recruitment - What You Need to Know
We are learning how to assess the potential dangers when using technology and strategies to avoid potentially dangerous situations.
Online Violence Affects Us All
We are learning to analyze the impact of online violent behaviours on the person being targeted, the perpetrator, and bystanders.
Speaking Out Against Online Violence
We are learning to use our social-emotional learning skills to make reasoned decisions and take appropriate actions relating to our personal health and well-being; We are learning how our choices...
H&PE Online Learning
Ophea’s H&PE Online Learning Resources have been developed to provide educational and development-focused curriculum-linked resources to support educators, parents/caregivers and all students to keep progressing in their learning. Ophea’s H&PE Online Learning Resources include: Ophea Open Class...
Play for All: Strategies for Inclusive Intramurals
The Play for All: Strategies for Inclusive Intramurals resource has been developed to provide educators with access to resources to enhance their capacity to implement inclusive, meaningful, safe, and fun intramural programming that meets the needs of every student in the school community.