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Cannabis Education Resources
Cannabis Education Resources has been developed to provide educators and administrators access to evidence-informed information on substance use (specifically cannabis) to help students develop the knowledge and skills needed to make informed decisions to support their health and well-being. The...
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...
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...
Introducing Stop, Start, Consider: Doing Disability-Centred Physical Education & Sport
HANDS UP
HANDS UP for Health and Physical Literacy is a free three part video series for teaching children and youth the importance of physical and health literacy in a way that’s fun and engaging. Introduction to Physical & Health Literacy is intended for children ages 4-9 and introduces the concepts of...
Lara Paterson, 2023/2024 Ophea Award of Distinction Recipient
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...
Steps to Creating Asthma Friendly Environments
Creating asthma friendly environments allows children and youth with asthma to: maximize their potential for growth, development, and achievement limit school absenteeism participate in physical activity experience positive educational, social, physical and health benefits develop lifelong skills...
Learn to Move: Fundamental Movement Skills and Strategies
Learn to Move: Fundamental Movement Skills and Strategies is a poster series supporting the basic foundations of physical literacy. The posters follow a progression of skills, game strategies and tactics for basic, intermediate and advanced levels of movement competence, active living, and tactical...
Rowan’s Law Day Toolkit for Schools
The Rowan’s Law Day Toolkit for Schools has been developed to help schools and classrooms recognize Rowan’s Law Day and encourage students to speak up about concussions. The toolkit contains sample tools to support recognition of Rowan’s Law Day at your school and to spark conversation among...
Early Learning Resource
The Early Learning Resource assists kindergarten teachers, early-childhood educators and early-learning teams with the implementation of The Kindergarten Program, 2016. Through the Early Learning Resource, children are given the opportunity to develop physical literacy and health literacy skills...
H&PE Elementary Resources
Ophea’s H&PE Curriculum Resources: Grades 1-8 addressing the H&PE Curriculum, 2015 continue to be available. Throughout the school year, new lesson plans will be added to further support you in teaching the current curriculum. With the release of the 2019 Elementary H&PE curriculum, Ophea will...
Food for Thought – Improving Food Literacy
Food for Thought – Improving Food Literacy is a free online resource that integrates food literacy and media literacy into discussions about healthy eating which provides students with the skills they need to make healthier food choices in a variety of settings, taking into account the factors...
Jack.org
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...
H&PE Secondary Resources
Ophea is excited to support quality implementation of the Health and Physical Education (H&PE) Curriculum: Grades 9-12 . Ophea's H&PE Secondary Resources support teachers in helping students acquire the physical and health literacy skills needed to thrive in the 21 st century and lead a healthy...
Jay Williams, 2023/2024 Ophea Award for Outstanding Contribution Recipient (Posthumous)
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...
Vaccination Talks Toolkit
The Vaccination Talks Toolkit is a free online resource that integrates health literacy, digital media literacy and inquiry into discussions about vaccines as part of healthy living. This resource is intended to support children and youth in developing their health literacy related to vaccinations...
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...