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Community Based Programs: Arts, Crafts, Clubs
This section is to help those supervising arts, crafts, and clubs (that are non-physical activity based) better understand asthma triggers and strategies to support safe and successful participation. Triggers There are several substances or sources of exposures that may occur during activities that...
Multisensory Mindfulness
Sample Messaging for Elementary School Students
Have you ever bumped your head or body? We likely all have! In sports and active games, there can be risk involved. Turns out, some bumps and bruises can really hurt our brains, and these may need a lot of time to heal. Therefore, Rowan’s Law was created. In 2018, a law called Rowan’s Law was passed...
Teacher Implementation Tips
Children/Youth Implementation Tips
Healthy Schools Certification: How You Can Make a Difference in Your School
What you do this year will inspire change and lead to a healthier school and community. Building a strong sense of community and connectedness in schools is important now more than ever. Students need to feel physically and emotionally safe in order to learn and thrive. Growing up in today’s world...
Yoga Mindfulness Moment
About Stop, Start, Consider!
Ophea’s Stop, Start, Consider! resource is a free downloadable poster series that has been developed to support educators in identifying and shifting away from practices that have the potential to cause harm to marginalized students by providing alternative strategies and encouraging meaningful...
Going the Distance
By the end of this lesson, students will be able to: actively participate in target activities; send a variety of objects to a target using an underhand throw; demonstrate behaviours and apply...
Supporting Human Development & Sexual Health Webinar Blog
In February, Ophea hosted a webinar with a specific focus on Supporting Human Development & Sexual Health, one of the health topics in Strand D: Healthy Living within the 2019 Ontario Elementary Health and Physical Education (H&PE) curriculum. With the intention of enhancing teacher confidence, the...
Ask a Dietitian: Navigating the Grocery Store
Grocery shopping requires making many decisions as you move through the aisles and navigate dozens of options for similar foods. Join us for an hour-long Q&A session with a dietitian to discuss navigating the grocery store for your health and well-being . The session will focus on answering your...
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...
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...
Winter Safety Considerations
How These Resources May be Used in the Classroom
Educating young people about sexual violence contributes to sexual violence prevention because it helps youth understand their rights and the laws governing consent and sexual violence; it challenges myths about sexual violence and supports youth in developing the skills to challenge these myths and...
New Financial Literacy Partnership with Meridian Credit Union!
Building resilient communities through strategic partnerships Ophea is pleased to announce our new partnership with Meridian Credit Union ! Meridian is helping Canadians get ready for life’s "what ifs". By working together to provide access to financial literacy educational supports, Ophea’s Wallet...
Flip the Disc
Mental Health
Mental health is an important aspect of overall health and an essential resource for living that influences how you feel, perceive, think, communicate, and understand the world. Your understanding of positive influences on mental health (e.g., life, love, school, friendships, family) involves the...