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Inquiry-Based Learning: An Educator’s Perspective
Q&A featuring Paul André Cyr, EAO, Teacher at St. Marguerite d'Youville 1. Why do you feel inquiry is such a powerful approach to engage students in learning? Inquiry is empowering. It allows students to gain greater control of their learning, and to become more critical of their progress. Students...
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May is MedicAlert Month: Highlighting S.A.F.E. with MedicAlert
In Canada, May marks MedicAlert month! From children with complex health conditions to seniors living with Alzheimer's, MedicAlert’s programs help people with chronic health conditions live their best lives. MedicAlert’s new online resource, S.A.F.E. with MedicAlert , is a free resource that can...
How Inquiry Supports Student Learning in H&PE
Traditionally, a teacher is defined as one who imparts knowledge—but any modern educator can tell you that a special kind of magic happens when, instead of giving students the answers, educators help them to seek information and draw conclusions for themselves. Inquiry-based learning is a process...
The Digital Landscape of the Fundamental Principles in Health & Physical Education
Schools have changed drastically over the course of the pandemic, and it is clear that the education system is shifting. While educators in school buildings adapt their instruction to safe physical distancing measures shaped and constrained by the physical environment, remote educators are learning...
Clearing the Air about Cannabis: Consider the Continuum of Use
Grades 1 - 3 Sample Lesson: Tic-Tac-Throw!
Clearing the Air About Cannabis: Using a harm reduction approach to cannabis education in the classroom and the school setting
What do students need to know and be able to do in order to make informed decisions when dealing with situations involving cannabis? In the fifth installment of our “Clearing the Air About Cannabis” series, we tackle how cannabis education can be implemented in the classroom through a harm reduction...
Clearing the Air About Cannabis: Brain Development and Related Harms
Energize Your Family Vacation!
Ah … The Family Vacation. A different take on the 3 Rs: Relax, Reconnect, Rejuvenate. Oh, except maybe not the relax part. Travel, especially with young kids, can involve long, crowded and confining conditions, impacting their ability to move around. Oh, and maybe not the rejuvenate part. Because...
Consent Culture in the “New Normal”
It’s our pleasure to share the Ophea platform with Julie S. Lalonde, internationally recognized women’s rights advocate and public educator based in Ottawa. For nearly 20 years, she has been working to improve the lives of women and girls in Canada with a focus on engaging bystanders to create...