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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...
Let’s Explore (and check-in on our knowledge of) the Ontario Physical Activity Safety Standards in Education
Increasing opportunities for physical activity The classroom environment offers a wide range of opportunities for students to be physically active. Implementing meaningful opportunities for students to be physically active can influence a student’s overall school experience, their physical literacy...
Play for All
The Play for All 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.
Doing Disability-Centred Physical Education and Sport
Inclusive Health and Physical Education (H&PE) programming that affirms and celebrates a variety of abilities is crucial if every student is to experience feelings of belonging within H&PE and enjoy the lifelong benefits of healthy, active living. Without intentional planning and consideration from...
Inquiry-Based Learning
Inquiry-Based Learning in Health and Physical Education is a free online resource guide for educators supporting the implementation of the Health and Physical Education (H&PE) Curriculum, Grades 1-12. Inquiry–based learning is a student-centered learning approach supporting students in developing...
Six Things to Check Off Your September To-Do List!
Fall is in the air! As schools and classrooms fill across Ontario, Ophea is gearing up for another year of supporting Ontario educators with resources, programming, and other supports to promote health and well-being for every student. Since we know that this is a busy time of year for all, we have...
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...
Doing Gender-Inclusive Physical Education & Sport
Health and Physical Education (H&PE) learning environments as they are typically structured can be sites of discrimination, harassment or other harm for students because of their gender identity and gender expression. For example, in relying upon a simple binary (e.g., separate boys and girls teams...
Introducing Stop, Start, Consider: Doing Disability-Centred Physical Education & Sport
What is Stop, Start, Consider!: Student-Centred Practices in H&PE? Stop, Start, Consider! is a free downloadable poster series developed to support educators, school staff, and other members of the school community in creating identity-affirming and emotionally safer Health and Physical Education (H...
Exploring Ophea’s newest planning support! Stop, Start, Consider!: Doing Gender-Inclusive Physical Education & Sport
What is Stop, Start, Consider!: Student-Centred Practices in H&PE? Stop, Start, Consider ! is a free downloadable poster series developed to support educators, school staff, and other members of the school community in creating identity-affirming, safer Health and Physical Education (H&PE) learning...
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...
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...