Educators

If you’re looking for material to assist you with lesson planning, the following sites are recommended:

If you are an educator looking for more information about the topic healthy relationships, the following sites are recommended:

An unhealthy relationship involves a situation where there is behaviour which is mean, disrespectful, controlling, or abusive to one or both members of the relationships. Signs you may be involved in an unhealthy relationship can include:

Healthy relationships show positive outcomes for both mental health and adjustment for school-aged children. Unhealthy relationships can lead to negative mental health and substance misuse.

There are many types of relationships in a child’s life. Each type of relationship can affect health outcomes of the child and should all include a degree of trust, respect, and communication.

Healthy relationships provide children with a sense of security, basic needs, a sense of well-being and belonging. A healthy relationship involves mutual respect, trust, honesty, support, separate identities, fairness/equality, and good communication.

If you’re looking for material to assist you with lesson planning, the following sites are recommended:

If you’re looking for more information on the topic of birth control, the following sites are recommended:

The Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada – www.sexandu.ca

Some forms of birth control can be obtained for free from clinics, or can be purchased from a pharmacy without needing to see a medical professional (e.g., condoms).

For a majority of Canadians, their first sexual intercourse experience occurs during the teenage years.  Data from the Canadian Community Health Survey (2012) indicated that 35% of Canadian youth reported experiencing first sexual intercourse experience before age 17; over two thirds (68%) report