Podcast
Jocelyn Graham and Kaitlyn Hill, health promotion facilitators with Alberta Health Services share a variety of strategies and resources that any teacher can use in their classroom to provide evidence-based, inclusive sexual health education to students of all ages.
Teaching Sexual Health with Confidence
Values Clarification
It is important to understand your own values before teaching human sexuality to avoid imposing personal values upon your students.
How Your Sex Education and Experiences Affect How You Teach Sex Ed
Setting Ground Rules
Classrooms that have ground rules (also known as group agreements) established at the beginning of teaching sexual health education, will help to create an environment of trust, safety, and comfort.
Sexuality Wheel
The Sexuality Wheel illustrates how all parts of sexuality are connected and are influenced by each other.
Diversity and Inclusive Language
Diversity is everything that makes us unique and different from each other. These differences should be accepted and celebrated.
Diversity includes but not limited to race, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, social class, physical ability or attributes, religious or ethical values system, national origin, and political beliefs, upbringing and life experiences.
Consent
Consent is an agreement to engage in an activity; it occurs when you ask or give permission to do something.
Important Information About Consent
How to Incorporate Consent Throughout the Year
Kahoot Game - Consent
Video - Consent
Responding to Questions
Making time for and responding to student questions is important to clarify and confirm the information that has been shared.
Responding to Student Questions
Question Box, how to?
Tips when using question box in classroom Sexual Health teaching.
Frequently Asked Questions
Included below are links to lists of common questions from students to help you prepare responses and are meant as a starting point. Your response to a student question should be adapted to your student’s age, maturity, classroom environment, and individual school policies.
Keeping Up to Date
Useful websites to keep up to date with sexual health information:
Ontario Physical and Health Education Association (OPHEA) H&PE Curriculum Resources (has lesson plans)
SIECCAN - Sexual Health Education Guidelines
SHORE Centre (has lesson plans)
Teaching Sexual Health (has lesson plans)
Sex and U - Your Trusted Resource for Sexual and Reproductive Health
Action Canada for Sexual Health & Rights

































