Vaccinations
Kids Boost Immunity (KBI) is a website is filled with lesson plans, videos, activities, and games for grades 4-12. It uses cross-curricular lesson plans to address topics including germs, immune systems, and spread of infectious disease. These lesson plans complement school immunization programs in grade 7-12. After completing a lesson, students are directed to take a quiz. Each quiz successfully completed results in KBI donating a vaccine to UNICEF Canada.
Educator Resources
- Ontario Curriculum Connections
- Highlighted Lesson: Our Health & Climate Change
- Highlighted Lesson: Indigenous Perspectives – New Diseases on Turtle Island
Highlighting HPV
The HPV vaccine is routinely offered in Grade 7 but can unfortunately be surrounded by stigma and misinformation. Providing students and families with accurate information is an important part of a successful school immunization program and helps support informed decisions and positive conversations about HPV.
Why HPV Vaccinations Matter
The HPV vaccine is recommended for all students and helps protect against many cancers caused by the human papillomavirus, including cervical, penile, and head and neck cancers, as well as other HPV-related diseases. It works best when given before exposure to the virus, making school-based immunization an important opportunity for prevention.
Be sure to watch the HPV campaign videos to learn more about the importance of HPV immunization!
Health Care Consent Act
Understanding consent is also an important part of supporting students during school-based immunization clinics. There is no specific age of consent for medical treatment in Ontario. Under section 4(1) of the Health Care Consent Act, a student may provide their own consent if they are capable of understanding the information and appreciating the consequences of their decision.
French- consentement aux soins de santé (Loi de 1996 sur le), L.O. 1996, chap. 2, annexe A | ontario.ca