Health Equity and Inclusion Framework for Education and Training was created  to integrate equity and inclusion into the planning, development and implementation of educational and training initiatives for health professionals.

Recognizing health inequities and considering the needs of vulnerable and marginalized populations, it promotes learning environments and experiences that:

Check out SMHO's Student Mental Health Action Kit to access the lesson plans for early years through to secondary, including their new virtual field trip on stress management and coping, exploring the

For those who attended the 'Teens and Smartphones'  webinar on March 10, I have posted a link to the recording and answers to Q&A we weren't able to get to in the session, below in our GGTU subgroup:

https://www.eenetconnect.ca/g/...eens-and-smartphones

Thank you to everyone who attended and made this event so successful!

Bay Area Workers Support has just released a new guide, COVID19 Harm Reduction for Sex Workers. This practical and easy-to-read guide was co-created by sex workers and medical students to increase access to information on how to reduce the risk for transmission of COVID-19 during sex work.

A fun site that helps you deploy evidence based intervention quackery for physical and mental health.

The results of the Commonwealth Fund's International Health Policy survey have been released, comparing health data from 11 developed countries.

23% of Canadians surveyed reported using cannabis in the past year, compared with only 9% of their international peers. Some of this difference may be due to differences in cannabis legality across jurisdictions.

Check out this new Infographic!Adolescent psychiatric disorders during the COVID-19 pandemic

When children are experiencing anxiety start by listening and acknowledge the child's fear.

Help them work through the fear by showing continuous encouragement and support.  Remain calm in your body language and tone trying to talk through the anxiety with the child. Help them to problem solve and work through what they might do in the worst-case scenario.  Lastly, role model healthy ways of dealing with anxiety by showing them how you yourself cope when you are feeling anxious.

Do you work with young people? Do you have a trusting relationship with the youth you work with? Then, you are the best person to talk with youth about cannabis!

The Provincial System Support Program (PSSP) at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) has launched a new report titled 'Our voice is being lost': What people with lived experience are saying about equity & human rights responses to COVID-19.

This resource was developed by PSSP's Persons with Lived Experience and Family Advisory Panel, with the Equity & Engagement and Knowledge Exchange teams.