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Recommended Websites
Aboriginal Health Initiative (administered by the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada): www.aboriginalsexualhealth.ca
Action Canada for Sexual Health & Rights: www.sexualhealthandrights.ca
Advocates for Youth (information for parents and teens): www.advocatesforyouth.org
Arctic foxy (Fostering Open eXpression among Youth): www.arcticfoxy.com
Canadian Council on Learning, Best-practice: Sexuality education for children and youth with physical disabilities—Developing a curriculum based on lived experiences: http://en.copian .ca/library/research/ccl/best_practice/best_practice.pdf
Centre for Sexuality (Calgary-based community sexual health organization): www.centreforsexuality.ca
Egale (Canadian lgbt human rights organization): www.egale.ca
Finding our way: A sexual and reproductive health sourcebook for Aboriginal communities:
www.anac.on.ca/sourcebook/toc.htm
Center for Parent Information and Resources - Sexuality Education for Students with Disabilities (created under the Office of Special Education of the U.S. Department of Education): www.parentcenterhub.org/sexed/
Media Smarts (includes tutorials and lesson plans for a range of issues related to media consumption in youth, including sexting, pornography, and sexual exploitation): www. mediasmarts.ca
Native Youth Sexual Health Network: www.nativeyouthsexualhealth.com
Ontario Physical and Health Education Association (provides teaching tools and lesson plans based on Ontario curricula): http://teachingtools.ophea.net
Public Health Agency of Canada: www.phac-aspc.gc.ca
Sex Information and Education Council of Canada (sieccan): www.sieccan.org
Sexpressions (sexual health education and consulting services): www.sexpressions.ca
SEX & U (Resource Library): https://www.sexandu.ca/resources/resource-library/
Sexual Wellness Center (by Pornhub): https://www.pornhub.com/sex/
TeachingSexualHealth.ca (Alberta-based sexual health education resource): www.teachingsexualhealth.ca
Teen Health Source (funded by Planned Parenthood Toronto): www.teenhealthsource.com
Recommended Reading
Bruess, C., & Greenberg, J. (2008). Sexuality education: Theory and practice. Mississauga, ON: Jones & Bartlett.
Irvine, J.M. (2004). Talk about sex: The battles over sex education in the United States.
Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.
Jensen, R.E. (2010). Dirty words: The rhetoric of public sex education, 1870–1924. Champaign, IL: University of Illinois Press.
PHAC. (20082019). Canadian guidelines for sexual health education. Ottawa, ON: PHAC.
Available at sieccan.org/sexual-health-education/www .phac-aspc.gc.ca/publicat/cgshe- ldnemss.
Roman, L.G., & Erye, L. (1997). Dangerous territories: Struggles for differences and equality in education. New York, NY: Routledge.
Recommended Viewing
A2ZCDS.com (Directors). (2006). Sex education: Pesky puberty [DVD]. United States: Tapeworm.
Lipschutz, M., & Rosenblatt, R. (Directors). (2005). The education of Shelby Knox: Sex, lies, and education. United States: Incite Pictures.
Last week tonight with John Oliver—Sex education (HBO): www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0jQz6jqQS0.
SExT—Sex education by theatre (trailer): www.youtube.com/bsGQRzrxZhw.
For additional recommendations, see the Center for Sexual Pleasure and Health’s list of top-10 sexual health education films: http://thecsph.org/our-resources/education/top-10-sex-education-films.
Provincial and Territorial Curricula Resources
Newfoundland: www.ed.gov.nl.ca/edu/k12/curriculum/guides/health/index.html
Prince Edward Island:
www.gov.pe.ca/healthyschoolcommunities/index.php?number=1046771&lang=E
Nova Scotia: sapps.ednet.ns.ca/Cart/items.php?CA=1&UID=20120706132103142.227.51.61 The provincial government also provides a web page with specific resources related to sexual
health education: www.novascotia.ca/dhw/healthy-development/sexual-health.asp
New Brunswick:
The provincial government also provides a web page with specific resources related to SGD inclusive education: www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/departments/education/k12/content/lgbtq.html
Quebec: These documents address implementation of sexual health education: http://www.education.gouv.qc.ca/en/parents-and-guardians/sexuality-education/
Ontario: www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/curriculum/elementary/health.html and www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/curriculum/secondary/health.html
Manitoba: www.edu.gov.mb.ca/k12/cur/physhlth/gradelists.html
Saskatchewan: www.curriculum.gov.sk.ca
Alberta: www.education.alberta.ca/teachers/program/health
British Columbia: www.curriculum.gov.bc.ca/curriculum
Yukon: www.education.gov.yk.ca/kto12/curriculum.html
Northwest Territories: www.ece.gov.nt.ca/early-childhood-and-school-services/school-services/curriculum-k-12/health/k-9-nwt-school-health
Nunavut: www.gov.nu.ca/education/information/curriculum-learning-resources-0