The government of Ontario took an extraordinary step this month when it announced that mental health literacy would be a mandatory subject for Grade 10 high school students as of September, 2024, and that students in Grades 7 and 8 would be given enhanced tools for recognizing and managing mental health issues as of this fall.
It’s a first in Canada, and its impact could be as revolutionary as the introduction of mandatory sex education classes in most provinces in the last century. As such, all the provinces should be watching as Ontario rolls out its program and start thinking…
Last Updated on April 20, 2023 by YGK News Staff
The southern appendage of Hudson Bay, James Bay – Weeneebeg (Western Cree)/Wiiniibek (Eastern Cree) – spans about 160 kilometers between Northern Québec and Ontario, with the provincial border at the bottom of the bay. First Nations communities spanning the coast and its many branching rivers, long functioned as trade posts for the Hudson’s Bay Company, including Fort Rupert, Québec (Eastern Cree, Eeyou territory), and Moose Factory Island and Fort Albany, Ontario (Western Cree, Mushkegowuk territories).
The largest and most urban settlement in this region is the town of Moosonee, Ontario,…
(Note: This article discusses sexual assault and other serious issues pertaining to mental health.)
Health professionals nationwide gathered together earlier this month to focus on an important topic: interprofessional collaboration. In support of this year’s Thought Leaders conference theme, “It Takes a Village,” Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) brought an array of speakers with backgrounds in public health, clinical mental health, nurse education and more to discuss regional and national healthcare topics .
“Experts shared their research and best practices for educating and addressing a variety of health concerns,” said Dr. Peggy Moriarty-Litz, EdD, MS, RN, CNE, the chief nursing…
Your work focuses on developing life skills curricula to help build healthy behaviors in young people. Could you tell us a bit about it? Why is your work important? Why do young people in Malawi need life skills education/CSE?No society can thrive if its youth are not healthy. Life skills education was introduced over 20 years ago in primary schools in Malawi to help young people develop healthy behaviors. It includes concepts such as health promotion, social development, moral development and physical development, among others. For example, under the health promotion concept, “the learner will be able to make…
Mon. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said Tuesday that he is supporting President Biden’s election in 2024 and is foregoing a third presidential bid.
Sanders, who finished second to Biden in 2020 for the Democratic presidential nomination, made the announcement hours after Biden announced his bid for a second White House term. He also discouraged any progressive politician or individually from challenging the incumbent president, asking them to train their focus on defeating former President Trump or other GOP evental nominees.“The last thing this country needs is a Donald Trump or some other right-wing demagogue who is going to try to…
Listen to the interview with Shane Safir, Jamila Dugan, Araceli Leon, and Amanda Liebel (transcript):This page contains Amazon Affiliate and Bookshop.org links. When you make a purchase through these links, Cult of Pedagogy gets a small percentage of the sale at no extra cost to you. What’s the difference between Amazon and Bookshop.org?About a year and a half ago, I did an interview with two educators, Shane Safir and Jamila Dugan, about their new book, Street Data. The book is about the approach they had developed to help schools transform. As soon as I read the book, I…
The recent study by Stoll and colleagues1 showed a substantial reduction in perinatal death (relative risk [RR] 0.44), low birth weight (RR 0.24), preterm birth (RR 0.39), an Apgar score of less than 7 at 5 minutes (RR 0.63) and cesarean delivery (RR 0.17) when care was provided by midwives. The analyzes were based on the most responsible provider (MRP), and risk stratification was carried out with a risk scoring system. Several potential methodological and analytical errors need consideration before these inferences can be made.
This risk scoring system could not have substantially reduced the selection bias. Many individual risk…
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A rally in support of laws banning gender-transitioning care for minors on the Missouri State Capitol in Jefferson City last month. But L.G.B.T.Q. rights teams have criticized the insurance policies as bigoted attacks that go against finest medical practices. And in Tennessee, the Justice Department filed a lawsuit asserting that a ban on gender-transitioning take care of minors signed into law this yr by Gov. Bill Lee, a Republican, violated the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment.April 2, 2023 • So much in Wisconsin might rely upon a single seat on the state Supreme…