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Webinars & Web Meetings on SSH

This page introduces the webinars or web meetings that have been held by the CSH Knowledge Network on school sexual health (SSH) promotion.

These webinars and web meetings are listed in chronological order, starting with the most recent. Many of the sessions have digitally recorded webinar files or copies of presentations which can be accessed from this page by clicking on the relevant links. Some of these sessions also have sub-pages from this one that were used to hold lists of selected readings and related materials.

Date & Time	Title/Description	Background Materials and Links
May 26, 9:00 am (PT)	Understanding the Nature of Sexual Health of Canadian Youth Alex McKay, Sex Information and Education Council of Canada Jane Gauthier, Executive Director, Canadian Federation for Sexual Health Catherine Taylor (Author of LGBT Study for Egale Canada) TBD, Public Health Agency of Canada This session will discuss the need for a holistic understanding of sexual health and how we can work towards developing a portrait of the sexual health of Canadian youth. While recognizing that there will be gaps in our knowledge, the discussants in this webinar will respond to a draft written summary of the data and analyses of different aspects, factors and explanations of youth sexual health. Subsequent sessions will examine the needs of various sub-populations and determinants of sexual health.	Click here to access the digital recording of the web meeting discussion. Click here to access a web page listing background or discussion materials for this session.
June 8, 9:00 am (PT)	Teacher Education & Development in Health, Personal and Social Development Education (Including Sexual Health) Patricia Mannix McNamara, Faculty of Education and Health Sciences, University of Limerick, Ireland Sharon Moyihan, Graduate Student, University of Limerick, Ireland Fred Renihan, Centre for the Study of Educational Leadership & Policy, SFU David Mackinnon, Faculty of Education, Acadia University (Authored study on teacher inservice) Helen Butler, Australian Catholic University in Melbourne, Australia Health Promoting Schools Association Maryanne Doherty, Professor Emeritus, University of Alberta Stephen Smith, (TBC) Professor, Health Education. Faculty of Education. SFU This session will discuss how teachers can be better prepared to teach health education through their pre-service education in universities as well as in their induction into teaching and in-service training programs. Previous work funded by HC/PHAC in articulating the required competencies of health education teachers as well as a life-long career development model as well as updated work currently underway will be used to develop the web-based summaries. This first session will discuss in the structures and processes by which teachers are trained in developed countries. Subsequent sessions will examine studies documenting their practices/perceptions/concerns and the competencies relevant to teaching health and sexual health.
June 21 1:00 pm (PT)	Towards an Updated Comprehensive Model of School Sexual Health Promotion (June 21, 1:00 pm PT) Dhianaraj Chetty UNESCO , International Technical Guidance on Sexuality Education Jenny Owen, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK (Author of 2010 Health Technology Assessment of school-based and school-linked sexual health services) Jenny Walsh Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society La Trobe University on the Australian whole school framework TBD, Canadian Guidelines on Sexual Health Education This session will explore the different features of various statements, guidelines, models of comprehensive, coordinated and whole school frameworks for multiple interventions to promote sexual health. Although there are several recent international statements and guidelines on school sexual health education, there are few such descriptions of comprehensive, multi-intervention programs since they were first published in Canada and elsewhere in the 1990’s. Subsequent sessions will examine the evidence supporting multi-intervention programs in school sexual health promotion.


April 2008	Understanding Sexually Transmitted Infections: The Canadian Context Alex McKay, Sex Education and Information Council of Canada This webinar presented an overview of STI's among young people in Canada. Sponsored by the Society of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists of Canada as part of their Contraception Awareness Program.	Click here to access a copy of the slide presentation.
March 4/08	Beyond “the talk” - Ingredients for Quality Sexual Health Education Jennifer Gibson, Island Sexual Health Society, and Kelli Dilworth from the Canadian Federation for Sexual Health Sponsored by the Society of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists of Canada as part of their Contraception Awareness Program.	Click here to access a copy of the slide presentation

February 28, 2008	Handling Controversy & Dispelling Myths in Sexual Health Education Roselle Paulsen, Sexuality Education Resource Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba Cathi Johnston, Family Life Teacher, School District 83, BC Sponsored by the Society of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists of Canada as part of their Contraception Awareness Program.	Click here to access a copy of the slide presentation Click here to access a list of background materials and resources.

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