The Mass Casualty Commission’s Recommendation C.17 calls for province-wide implementation of curriculum addressing gender-based violence (GBV) and bystander intervention (BI) education. This will ensure that every student in grades primary to 12 will learn how to recognize, prevent, and respond to GBV and other harms. The updated at-a-glance document can be found to the right, with the older version for reference to be phased out by the fall of 2026. Additional information can be found in this one-pager or by clicking on the resources link. Course Outline Health Education Primary–3 sets the foundation for our youngest learners to investigate health promoting concepts and begin the development of life skills that will enhance their ability to make informed, safe, and healthy decisions. Areas of focus at these grade levels include mental health literacy, safe and healthy relationships, substance misuse prevention, injury prevention, sexual health, and chronic disease prevention through a study of health behaviours that together promote physical, mental, emotional, social, and spiritual health. Health education curriculum is integrated primarily within English language arts and secondarily within mathematics in accordance with Plan for Instruction: Revised Time-to-Learn Strategy: Grades Primary–3 (2015). Within this strategy there is discreet time available for learning and teaching within health education. The curriculum offers many opportunities for links to and integration with learning outcomes in other content areas, including science, social studies, and visual arts. Outcomes Learners will investigate the health benefits of active and quiet leisure in having a healthy mind and a healthy body. Learners will investigate empathy. Learners will investigate ways to be safe at school and in the community. Updated June 19, 2025