Break the Vape Youth Challenge
Break the Vape Challenge is a Public Service Announcement (PSA) video contest for Windsor-Essex county students in grades 6 to 12.
Substance Use
WECOSS Alerts
The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit’s Opioid and Substance Use Notification System.
Partners involved in the WECOSS, including the WECHU, Windsor Regional Hospital, Essex Windsor-EMS, Erie Shores Healthcare, and Police Services, continue to monitor this increase and are working to understand more about these reported cases.
Party Safer
The Healthy School Department developed the Party Safer- Prom Toolkit, which takes a harm reduction approach to reduce the social and health harms related to alcohol and substance use
Party Safer this Prom!
The Healthy School Department developed the Party Safer- Prom Toolkit, which takes a harm reduction approach to reduce the social and health harms related to alcohol and substance use
E-cigarette Mystery Box Game
For this activity, an educator will create a box filled with various materials. Students will have to guess what the mystery materials are, for the purpose of understanding the risks associated with vaping and the ingredients found in vapour products.
Vaping Tip Sheets
Download these tip sheets for both parents and students, available in English and French.
Vaping Backgrounder
An overview of vaping that provides educators with information they need to prepare for a lesson on vaping.
Refusal Skills Classroom Activities
This resource was developed to be used by educators for grades 4 to 8 to teach refusal skills to use when students face peer pressure.