Alcohol

• Alcohol- Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction: information on alcohol including research, regulations, and news stories from around Canada involving alcohol.
• Understanding Substance Use: Educator's Guide- Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction: Designed for educators working with youth from grades 6–12 to gain knowledge, tools, and resources on substance use, stigma, cannabis vaping, alcohol, and impaired driving.
• Rethink Your Drinking: this Canadian site outlines the health effects of alcohol, the safe drinking guidelines and when abstinence should be mandatory.
• Youth and Alcohol- Drug Free Kids Canada: information on youth and alcohol, risks and how to get the conversation started with your child.
• Youth and Alcohol - The Low-Risk Alcohol Drinking Guidelines Summary from Canadian Centre of Substance abuse.
• Alcohol Use- Health Canada: Information about alcohol; risks, trends, guidelines, and how to reduce risks.

Lessons and Activities

• Addiction and Substance Misuse Prevention- OPHEA:  different activities for grades 6 to 12 on addiction and substance misuse prevention. 
• Smart Wheels-Educators Guide- MADD: SmartWheels experience to educate your students about making smart choices to prevent driving while impaired with alcohol and/or drugs. Includes fives lessons plans for grades 4-6.
• Impaired Driving Lesson Plan (Grades 11 & 12)- Royal Canadian Mounted Police: lesson plan includes 5 activities geared for grade 11-12.
• Substance Use- Interactive Jenga Trivia Game: Students remove the blocks and answer questions about substance use. Have students play 1:1 or in teams to earn points.
• Refusal skills Activity: Classroom activities which allow students to practice their refusal skills when being faced with challenging situations related to substance use.

OPHEA Healthy Schools Certification- (French Version) Certification is a way to help promote the health and well-being of students, staff, and the school community. Contact your schools nurse for more information on how they can support your school

• RNAO’s-Youth Mental Health & Addiction Champion Toolkit - Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario (RNAO) partnered with public health units, School Boards, SMH ASSIST and provincial youth based organizations to develop a peer based youth mental health initiative. The partnership resulted in the development of the toolkit to support the dissemination and implementation of evidence-based, youth-led mental health promotion and substance misuse prevention initiatives in school settings. The toolkit, includes guiding frameworks, how to build your team, youth training content, event planning, and evaluation tips.
• How young adults can reduce risks related to alcohol use- Health Canada: tips on how to reduce risks when drinking.
• Canada's Low-Risk Alcohol Drinking Guidelines: If you choose to drink, these guidelines can help you decide when, where, why, and how.

School Campaigns and Social Media

• Blueprint for Action: Preventing substance-related harms among youth through a Comprehensive School approach – This toolkit is for school communities, those working in the education system, and those who support youth, in addition to Canadian school stakeholders. The Blueprint model supports school community members in planning and carrying out a wide range of strategies for preventing substance-related harms among youth.  These strategies include upstream prevention, harm reduction, stigma reduction, and equity-oriented approaches.
• SmartWheels- MADD Canada: Mobile classroom interactive presentation for grades 7 & 8 students about the risks of experimenting with alcohol and drugs. It also includes information about how they can avoid becoming passengers in vehicles with impaired drivers. Teaching resources are available for download prior to presentation for classroom use. Currently only available in English. 
• Project Red Ribbon- MADD Canada: campaign committing to driving sober. Campaign runs yearly from November 1st to January 3rd.
• Final Play- MADD Canada: School presentation from MADD Canada bringing awareness to impaired driving (alcohol and drug) and risk reduction messaging for students in grades 7 through 12. Teaching resources available for download prior to presentation for classroom use.  Available in French.
• Health Canada has created posters with alcohol messaging that can be downloaded and used in your school:
  • Drinking is up to you- Tips if you do not want to drink and how to reduce risks when drinking. Also available in French.
  • Drinking tonight? - Tips for reducing risks when drinking. Also available in French.
  • Hey are you ok?-  What to do in an alcohol-related emergency. Also available in French.

Visit the Ontario Ministry of Transportation - Impaired Driving  website to learn more about the laws. Driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol is dangerous and illegal. Know what counts as impaired driving – and the penalties you could face for it – before you get behind the wheel.

School Board Policies

School boards can set policy that influence the social & environmental norms students’ experience. Please refer to your specific school board and/or school’s policies and code of conduct on alcohol and substance use for further information. Individual schools should speak to their school boards about whether they can develop individual school policies.

• Mental Health and Addiction Nurse: 519-258-8211 or 1-888-447-4468- High school students can call to talk about alcohol, cannabis, opioids, or other substances. A school, hospital, or community agency can also refer online or by calling the number above.
• Get Help with Drug, Alcohol and Other Addictions in Windsor Essex County: list of local and provincial resources.
• Windsor-Essex County Youth Services Card: provides contact information to local services for youth in Windsor-Essex County.
• Youth Wellness Hub – For youth aged 12-25 offering walk-in mental health services, substance use and addiction services, access to a Nurse Practitioner for primary care, and community social services.  The Youth Wellness Hub also offers recreational activities and peer support. Services available in Windsor and Leamington locations.
• WEConnectKids: a partnership between the five core service providers for child and youth mental health and addiction services in Windsor/Essex. It is a free, confidential mental health service for children, youth, and families who live in Windsor-Essex.
• SAPACCY Program- The Substance Abuse Program for African, Caribbean, and Black Canadian Youth: Mental health and substance use services for individuals who identify as black and between 12-29 years of age. Call 519-253-8481 or visit wechc.org.
• ConnexOntario – Mental health, addiction, and problem gambling services.  Call (1-866-531-2600), email, chat or search for services in your community. ConnexOntario can also provide basic education about mental health, drug, alcohol, and problem gambling treatment services. 
• Kids Help Phone at 1 800 668-6868. 24 hours/7 days a week telephone or web chat service for children and youth. *Services in English and French.
• Information for Parents Impaired Driving- MADD Canada: information on how to talk to child about alcohol and impaired driving.
• Drug Free Canada- Parent Support Hub: 24/7 access to support from Drug Free Kids Canada to help you prevent/address/overcome a young persons problematic substance use by phone or online chat.
• Saying When App: an app created by the Centre of Addiction and Mental Health that provides step-by-step directions for youth to take charge of their drinking. It is available for free download for iPhone and Android phone users.
• Health811: Call 8-1-1 (TTY: 1-866-797-0007), a free, secure, confidential service Ontarians can call or access online 24 hours a day, seven days a week to receive health advice from qualified health professionals, such as registered nurses, locate local health services. Can access resources or chat live online.