"Sex Ed Makes Sense"
Check out the SENSE PROJECT based in Montréal, Québec, Canada!
The Sense Project helps young people make "sense" of their sexuality and ensures that their sexual (among other) choices make "sense"!
~ a Head & Hands initiative ~
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Sense is not your sex-ed class from high school. It’s sex-positive, not scary. It’s queer-friendly. And it’s animated by young people who are trained in safer sex, harm reduction, and social and cultural aspects of sexuality.
The Sense Project is all about youth peer education - young people getting involved with other young people to provide useful information and support about sexual issues.
The following 3 in-class workshops are offered for Montréal high school students aged 14-17 (Grade 9, 10, and 11 classes):
- Workshop 1: Sex, Sexuality and Sexual Choices
- Workshop 2: STIs, HIV/AIDS and Contraception
- Workshop 3: Healthy Relationships, Sexual Limit-Setting and Consent
Find out more about the workshops and how to sign up your class here.
YAHAnet encourages you to especially check out the Sense Project's Showcase and Photo Gallery which include several interesting arts-based activities.
Now go and explore the rest of the Sense Project website and remember that there is a peer education training session each winter where youth from different schools and communities come together. Last year, peer educators made a sex-ed video and a radio show!
Don't hesitate to contact anyone on the Sense Project team to introduce yourself and get involved as a volunteer or animator!