The key goals of the Marc Garneau health and physical education program include the following:

• provide each student with the skills to develop resilience and a secure identity and sense of self
• have each student participate regularly in a wide variety of physical activities
• help each student improve their personal level of physical fitness
• provide each student with the skills and knowledge required to make healthy decisions
• challenge each student to improve communication, decision-making and problem-solving skills
• empower each student to increase control over physical, social and mental/emotional well-being.

(Adapted from:  Ontario Ministry of Education. The Ontario Curriculum Grades 9 to 12 Health and Physical Education, 2015. p. 6.)

Find out more about Health & Physical Education:

• Link to the Ministry of Education Health & Physical Education curriculum documents to find out more about our Health & Physical Education courses.