YSED Health & Safety Activities
Youth Safety Education Day (YSED) occurs annually on September 10th. The purpose of this day is to provide meaningful safety education, leadership, and awareness to youth across Saskatchewan and beyond (up to the age of 25) about the importance of workplace health and safety, safety at school, at play, while socializing, and last but not least, psychological health and safety. Gaining this valuable information before young workers take their first step into the workplace or while currently employed in their first jobs is a KEY step in injury prevention.
This educational package was developed by our team of Safety Advisors to help facilitate discussion and learning about mental health and workplace health & safety. Below you will find a variety of free activities, resources and educational tools to participate in to help focus on workplace health and safety this year! Use the items in your FREE YSED partnership packages as prizes for participating.
Mental Health Resources & Activities:
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YSED Mental Health Package Contents
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Service Hospitality TV Video: Let’s Talk Anxiety
Join the conversation and help promote mental health awareness. Let’s Talk Anxiety…
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1. Information and Resource Section:
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Mental Health Awareness Quick Fact Sheet (Printable)
Event Day Awareness – Hang in your school or organization! -
Psychological Health & Safety Do’s & Dont’s Activity
Discusses do’s and don’ts to support a psychologically healthy and safe workplace. -
Mental Health Resources
Resources (websites, phone #’s and apps) and what can you do to help?
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2. Exploring Section:
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Mental Health Tips for Young Workers
Important tips for young workers as they start a new job/path on how to stay safe physically and mentally. -
Mental Health Scenarios
Students work together to discuss scenarios, advice and assistance for the scenarios and who they might suggest the individuals go to for help. -
Potholes – Mental Health Stressors
Stressor discussions and the ways we can try navigating life while coping with the stress we may encounter. -
Be Mentally Healthy Bingo Activity
Practicing incorporating healthy habits into your day. -
Mental Health Puzzle Piece Activity
Explore stressors that cause anxiety and discuss healthy ways of coping.
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Mental Health Tool Box Talks Activity
Informal safety meetings allow the students to discuss, participate and learn different ways to build positive mental health. -
Mental Health Crossword Puzzle & Answer Sheet
Use the clue sheets to help find the facts for the mental health crossword puzzle. -
Crossword Puzzle Clue Information Sheet
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Mental Health Reflection for Potholes
Record reflections from the activities completed. -
Mental Health Reflective Response
Record reflections from the activities completed. -
Workplace Mental Health Employer Responsibilities Worksheet
Students discuss an employer’s responsibility for mental health in the workplace and additional strategies. -
Mental Health Illness Fill in the Blank Activity
Students use the websites provided to learn how mental illnesses are affecting Canadian workplaces. -
Wellness Sketch
Students will sketch an image that reflects a positive work-life balance and respond to discussion questions.
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Workplace Safety Resources & Activities:
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YSED Physical Safety Package Contents
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Service Hospitality TV Video: It Could Happen to You: Why Safety Matters – Click here to play the Kahoot Quiz
This safety video highlights your 3 workplace rights and responsibilities as it follows Aiden, a young worker, through his first few days on the job. Unfortunately for Aiden, he didn’t know why safety mattered and ended up paying the price. -
Young Worker Safety Quick Fact Sheet
Worker’s 3 rights, how and when to use your rights and young worker statistics. -
Tips for Young Workers
General tips for young workers including questions to ask your employer and some ways to ask for help. -
Safety Certificate – Fillable – large
Full page fillable certificate to recognize positive safety leadership behaviours. -
Employer & Worker Responsibilities
Learn the difference between employer and worker responsibilities. -
Employer & Worker Responsibilities- Venn Diagram
Learn the difference between employer and worker responsibilities and joint responsibilities. -
The Right to Refuse- Steps Activity
Students will identify the correct steps to refuse unsafe work. -
The Right to Refuse- Interview Activity
Students will pick an unsafe work situation and interview a classmate on how to properly refuse unsafe work. -
Risk vs. Hazard Activity & Answer Key
Differentiate between hazard and risk in the workplace. -
Spot the Hazards- School (& Answer Sheet)
Identifies hazards at school, spot the hazards and complete the discussion questions. -
Spot the Hazards- Home (& Answer Sheet)
Identifies hazards at home, spot the hazards and complete the discussion questions. -
Spot the Hazards- Work (& Answer Sheet)
Identifies hazards at work, spot the hazards and complete the discussion questions. -
Matching- OHS Hazards
Differentiates between the five Occupational Health and Safety hazard categories. -
Matching Answer Sheet- OHS Hazards
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PPE Pictionary
A take on the traditional Pictionary game with variations provided. Images for drawing are different types of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). Information and discussion questions are included. -
Crossword Puzzle & Answer Sheet
A traditional crossword puzzle filled with words relating to workers three rights, general safety in the workplace and at home, and safety acronyms like OH&S and WHMIS. -
Scavenger Hunt Activity
A less extensive inspection checklist is provided that has participants searching for items such as fire extinguishers, clear entries/exits, and the names of those certified in First Aid. Following the scavenger hunt, a discussion is held to determine how to fix the items that were missing. -
Resource Sheet
Prevention programs and agencies in Saskatchewan that raise awareness of and prevent workplace incidents. -
Safety Statistics
Safety statistics related to young workers in the workplace in Saskatchewan and Canada.
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Posters:
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YSED2022 Event Poster Printable
Event Day Awareness – hang in your school or organization! -
Don’t Slip Poster
Poster outlining key points to avoid slips -
Safe Lifting Poster
Poster outlining key points about safe lifting -
WHMIS Poster
Information poster describing the importance of WHMIS and offers a QR code to register for a FREE WHMIS safety course. -
Create a Safety Poster Instructions
Two templates (borders) are provided. Suggested topics are included along with the discussion guide.
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Use #YSED2022 on Social Media
Join in on the conversations from September 6th through to Youth Safety Education Day on September 10th! Please share with us how you are being a safety leader this year! Help us to raise awareness & take a leadership role in safety!
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