Youth Safety Education Day (YSED) occurs annually on September 10^th. 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:

• • YSED Mental Health Package Contents

  • Service Hospitality TV Video: Let’s Talk Anxiety
    Join the conversation and help promote mental health awareness. Let’s Talk Anxiety…
    

1. Information and Resource Section:

• • 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?

2. Exploring Section:

• • 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.

3. Reflection Section:

• • 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

  • 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.

4. Posters:

• • Take a Compliment/Give a Compliment Poster

Workplace Safety Resources & Activities: 

• • YSED Physical Safety Package Contents

  • 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

  • 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. 

Posters:

• • 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. 

    • Safety Poster Template Cones
    • Safety Poster Template Hatched

Participate in Youth Safety Education Day by using #YSED2023 on Social Media

From September 10th to September 15th, join the discussions on Youth Safety Education Day by using #YSED2023 on all social media platforms. Share with us how you are taking on a leadership role in safety and help us raise awareness on this crucial topic.

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