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Friday, May 10 • 1:30pm - 2:30pm
Redefining Body Image and Health Beyond Colonial Constructs

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We will be exploring and identifying different internalized messages that our teens are exposed to in social media, specifically focusing around diet culture and body image challenges. In addition, we will introduce the different frameworks and principles that can help to reject diet culture and colonial ways of viewing bodies, discuss how these principles are connected to curricular outcomes, and provide educators with sample lesson plans and assignments that can be implemented in schools.
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Cassandra Anastácio

St. Joseph High School | Edmonton
Cassandra Anastácio (she/her) is a high school Physical Education teacher with Edmonton Catholic Schools and a MEd student at the University of Alberta in Educational Policy Studies. Her passions include mental health awareness, physical activity and educational leadership. In addition... Read More →
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Friday May 10, 2024 1:30pm - 2:30pm MDT
ArborCare Room 1
  Health and Wellness, Comprehensive School Health