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Youth Leaders Empowering Young Students with Lifesaving Skills: ACT High School CPR Program in Action

Leadership students from Jean Augustine Secondary School introduced more than 100 Grade 8 students at Eldorado Public School to lifesaving CPR and AED training.

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Mannequins and AED training units donated

École Secondaire du Harfang and École Secondaire du Maréchal, both part of the Centre de Services Scolaire des Mille-Îles, have received their CPR and AED training equipment thanks to Fonds Julie Thorn and the ACT Foundation.

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Minister of Education announces CPR, AED, and Opioid Overdose Response Training now mandatory part of the provincial curriculum

The Advanced Coronary Treatment (ACT) Foundation joined the Government of Prince Edward Island (PEI), and its partners at Colonel Gray Senior High School to launch the lifesaving CPR, AED, and Opioid Overdose Response Training Program available now to intermediate and high school students as part of the ACT High School CPR and AED Program.

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The ACT Foundation celebrates 20 years in Durham and presents Community Champion Award to local teacher

The Advanced Coronary Treatment (ACT) Foundation joined Hydro One Inc. (Hydro One) and partners at Archbishop Denis O’Connor Catholic High School in Ajax to mark the 20th anniversary of the ACT High School CPR and AED program in Durham and to present a Community Champion Award to Rose Booker, a newly retired teacher.

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ACT Foundation congratulates Quebec Minister of Education on announcement to expand AEDs to all public schools

The Advanced Coronary Treatment (ACT) Foundation congratulates Education Minister Bernard Drainville for his announcement to ensure Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) in all public schools throughout Quebec

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Helping save lives: 2,300 teachers received the Opioid Overdose Response Training to teach high school students how to react when facing a suspected opioid overdose

The Advanced Coronary Treatment (ACT) Foundation announced today it has completed Phase 1 of its Opioid Overdose Response Training (OORT)

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High school CPR trained students saving lives across Canada

In celebration of Heart Month, the ACT Foundation recognizes students and teachers who have learned lifesaving knowledge and skills through the ACT High School CPR and AED Program

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Celebrating Heart Month and launch of Opioid Overdose Response Training in Thunder Bay high schools

Hydro One joined the ACT Foundation and its partners at Superior Collegiate and Vocational Institute to celebrate Heart Month by introducing lifesaving Opioid Overdose Response Training in all Thunder Bay high schools as part of the ACT High School CPR and AED Program

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Celebrating CPR Month and 3 million Ontario students trained to save lives

Hydro One joined the ACT Foundation and its partners at Notre Dame College School to celebrate CPR Month and the incredible milestone of three million students trained in CPR and how to use an automated external defibrillator (AED) to date in Ontario

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Thunder Bay teen honoured for saving father’s life with CPR

Madeleine was trained through the ACT High School CPR and AED Program, which aims to see all students empowered to save lives

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Hydro One and the ACT Foundation present Rescuer Awards to two Sudbury teenagers for their bravery and side-of-the-road heroics

Best friends use CPR skills to save the life of a Sudbury woman who suffered from cardiac arrest

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Hydro One provides support to the ACT Foundation to expand the new Opioid Overdose Response Training to 80 per cent of Ontario high schools 

New data reveals that only 18 per cent of Ontarians are confident they could help someone experiencing a suspected opioid overdose

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