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.
Minister of Education announces CPR, AED, and Opioid Overdose Response Training now mandatory part of the provincial curriculum
Teachers across the PEI are now trained in CPR, AED and Opioid Overdose Response to empower 1,700 students every year from both the Public Schools Branch (Grade 10) and La Commission scolaire de langue française (Grade 9). Minister Croucher announced today that CPR, AED and Opioid Overdose Response Training will now be required learning as part of the student curriculum province wide.
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 ACT Foundation announced it has completed Phase 1 of its Opioid Overdose Response Training (OORT). As a result, 2,300 teachers from 830 high schools in Canada are now equipped to teach their students in how to respond to a suspected opioid overdose.
La RCR à l’école a sauvé une vie à La Concorde de Senneterre
Victime d’un arrêt cardiaque en plein cours d’éducation physique à Senneterre, Annabelle St-Pierre salue non seulement l’intervention rapide et efficace de ses sauveteurs mais aussi les cours de secourisme offerts dans son école. Chanceuse dans sa malchance, c’est entre les mains de l’enseignant David Leblond que cette élève s’est retrouvée lors des événements de novembre 2022.
High school CPR trained students saving lives across Canada
In celebration of Heart Month, the ACT Foundation recognized students and teachers who have learned lifesaving knowledge and skills through the ACT High School CPR and AED Program.
Quebec high school student saved by teens with opioid overdose response training they learned at school
When a Quebec high school student experienced an opioid overdose at a party, her Collège Mont-Sacré-Coeur classmates Samuel Vincent and Thomas Roberge jumped into action with the opioid overdose response training they learned at school.
Launch of Opioid Overdose Response Training in Thunder Bay high schools
The ACT Foundation and its partners celebrated Heart Month and the launch of Opioid Overdose Response Training in all Thunder Bay high schools as part of the ACT High School CPR and AED Program.
3 million Ontario students trained to save lives
The ACT Foundation and its partners celebrated CPR Month and the incredible milestone of three million students trained in CPR and how to use an AED to date in Ontario.
Thunder Bay teen honoured for saving father’s life
Madeleine Caza, Grade 11 student at St. Patrick High School, Thunder Bay, ON, was presented with the ACT Rescuer Award for using the knowledge and skills learned through the ACT High School CPR and AED Program to help save her father's life.
Sudbury teens honoured for saving woman’s life
Tyler Brouillette and Levi Owl, 18-year-old best friends, used the CPR skills they learned in high school when they came upon a woman in cardiac arrest.
Ottawa high school students trained on overdose response
Ottawa high school students are learning a skill that could one day potentially save the life of a family member, friend — or even a stranger.
Students, teachers across Canada to be offered naloxone training to combat overdoses
ACT Foundation completed pilot project in Ottawa, training students on how to use overdose-reversing drug.