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Grade 11 - C.1.4, C3.4 Health
Grade 11 - C.1.4, C3.4
PURPLE HEARTS
LET’S TALK DAY 2014
Grades 7-12 10 min 2014 CC CTV
Directed by Gemini Award-winning TSN Feature Producer Grades 7-12 14 min 2014 CC CTV
Mike Farrell, PURPLE HEARTS shares the story of Daron As many as 1 in 5 Canadians will suffer from a mental
Richardson, daughter of former NHL defenceman Luke illness in their lifetime and for many, that battle will begin in
Richardson, who took her own life at the age of 14 in November adolescence. A panel consisting of national spokesperson and
2010. The tragedy shocked the entire country, including Daron’s former Olympian Clara Hughes, TSN “Off the Record” host,
hockey teammates – her best and closest friends. PURPLE Michael Landsberg and Stephanie Muskat talk openly about
HEARTS examines this remarkable group of young girls’ quest mental illness. As national figures, Hughes and Landsberg
to honour Daron’s memory, both with their play on the ice and have made it their mission to break the stigma. They speak
their youth mental health activism in the community. Their to youth to let them know they don’t have to be perfect. They
goal is simply, Do It For Daron. Do It For Daron (D.I.F.D.) soon also encourage people to get help. Muskat shares her story of
became a symbol for youth mental health across the country. PTSD and anxiety and credits the Kids Help Line with helping
CTV621-SE15 $129.95: DVD her. In another story, Jayson Pham’s life changed 3 years ago
Streaming Price (3 year term): Single School – K-12: $195 when he was hit by a car. He developed depression and PTSD.
He didn’t know how to reach out for help because the stigma
Ontario: Human Development & Sexual Health of mental illness was so great in his mind.
Grade 11 - C.1.4, C3.4 CTV614-SE15 $129.95: DVD
Streaming Price (3 year term): Single School – K-12: $195
THE OBSESSION: W5
Ontario: Human Development & Sexual Health
Grades 9-12 20 min 2012 CC CTV Grade 11 - C.1.4, C3.4
We all have nagging worries - did I turn off the stove? Did I
lock the door? But for Canadians with obsessive-compulsive 1, 2, 3… DEPRESSION AND SUICIDE
disorders, these thoughts get stuck, playing over and over in
the mind like a broken record. And the only way to lower the Grades 7-12 15 min 2014 CC CTV
volume is to perform rituals - behaviours such as constant Humans blink roughly once every 3 seconds. Someone
checking, excessive washing or extreme hoarding to control the attempts suicide once every 3 seconds. In this program, TSN
unwanted thoughts. Symptoms can be so severe that that some Off the Record host Michael Landsberg, looks back on the life
patients are unable to hold down jobs, go to school or even of canoeist and three-time Canadian Olympian John Wood,
leave their homes. who took his own life in January 2013 after a battle with
CTV552-SE15 $129.95: DVD depression. The program includes photos from John’s family
Streaming Price (3 year term): Single School – K-12: $195 album and his 1976 Olympic Silver Medal win, clips from
the film PADDLES UP!, and comments by business associate
Laurie Davis and paddling colleagues Larry Cain, Adam van
Koeverden and Wolf Ruck. John Wood’s son and daughter
shed light on how they have tried to deal with the tragedy.
CTV622-SE15 $129.95 : DVD
Streaming Price (3 year term): Single School – K-12: $195
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