Sun Safety

Publications

• Sun Safety Poster - Ways to protect yourself while working or playing in the sun.
• Sun Safety Information Guide for Schools - Facts and tips to help make your school sun safe, including student handouts, activities, and a school-wide sample policy.

Websites

• Interactive Quiz - Check out your sun safety sense by answering these true and false questions.
• Skin Cancer - Facts and prevention tips.
• UV Index Sun Awareness Program (Health Canada) - Teaching elementary and high school students how to use the UV index to protect themselves.
• Sun Protection: A Primary Teaching Resource (World Health Organization) - Teaching strategies, background information and lesson plans for primary teachers.
• Use SunSense (Canadian Cancer Society) - Information on indoor tanning, the UV index, preventing skin cancer, vitamin D supplements, and more.
• SunSmart (Cancer Council Victoria) - From Australia, the internationally recognized skin cancer prevention program including the Slip! Slop! Slap! campaign.
• Sun Safety (Toronto Public Health) - Sunburn - Prevention and Treatment grade 6 lesson plans.