Educational Workshops

Our education team is comprised of trained staff and volunteers that share information on sexual health issues during presentations and booths at schools, health fairs, and community agencies. Presentations include interactive games, discussion and videos that provide accurate information to empower individuals to make informed decisions about healthy and responsible sexuality for their lives.

This gay-positive, non-judgmental, pro-choice approach to information sharing creates a safe space for participants to express themselves and challenge themselves with different perspectives. Presentation and kiosk topics may include:

• Healthy Relationships
• Pregnancy Options (Abortion, Adoption and Parenting)
• Contraception and Birth Control Options
• Anatomy & Physiology and Puberty
• Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) and HIV/AIDS
• Parents talking to their children about sexuality
• Natural Family Planning
• Being Pro-Choice
• Healthy Sexuality
• Planned Parenthood Waterloo Region Services
• Sexual Jeopardy
• Sex Olympics
• Oral Sex
• Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBTQ) Issues

Peer Theatre Education Program

Planned Parenthood has been using Peer Education Theatre to entertain and educate since 1998 to talk to teens about healthy decisions regarding sexuality.

Why Theatre Education?

There is a big difference between hearing good information and incorporating that information into your life choices. Knowing we should talk to our partners about whether we are ready to be sexually active, STIs and contraception isn't always easy. Peer Theatre Education gives the audience a chance to see people they can relate to, having those difficult conversations and making some tough decisions. Educational drama not only models positive behavior, but also helps people understand some of the factors that may influence behavior and choices.

Since everyone learns differently (through visual, auditory or kinesthetic stimulation), Peer Theatre Education can transmit information and awareness that may not reach individuals by traditional means of education. The interactive and fun nature of the presentation also will remain more firmly planted in a student's memory than some other methods of educating.

Why PEER Theatre Education ?

Youth listen to their friends. Talking to other youth,and receiving sexual health information from other youth creates an open environment for discussion and information sharing. The Peer Theatre Education Program provides an opportunity for youth to see themselves represented on stage - a step in taking responsibility for their own sexual health.