All Grade 10 students will learn first aid in gym class starting in September, and every B.C. school will be required to have medical kits to treat cardiac arrests and reverse overdoses. Article content

These significant Ministry of Education policy changes are the direct result of persistent advocacy by a group of Vancouver high schools students who watched their friend die from cardiac arrest , as well as from the parents of a University of Victoria student who didn’t get the help she needed after being poisoned by toxic drugs.

“That’s cool to hear. That’s really great,” Tobias Zhang, who is going into Grade 12 at Point Grey Secondary, said Monday when told about the changes.

“It makes me feel like I can rest a little bit easier now. It’s nice to know that this device will be in

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