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Knowledge Mobilization Toolkit

Ontario Centre of Excellence for Child and Youth Mental Health

This is a toolkit that is intended to facilitate brainstorming, planning, and implementation of strategies for knowledge mobilization, or information sharing. This toolkit contains clear steps and resources to assist in planning what information to share, how to share it, and ways to evaluate the impact. Though this toolkit it aimed toward child and youth mental health, the toolkit can easily be used to assist a wellness champion in sharing information to promote their new idea in their school community.

http://www.kmbtoolkit.ca/

Health Equity Impact Assessment

Government of Ontario

This is a tool that can assist wellness champions to make decisions and consider the health impact of their new idea. This can help reduce the likelihood of creating disparities between the populations who will be impacted by their new idea. This tool has a workbook and a template to help wellness champions through five steps: scoping, potential impacts, mitigation, monitoring, and dissemination.

http://www.health.gov.on.ca/en/pro/programs/heia/

Alberta Policy Coalition for Chronic Disease Prevention

School of Public Health, University of Alberta

This webpage outlines the five priorities for chronic disease prevention that the Alberta Policy Coalition for Chronic Disease Prevention (APCCP) focuses on to help community members and organizations create evidence-based policies. The five priorities redirect to the specific topics that APCCP have reviewed within each priority subject. Evidence and recommendations are provided that wellness champions can use in their schools to promote their idea.

http://abpolicycoalitionforprevention.ca/healthy-communities/