School Health
Steps for Building Healthy School Communities
Alberta Health Services
This webpage offers a 6-step process to help implement new ideas and build a healthy school community. In each step, there are relevant resources that a wellness champion could use to effectively move through the process.
https://www.albertahealthservices.ca/info/Page7123.aspx
Provincial Teacher Resource List 2018-2019
Alberta Health Services
A list of resources that may be used by wellness champions to assist in the implementation of policies and programs based on the comprehensive school health approach to create a healthy school environment. The list is organized into two types of resources: ‘classroom resources’ for resources specific to teaching and ‘supplementary information’ for resources specific to health.
Programs & Support
Healthy Schools BC - Directorate of Agencies for School Health (DASH) BC
This webpage lists many programs and resources that support the Comprehensive School Health Framework. A wellness champion could use the webpage to search for examples of initiatives they could use in their school community.
https://www.healthyschoolsbc.ca/programs.aspx
Positive Mental Health Toolkit
Pan-Canadian Joint Consortium for School Health
This is a toolkit that consists of five modules to be used by wellness champion to help promote positive mental health practices in a school environment. This toolkit would be helpful to a wellness champion working within the Comprehensive School Health Framework.
http://www.jcshpositivementalhealthtoolkit.com/
Planning for Sustainable Practices in School Mental Health and Well-Being
School Mental Health Assist
This resource provides ten organizational conditions that a school should meet to effectively and sustainably promote positive mental health practices in a school environment.
ParticipACTION Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth
ParticipACTION
This report card is an evidence-informed document that provides information on Canada’s rate of success in terms of providing opportunities for children and youth to be physically active. This is the most recent report card released from 2018.
Pan-Canadian Joint Consortium for School Health
Pan-Canadian Joint Consortium for School Health
This website offers information and resources related to the Comprehensive School Health Framework that a wellness champion could use while planning for a school-based wellness initiative.
OPHEA: Healthy Schools Healthy Communities
Ontario Physical and Health Education Association (OPHEA)
This website offers information on current healthy school initiatives in Ontario, professional learning opportunities, and many teaching tools such as lesson plans, supplemental resources, and activities.
Healthy Schools BC - Newsletter
Healthy Schools BC - Directorate of Agencies for School Health (DASH) BC
The webpage offers a link to archived newsletters as well as an option to begin receiving the newsletter which contains information related to healthy schools, including relevant stories, programs, and resources.
https://healthyschoolsbc.ca/healthy-schools-bc-resources/healthy-schools-bc-newsletter.aspx
Healthy Schools: A Toolkit for Creating a Healthy School Environment
Durham Region Health Department
This toolkit provides strategies for building a healthier school for all members of the school community (administrators, teachers, students, parents and community partners).
https://www.durham.ca/en/health-and-wellness/resources/Documents/SchoolHealth/schoolToolkit.pdf