Wellness
The Sandbox: Your Space for Healthy School Workplaces
Alberta School Employee Benefit Plan
This website provides up-to-date resources, information and a blog about supporting employee wellness in a school community. The website provides a way for wellness champions from all over the province to collaborate to bring new ideas forward in school communities. While many of the resources provided on the website are focused on employee wellness they can easily be adopted to help move any new idea forward in a school community.
https://thewellnesssandbox.ca/
The Comprehensive School Health Approach
Alberta Health Services
This webpage provides a number of useful documents and tools to help support the implementation of comprehensive school health. Visit the webpage to find background information on comprehensive school health, how to implement school wellness policies, gaining support of the community, etc.
http://www.albertahealthservices.ca/info/csh.aspx
Wellness School Toolkit
The Wellness Movement – Government of New Brunswick
This toolkit offers ideas on championing wellness in the areas of mental fitness and resilience, physical activity, healthy eating, and tobacco free living.
http://www.wellnessnb.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Wellness_School-Toolkit_BIL.pdf
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
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