Last updated: March 25, 2025

Looking to infuse wellness into your classroom, school, or school authority all year long? Watch this page for new resources, announcements, and tips for health-related theme days. We've got you covered!

Announcements:

  • Move Your Mood School Challenge 

  • Well at Work's Pan-Canadian Communities of Practice 

  • Show your SunSense!

  • Start your school’s Spring Run (or Walk) Club 

New resources:

  • Blueprint for Action Resources Hub 

  • New mental health help-seeking resource for middle-school and older students: My Circle of Support 

Mark your calendar

Announcements

  

Move Your Mood School Challenge  

Looking for an easy way to promote Mental Health Week May 5th – May 9th? Join the Move Your Mood School Challenge for a resource package. 

All K-12 schools across Alberta are welcome. Join us as we share simple ideas on how students and staff can practice ways to: Move your body, fuel your body, expand your mind, and build assets. The resource package will provide quick daily activities that can be announced school-wide with full participation or carried out in individual classes.  

To register your school, go to: Move Your Mood Mental Health Awareness Week School Challenge or visit moveyourmood.ca by April 18, 2025.  


Well at Work's Pan-Canadian Communities of Practice 

Well at Work by EdCan is a group of school district staff from across Canada. This group comes together to celebrate successes and share what has worked well to build healthier K-12 workplaces in their school districts. 

For the 2024-25 school year, they are hosting the following Communities of Practice:  

Senior Leaders: April 29, 12 p.m. – 1 p.m. 

School District Wellbeing Leads: May 7, 11 a.m. – 12 p.m. 

Francophone Community of Practice: May 14, 12 p.m. – 1 p.m. 

More information and registration 

 

Show your SunSense! 

SunSense is the Canadian Cancer Society’s national sun safety program for elementary schools. It supports schools to create sun safe spaces by taking practical action on shade, policy, and education. By earning points, your school can work toward different levels of SunSense Certification. 

Registration for the school year is ongoing. To learn more, go to SunSense.ca or download the SunSense Program Guide.   

 

Start your school’s Spring Run (or Walk) Club 

The Alberta Medical Association (AMA) Youth Run Club (YRC) is not a new resource but a great seasonal reminder of the partnership program between the AMA and Ever Active Schools (EAS). It’s a fun and flexible program aimed at increasing physical activity levels in children and youth across Alberta. They provide registered clubs with all of the necessary tools and resources to start and maintain a successful run (or walk) club, including: Runner and coach handbooks, finisher prizes for all participants, local workshops for coaches, running logs, and more. 

To learn more and join the club go to: Alberta Medical Association Youth Run Club 

 

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New resources

 

Blueprint for Action Resources Hub 

Physical Health and Education Canada has a new set of tools called the Blueprint for Action Resources Hub. These resources help bring the Blueprint for Action to life in your school community, to prevent substance-related harms in youth. Use these tools to enhance well-being among youth in ways that reflect your unique school community.  

 

New mental health help-seeking resource for middle-school and older students: My Circle of Support  

Many students would like to talk to someone about how they are feeling and their mental health, but they may not know what supports are available or how to start the talk. The My Circle of Support resources were created by School Mental Health Ontario and designed to build student awareness and confidence to seek help. 

    

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Mark your calendar 

Taking part in health-related days, weeks, or month-long events is a great way to bring your school community together. These events can raise awareness of health topics and kick-start important conversations around wellness at school.

Be sure to connect health-related events back to the priorities, goals, and action plans in place in your school or school authority. Use the comprehensive school health framework to guide activities that are coordinated, meaningful, and likely to last.

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