Last updated: January 16, 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:

  • Well at Work's Pan-Canadian Community of Practice: Find yours to help foster healthier workplaces at schools - new Francophone community

New resources:

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

  • Help families strike up conversations about substance use

  • New lesson plan to help high school students with online habits and digital stress.  

  • Explore the New Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) in Physical Health & Education (PHE) Resource Page

  • New action plan templates for healthy schools  

 

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Announcements

  

Well at Work's Pan-Canadian Community of Practice: Find yours to help foster healthier workplaces at schools - new Francophone community

Well at Work's pan-Canadian community of practice brings together school district staff from across the country to share successes, insights, and lessons learned as they foster healthier K-12 workplace in their respective school districts. 

School District Wellbeing Leads: Monday February 3, 2025, 1:00 - 2:00pm MST

Senior Leaders: Tuesday February 4, 2025, 1:00 - 2:00pm MST

New! Francophone Community: Wednesday, February 5, 2025, 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. MST

Apply to join one of our communities of practice today!

   

       

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New resources

 

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 Mental Health Ontario and designed to build student awareness and confidence to seek help. 

 

Help families strike up conversations about substance use 

Alberta Health Services has released Talking to Children and Teens About Substance Use: A handbook for parents, caregivers, and youth allies. 

For no cost, you can order print copies of the handbook to share with families in your school community. You can also order free promotional bookmarks (with QR codes that link to the online version of the resource). Here’s how: 

  • Enter the username tobaccopublic and the password dwcal2012 
  • Click on catalogue and choose the items to add to your cart 
  • Fill out your mailing address so AHS can ship the materials to you at no cost 

Both the handbooks and bookmarks will make a great addition to your school learning commons (library) or counselling office. You can also give them out at parent-teacher conferences or other school events. 

Talking to Children and Teens About Substance Use is geared to adults with children in grades 4-12, but it also has conversation-starters to use with younger kids. 

For more information, go to ahs.ca/talktips.  

Still have questions? Email tvcp@ahs.ca.  

   

New lesson plan to help high school students with online habits and digital stress.  

Media Smarts has created a free lesson plan Dealing with Digital Stress to help grade 9-12 students think about their time online and learn ways to handle stress from using the internet. 

 

Explore the New Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) in Physical Health & Education (PHE) Resource Page

The new Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) webpage is a hub to find helpful resources from Physical Health and Education (PHE) Canada. These resources can support school communities in making their spaces safe and welcoming for all students, by making daily health and wellness activities inclusive and accessible. On this page, you can find free tools and training to help you understand important EDI concepts and grow your skills. 

  

New Action Plan Templates for Healthy Schools 

Taking the time to prioritize and plan is an important step in enhancing your healthy school community. Check out AHS’s new action planning templates! These will help you decide what really matters to your school community so you can choose strategies that will move your priorities forward.

  

 

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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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