Last updated: July 7, 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!
- To find out what's happening in your local area, connect with the health promotion facilitator assigned to your school authority.
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That's Not Me: Diversity and Media toolbox
- Tools to support the transition out of high school
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Show your SunSense!
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School Mental Health Ontario’s The 6Rs of Connection – A guidance educator resource
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Take action and make schools sun safe
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Lesson plan: Recognizing Emotional Appeals
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Blueprint for Action Resources Hub
Announcements
That's Not Me: Diversity and Media toolbox
MediaSmarts has created a toolbox called That’s Not Me. The toolbox has resources to demonstrate how TV, newspapers, video games, movies, the internet, and other media can shape the way we think about diversity. The lesson plans talks about what we see - and what we don’t see in the media, and why it’s important to learn to be able to identify this.
To learn more, go to That's Not Me: Diversity and Media
Tools to support the transition out of high school
With less than a month left in the school year, it’s a great time to think about supporting grade 12 students as they transition out of high school. Whether they’re off to post-secondary studies or employment, graduates will face common challenges, like dealing with roommates and paying bills.
Know before you go is a set of tools for grade 12 students and the educators who work with them. Developed by the AHS team behind mentalhealthliteracy.org, these materials are available in both English and French.
- Student tools: Know before you go
- Educator tools: Know before you go: Teachers' guide
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.
New resources
School Mental Health Ontario’s The 6Rs of Connection – A guidance educator resource
Created by School Mental Health Ontario, the 6Rs of Connection is a helpful tool for educators who support students with their emotions, challenges or mental health. It shares a relationship-based approach to responding with care and understanding.
The resource includes tips for talking with students, reflection questions and other supports. While it’s designed for guidance educators, any educator may find it useful in building strong, supportive connections with students.
Take action and make schools sun safe
May is often a month when school communities start heading outside more. Our new take action card offers tips to support school communities, teachers, and their students to be safer in the sun.
We encourage you to share the Make schools sun safe action card with your school communities.
Lesson plan: Recognizing Emotional Appeals
MediaSmarts has made a lesson plan for students in grades 4 to 8. In this lesson, students will learn how the media may use words or phrases that draw on emotions in an effort to change what people’s beliefs or thoughts about an issue.
To learn more, go to Recognizing Emotional Appeals
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.
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.
- Check back at the end of summer for fall events
