RESOURCES
Looking for support in building and maintaining healthy school communities at the district, school or classroom level?
You’ve come to the right place. Browse our collection of tools, learning opportunities and best practices from our partners and school communities across Canada. You can filter these by:
Advocacy Tools: Access tools that can be used to gain support for or recommend systemic approaches to school well-being.
Best Practices and Stories from the Field: Read stories and lessons from others working toward similar goals, and review research highlighting best practice. Have a story? Share it with us!
Learning Opportunities and Events: Access online learning opportunities, and platforms to support advancing school well-being, and learn about upcoming events.
Other Resources: Infographics, research, policy templates, and other supports for building and maintaining healthy school communities.
Essential conditions for the implementation of comprehensive school health to achieve changes in school culture and improvements in health behaviours of Students (2016)
This paper outlines the Core and Essential Conditions required to successfully implement CSH. The purpose of this research was to identify the essential conditions of CSH implementation utilizing secondary analysis of qualitative interview data, incorporating a multitude of stakeholder perspectives.
Translation of school-learned health behaviours into the home: student insights through photo voice (2016)
This paper looked at the positive ways that CSH influences students’ lives in home environments. Researchers interviewed grade 5 and 6 students and highlighted the important role that student leadership plays in success.
Implementing Comprehensive School Health in Alberta, Canada: the principal’s role (2016)
The purpose of this research was to examine the role of the principal in the implementation of a CSH project aimed at creating a healthy school culture. This research provides recommendations to help establish effective leadership practices in schools, conducive to creating a healthy school culture.
Later school start times for supporting the education, health, and well-being of high school students (2019)
This paper examined a number of studies that look at the benefits of later school start times on adolescence (13-19 years old). It concluded that more research is needed, but later start times may lead to positive benefits for students.
Essential Conditions for Healthy Schools
This research highlights the essential conditions necessary for taking a comprehensive school health (CSH) approach. Explore this webpage to view publications sharing the research and an infographic summarizing findings.