TBDHU Resources
External Resources
Tools, Fact Sheets and Checklists
- The Children Count Pilot Study Project (PDF) - Utilizing the school climate survey for coordinated health monitoring and planning for children and youth in Ontario.
- Children Count Pilot Study Project: Healthy Living Module Toolkit (PDF) - A toolkit to support school boards and public health units to collect child and youth health and well-being information (the Healthy Living Module) in a partnership model, for collaborative action
Food, Eating and Nutrition
Teaching Resources
- Bright Bites Curriculum Supports for Educators from Ontario Dietitians in Public Health (version française bientôt disponible)
- Teaching Canada's Food Guide: Toolkit for Educators from Health Canada (Enseigner le guide alimentaire canadien)
- Teach Food First: An Educator’s Toolkit for Exploring Canada’s Food Guide from Healthy Schools BC
- Traditional Harvesting Resource: Video and Interactive Game from Understanding our Food Systems NWO
- Ontario Physical Health and Education Association:
- Food for Thought: Improving Food Literacy (Alimenter la réflexion pour des choix plus sains)
- Food Literacy Conversation Starters: Videos and Discussion Guides (Gr. 1-3 and Gr. 4-6) (Vidéos et guides de discussion pour lancer des conversations sur la littératie alimentaire)
- Lesson Plans (Plans de leçons)
- At My Best curriculum program for K-Grade 6 from PHE Canada with updated healthy eating content (À mon meilleur)
- Food is Science from Sustain Ontario (L’alimentation c’est de la Science)
- Tomatosphere Seed Science Lessons from Let's Talk Science (Tomatosphère)
- Teaching Resources from Food and Nutrition Literacy, Manitoba
- Ontario Dietitians in Public Health Nurturing Healthy Eaters in Elementary Schools and Secondary Schools
- Learning Together with Food from Teach Nutrition, Dairy Farmers of Canada
- Hands on Food: A Food Literacy approach to teaching about food, science, math and more from the Public Health Association of British Columbia
School Food Environment Resources
- A Vision for Weight-Neutral Well-Being in the School Setting - University of Calgary's Body Image Lab
- Rethinking Classroom Rewards - Bright Bites, Ontario Dietitians in Public Health
- Tips for School Fundraising - Bright Bites, Ontario Dietitians in Public Health
Personal Safety & Injury Prevention
- Allergy Aware.ca - This website has been developed to assist school boards, principals, teachers, staff and others who play an important role in helping to create safer environments for pupils with life-threatening allergies.
Hand Hygiene
- A humourous video of "Sneezing Olympics" that can be shown to your students:
Physical Activity
- Ontario Ministry of Education on Physical Activity - Resources and tools to be used in the classroom for the purpose of encouraging physical activity among students.
Mental Health
- Positive Mental Health Toolkit - Pan Canadian Joint Consortium for School Health
- Student Mental Health Action Kit - School Mental Health Ontario
- Promoting Mental Health: Finding a Shared Language video from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health:
Contact Us
Children, Youth and Families
Thunder Bay District Health Unit
(807) 625-5900 or 1-888-294-6630
schools@tbdhu.com
www.tbdhu.com/school-health