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.
Educator Engagement for Practice Change (slides)
View the slides from the webinar on Educator Engagement for Practice Change.
Collaborative Practice
In this blog post, Paul McArthur with McConnell explores why, despite our best efforts, we continue to struggle at developing and maintaining effective collaborative approaches to change.
Promoting the Wellbeing of Teachers and School Staff
This research brief highlights findings from a comprehensive review of the evidence on effective approaches in promoting teacher and school staff wellbeing.
The messiness of social labs and how to deal (webinar)
Drawing on experience in applying a social lab model to address complex social challenges, this webinar explores the pitfalls and challenges of the lab approach, mistakes to avoid, and common success factors.
The messiness of social labs and how to deal (slides)
View the slides from the webinar on The messiness of social labs and how to deal.
Teacher and School Staff Wellbeing 101 (webinar)
In this webinar, Dr. Kim Schonert-Reichl and Dr. Mark Greenberg review the latest research on how teacher stress impacts student wellbeing, contributing factors to teacher/staff stress, and what we know (and don’t know) about how to address this issue.
Teacher and School Staff Wellbeing 101 (slides)
View the slides from the webinar on Teacher and School Staff Wellbeing 101.
Making the case for staff wellbeing (webinar)
Presented by McConnell Foundation, the EdCan Network, and Avalanche Strategy, this webinar presents insights gathered through a survey of educators and the general public on how to better frame the issue of teachers’ and principals’ well-being.
Making the case for staff wellbeing (slides)
View the slides from the webinar on Making the case for staff wellbeing.
Empathy & Wellbeing for Educators: Wasan Island Gathering Report
This report summarizes insights from a gathering where K-12 educators explored opportunities for change in the field of teacher and staff wellbeing.
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.
Beyond health education: Preventing problematic substance use by enhancing students’ well-being
An infographic, research briefs, and whiteboard videos highlighting universal strategies to prevent problematic substance use by enhancing student well-being.
Comprehensive School Health Hub
The Comprehensive School Health (CSH) Hub is a community for those involved in teaching, learning, and researching CSH at the post-secondary level.
Leading Mentally Healthy Schools
Created by school administrators, for school administrators, with the support of mental health professionals and Ministry of Education staff.
COVID-19 Resources
CASSA has curated this list of COVID-19 related school resources, shared and developed by its members. Links include learning and home resources for parents, re-opening resources, and more.
10 Organizational Conditions for Sustained Integration of Mental Health and Wellbeing in Schools
This guide shares critical elements for districts’ mental health and wellbeing efforts, including checklists for each condition and what you might do to strengthen your capacity and strategy.
Positive Mental Health Toolkit
Designed to promote positive mental health perspectives and practices in the school context. This toolkit has been divided into a series of online modules to present manageable, user-friendly information and materials.
Teach Resiliency
Curated information and resources on healthy school spaces, promoting belonging, building resilience, and mental health literacy.
Return to School 2020: Focus on Well-Being
This document focuses on the Fall 2020 return to school amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, and ensuring that well-being is a priority for all members of a school community to learn, grow, and thrive.