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OHSC Web-Meetings( Zoom) 

Beginning in 2020, the web-meeting recordings are now available in lieu of meeting minutes. 
OHSC Web- Meeting 2024-2025 
october 17 2024 
​Meeting recording 
LINK: ​GMT20241017 193410 Recording 1920x1080
 Guest Meeting Presentation
Youth Engagement  in the Y-VAPE and Teens Talk Vaping
Presenters:
Dr. Laura Struik, Assistant Professor at the University of British Columbia Okanagan and Nominated Principal Investigator of the EPAV project. 
Dr. Kendra Nelson Ferguson, Research Scientist at Western University and Scientific  Manager and Co-Investigator of the EPAV project. 
December 5 2024
​Meeting recording 
Meeting Recording: You Tube Link:  https://youtu.be/f_LOpE_98FY
 
Presentation
Registered Dietitians from Ontario Dietitians in Public Health (ODPH) School Nutrition Workgroup presented on how to create a positive and supportive school food environment using food neutral and body inclusive approaches and introduce the newly revised Bright Bites website. Resources shared during the Bright Bites presentation are attached.
  
Kendra Patrick, RD, Public Health Dietitian - North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit
Chantal Belanger, RD, Public Health Dietitian - Public Health Sudbury and District 
 
Links shared during the meeting:
https://www.brightbites.ca/cross-curricular-connections/cook-bake-and-learn
https://www.brightbites.ca/topics/everybody
https://www.brightbites.ca/contact-us
 

February 20 2025 
Meeting recording 
 You Tube LINK https://youtu.be/Z0k_2rTgOMs
Guest Presentation: 
  • Active Movement Breaks Throughout the Day 
  • Interrupting Prolonged Periods of Sedentary Behaviour
  • What does an Active Classroom look, sound and feel like?
  • Ideas for Movement Breaks 

OHSC Web-Meetings 2023-2024 

October 19 2023 
Meeting recording & Links 
Ophea – Healthy Schools Certification
 https://healthyschools.ca/
 https://ophea.net/healthy-schools-certification
 Healthy Schools Certification – FAQ’s
https://healthyschools.ca/faqs
  
PHE Canada, National Healthy Schools Standards
 https://www.healthyschoolsalliance.ca/
 
LINK You Tube Video: October Meeting Recording
https://youtu.be/Mg7gn5FSO7M


November 30 2023
Meeting recording and materials 
LINK: You Tube November meeting recording 
LINK: ​White Paper on the Value of Local Health Promotion in Ontario 
February 22 2024
Meeting recording & Presentation
Meeting Recording Link
​https://youtu.be/y3_VElIAFxU?si=2MmyOnHdGJYcr-QJ

OHSC Web-Meetings 2022-23 

October 14, 2022
​Meeting Minutes & Presentations 
MINUTES - due to internet instability, no video recording is available 
LINK
Minutes: October 24th 
LINK Presentation: Ontario Student Nutrition Program 
​LINK Update: Ophea 
November 24, 2022
Meeting Recording Link and Presentations 
​School Mental Health Ontario - Presentation 
Strong Minds Strong Kids - Presentation 
Link to Meeting Recording 
https://youtu.be/qXsP7NtlL9I

February 23, 2023
Meeting Recording Link and information
Link to Meeting Recording ​
https://youtu.be/KqRNkfFS9bo

​Links shared during the meeting:
 
Ophea https://ophea.net/
https://ophea.net/disability-centred-movement-supporting-inclusive-physical-education
 
Blue Jays Foundation
​Presentation LINK 
https://www.mlb.com/bluejays/community/jays-care/affiliate-school-program/en


OHSC 2021-2022 Web-Meetings 
october 21 Meeting Recording - You Tube
 
November 25 Web-Meeting Zoom Recording 
​LINK - ZOOM meeting 

OHSC  Web-meetings 2020-2021

October 22 2020 Meeting recording 
OHSC Web-Meeting 
LINK: Open
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December 10 2020 Meeting Recording 
Meeting Presentation: Offord Centre for Child Studies; Presentation
Dr. Andrea Gonzalez: Presentation  included the Ontario Parent Survey findings and results. This survey focused on collecting population-level data to better understand how Ontario families are coping with the COVID-19 pandemic 
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Meeting Recording: LINK

March 4 2021 Meeting recording 
LINK: Web-Meeting Recording 
JUne 3 2021 Meeting Recording - You Tube
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OHSC Communications ​

​The LISTSERV (an email- based mailing list) serves as the primary OHSC
communication tool to our members;
      
  • ​E-Blast,
  • conference information and registration,
  • meeting information, links  and reminders, and
  • membership registration.
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NOTE: email contact information is uploaded into the LISTSERV through OHSC 2024 membership

​If you want to contribute something to the LISTSERV or the newsletter, email us at [email protected]. 
 Content can include:
  • A great program or resource.
  • Relevant research.
  • A request for resources or programs – each newsletter will have a “Help wanted” section, where members can ask each other for resources/support.
  • Upcoming conferences or other professional development opportunities.



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Wellbeing is Essential to Learning
 
The new Canadian Healthy School Standards have just been released! These Standards can help empower schools to become Healthy Schools and address a range of priorities through one proven approach.
 
Use the Standards to catalyze leadership and action on:
  • Elevating student and staff wellbeing
  • Increasing student success
  • Acting on truth and reconciliation
  • Embedding equity, diversity and inclusion
  • Engaging school communities to move from one-off health-related activities towards a comprehensive, system-wide approach to creating an environment that supports wellbeing
 
The Standards and related tools are available at healthyschoolsalliance.ca. Get familiar with the Standards this summer, reflect on how you can kickstart action from within your role, join the conversation on Twitter @cdnschoolhealth, and join other school communities as we come together to transform learning spaces!
 
Let’s work together to make every school in Canada a Healthy School.
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The Global Recess Alliance
A newly formed group of scholars, health professionals, and education leaders, argues that attention to recess during school reopening is essential. Recess is the only unstructured time in the school day that provides space for children’s physical, social and emotional development, which are essential for well-being and learning.
​When schools reopen, children will need space to heal from their collective trauma.
 


Recess Planning for School Re-opening
Dr. Lauren McNamara, a member of the Ontario Healthy Schools Coalition, is a key figure in the development of the Global Recess Alliance. This recently formed group of scholars, health professionals, and education leaders, argues that attention to recess during school reopening is essential. Recess is the only unstructured time in the school day that provides space for children’s physical, social and emotional development, which are essential for well-being and learning. When schools reopen, children will need space to heal from their collective trauma. 
Lauren and others have shared their expertise to provide answers and concrete strategies for a recess that not only works under the current circumstances, but paves the way for a fundamental shift in the way schools approach recess.


Read and share ...  Statement on Recess
​Learn More: Kids will need recess more than ever ​...
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