We are currently experiencing a disruption to schools services due to our agency's response to COVID-19. Our services to schools may look a little different this school year. We apologize for this inconvenience.
For more information on COVID-19, visit our COVID-19 and Schools and COVID-19 pages.

A healthy school promotes physical, mental, social, and emotional wellbeing for the whole school community. It’s a healthy environment to learn, work, and play. Everyone within the school community has a part to play in achieving the healthiest school possible.

We offer:

• Support for healthy school policy development
• Resources and information to support school health and classroom learning by topic  
• Lending library resources that can be borrowed from the Health Unit and apps to support classroom learning.
• Information on head lice

  • Key Messages about Head lice

  • Messages clés sur les poux de tête
• Information on reporting infectious diseases
• Other public health services within your school, including dental screenings, immunization clinics, sexual health clinics, and inspections
• Support for grant applications
  

• Support Welcome to Kindergarten / Bienvenue à la maternelle

Connect with us

Contact the Healthy Schools Program at healthy.schools@healthunit.ca or 1-800-563-2808 ext. 5231