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Supporting Healthy School Communitiesin Alberta

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Thank you to the Government of Alberta for its ongoing support of healthy school communities in Alberta.

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Message from Ever Active Schools

Meet the Team

Keynote Speakers

Program at a Glance

Healthy School Communities Award 2014

Session Descriptions

Pre-conferences

Concurrent Session 1


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Poster Presentations

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Message from Ever Active Schools

Welcome to the sixth annual Shaping the Future conference!

The 2015 conference will bring together individuals from school communities and organizations across Alberta and Canada working to achieve optimal health, wellness and ideal learning environments for all students. This year’s theme is “inspiring, connecting and celebrating healthy school communities.”

Shaping the Future provides a platform for leaders to come together and discuss various aspects of comprehensive school health. Ever Active Schools strives to connect all delegates by disseminating information in a variety of interactive formats: pre-conferences, workshops, keynote speakers, concurrent sessions, panel discussions, research posters and success stories and networking opportunities with exhibitors and sponsors.

Shaping the Future always includes daily wellness and active breaks which allow delegates to engage in activities such as snowshoeing, ice hockey, walking, jogging and cross-country skiing in the beautiful Rocky Mountains. Please take time to enjoy our beautiful surroundings!

We commend you on the great work that you do to inspire children and youth and are thrilled that you are joining us in Kananaskis!

Sincerely,

Brian Torrance Hayley DegaustDirector, Ever Active Schools Chair, Shaping the Future

Meet the Team

We want to ensure your experience at Shaping the Future is the best it can be! Have a question or want to connect? Find one of the Ever Active Schools’ team members!

Brian Torrance Hayley Degaust Kerri Murray Katelynn Theal Kim Hlewka

Tracy Lockwood Megan McKinlay Rhonda Schilberg Michelle Mann Megan Hunka

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Dr. Amanda StanecOwner of Move Live Learn

Dr. Amanda Stanec was born and raised in Nova Scotia, where she attended St. Francis Xavier University. Amanda moved to the US over 15 years ago to begin her teaching and coaching career. She also attended graduate school at Virginia Commonwealth University, where she attained a Masters of Science with an emphasis in physical education and sport psychology. Amanda enrolled in a Ph.D program in Kinesiology within the Curry School of Education at the University of Virginia. Since then, Amanda has become owner of a consulting business called Move Live Learn and become a certified power vinyasa yoga teacher in Colorado and a certified holistic health coach. Amanda’s proven herself successful in writing provincial-wide curricula, developing higher education teacher education courses, designing coaching education and leadership programs for youth sport and coaching individuals of all ages to follow a healthier path.

Shay EspositoGrade 12 Student

Shay Esposito is 17 years old and in Grade 12 at Sturgeon Composite High School. From a very young age Shay has had a love and passion for singing. After achieving her Grade 4 Royal Conservatory of Music with honors, at the age of 11, she decided to enter the world of pop/rock music. Her first original song, ‘Toy Soldier,’ was nominated for Best Underage Recording of the year at the 2013 Edmonton Music Awards. In 2014 she received a nomination for Rising Star. Growing up was a struggle for Shay just like it is for many young girls. Shay began to struggle with anxiety and depression. Shay’s family came to realize this struggle as she distanced herself from them and began to lose her passion for music. Through the support of family, friends and others Shay has been able to learn to deal and cope with her mental health and has found her love and passion for singing and writing music again. Shay is really looking forward to speaking at the Shaping the Future conference. She has a powerful message about finding your passion, the importance of relationships, living with anxiety and depression and that we all have a story…parents, teachers and students.

Keynote Speakers

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Dr. Marvin WashingtonAssociate Professor, Alberta School of Business

Marvin Washington is an associate professor in the Alberta School of Business. His primary teaching responsibilities are with the capstone MBA course in Business Policy. Dr. Washington also teaches course on organizational change and leadership in numerous Executive Education Programs at the University of Alberta, in the Executive MBA program, and the Masters of Finance program. Marvin is a regular columnist on CBC’s Radio Active discussing issues of importance for business managers and owners.

Dr. Washington is the Academic Director for the Alberta Health Services Senior Leadership Development Program. Dr. Washington’s research, consulting and teaching focus is on processes of organizational and institutional change. Dr. Washington has written two books on leadership and organizational change: Pack Leadership: Lessons from the Wild Dogs of Africa (with Stephen Hacker at Quality Press), and Successful Organizational Transformation: The Five Critical Elements (with Stephen Hacker and Marla Hacker at Business Expert Press). Marvin has a long-standing engagement with Anahuac University in Mexico where he is a part of their CEO academy. He has also consulted with numerous non-profit and for profit organizations. Dr. Washington has worked with the government leaders of the Country of Botswana since 1999 and the State of Oregon since 2009.

Joyce SunadaOwner of Joyful Endeavours

Joyce Sunada is a Wellness Coach, Inspirational Speaker and Workshop Facilitator whose purpose in life is to inspire, empower and ignite others to live a life they love. Joyce believes each person is creative, whole and resourceful and capable of accomplishing what he or she truly desires. It is this belief that has fuelled her passion to empower people on their path to personal success and wellness. The last six years Joyce has been the Schools Coordinator with Ever Active Schools and has empowered many school communities to implement positive changes in their school environments. As a result of her many contributions, Joyce received the “Health Promoting Schools Champion” award from Physical & Health Education Canada (PHE Canada). Her vast work with school communities provides a strong foundation of knowledge and experience to support individuals on their wellness journeys. Whether through speaking, coaching or facilitating Joyce brings passion and joy to her work.

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3:15 pm - 5:30 pm

6:00 pm - 7:00 pm7:00 pm - 8:30 pm8:30 pm - 1:00 am

Active/Wellness Break - Get outside and get active! (snowshoeing, cross country skiing, urban poling, hockey, self-led walk or run)Poster presentations, cash bar, networking - ExplorerDinner - Olympic BallroomSocial/Dance - Olympic Ballroom

AMA Youth Run Club Walk or Run - Meet in hotel lobby or Yoga - Walker Room (bring your own mat)Registration and Breakfast - Conference FoyerEmcee, Welcome - Olympic BallroomMinister Address - Olympic BallroomStudent Keynote Address: Shay Esposito - Olympic BallroomKeynote Address: Dr. Amanda Stanec - Olympic BallroomWellness Break, snack, visit Exhibitor TablesConcurrent Session 1:

6:30 am - 7:15 am 7:15 am - 8:00 am 8:00 am - 8:20 am 8:20 am - 8:40 am 8:40 am - 9:10 am

9:10 am - 10:00 am 10:00 am - 10:15 am10:15 am - 11:05 am

Embedding Wellness through Curricular Links in High School Settings, Libby Coldbeck (Gold)Exploring the Links Between Wellness Education, the Environment and the Outdoors, Gareth Thomson (Silver)Strategies for Creating Bridges Across Sectors, Daniel Naiman (Bronze)Resilience-based Models in School Communities: Creating environments where children can thrive, Dr. Jon McGavock (Sinclair/Palliser)Return on Investments in Innovative Interventions That Promote Healthy Eating and Active Living Among Children, Genevieve Montemurro (Dawson/Stewart)Health and Education Champions Unite: Successful collaboration between principal, staff and parent, Dr. Kim Kelly (Mount Kidd A) How Adolescent Brain Development Affects Behaviour, Dr. April Elliott (Mount Kidd B&C)

11:05 am - 11:20 am11:20 am - 12:10 pm

Wellness Break, visit Exhibitor Tables Concurrent Session 2:

Getting ACTIVE AT SCHOOL: The need to connect the dots, Panel (Gold)Physical Literacy Educator in Residence Pilot Project, Lindsay Wright (Silver)Evaluating the Effectiveness of Comprehensive School Health on Student Achievement: Developing a set of core indicators and measures, Katherine Eberl Kelly (Bronze)Just the Facts: The evidence to increase physical activity in youth, Dr. John Spence (Sinclair/Palliser)Teaching Games for Understanding: With a little more feeling, Dr. Joanna Sheppard (Dawson/Stewart)Don’t Be Lazy, Be Crazy...Student Leadership and Wellness Initiatves, Don Vantour (Mount Kidd A)The Wisdom is in the Room: A conversation among division level leaders, Stanton Swain, Carrie Rae and Judy Newman (Mount Kidd B&C)

12:10 pm - 1:10 pm1:15 pm - 3:15 pm

Lunch, visit Exhibitor Tables - Conference FoyerInteractive Workshops

Embedding Wellness in All Subject Areas (Gold)Workplace Mental Health: Creating Awareness and Fostering Support (Silver) Balancing Technology with a Healthy Lifestyle (Bronze)Healthy Environments for Learning and Playing (Mount Kidd)

Friday, January 30

Program at a GlanceThursday, January 29

9:00 am - 4:00 pm9:00 am - 4:00 pm 9:30 am - 4:00 pm

12:00 pm - 5:00 pm7:00 pm- 9:00 pm

Pre-conference Sessions (registration required), visit exhibitors (all day)Alberta School Boards Association, Student Mental Health (Mount Kidd) Building Partnerships between School and Community (Gold) Comprehensive School Health University (Explorer)Healthy Relationships in School Communities, in partnership with the Wellness Fund (Mount Kidd)

Healthy School Communities Awards Ceremony - Mount Kidd

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9:20 am - 9:30 am9:30 am - 10:20 am

Wellness BreakConcurrent Session 4:

Don’t Walk in the Hallway — Researching the effects of deliberately designed hallway patterns on levels of daily physical activity, Chris Fenlon-MacDonaldBody Percussion with Action Schools! BC, Tammy Wirick (Silver)Recreational-Environmental Wellness, Miranda Niebergall (Bronze)The Hype Behind Sports Specialization, Robin Tharle-Oluk (Sinclair/Palliser) Writing the APPLE Schools Story: Lessons learned in APPLE Schools, Jenn Flynn (Dawson/Stewart)Tower Gardening, Tammie Sarauer (Mount Kidd A)Shaping School Food Environments, Alberta Food Matters (Mount Kidd B&C)

Saturday, January 31

7:00 am - 7:30 am 7:30 am - 8:30 am 8:30 am - 9:20 am

AMA Youth Run Club Walk or Run - Meet in hotel lobby or Yoga - Walker Room (bring your own mat)Breakfast Conference Foyer or AMA Youth Run Club Breakfast Rockies Room RSVP: http://ow.ly/Gjy9q Concurrent Session 3:

The One You Feed: A holistic approach to supporting the health and well-being of First Nations, Métis and Inuit students and families, Tricia Giles-Wang (Gold)Scaling up the Student Orientation to School Questionnaire in Rocky View Schools: What we are learning about student effect at the school and system levels, Dr. John Burger (Silver)Building Healthier Communities From the Ground Up: Lessons learned from Communities ChooseWell, Lisa McLaughlin (Bronze)School’s Out: Lessons from a forest kindergarten (Documentary Film), Allison Pratley (Sinclair/Palliser)Harmful Messages? How to Read the Active Body in Children’s Stories, Dr. Kate Davies (Dawson/Stewart)Go Play Outside: Increased outdoor time promotes well-being, Dr. Lee Schaefer (Mount Kidd A) Creating Space for School Employee and Workplace Wellness, Shandy Reed (Mount Kidd B&C)

10:20 am - 10:35 am10:35 am - 11:25 am11:25 am - 11:40 am11:40 am - 12:05 pm

Wellness Break, snack Keynote Address: Dr. Marvin Washington - Olympic BallroomWellness BreakConcurrent Session 5:

Be a Nutrition Champion! Fuel Young Athletes for Success Sport Nutrition for Youth: A handbook for coaches, Pamela Boyson (Gold)Sports and Recreation Injury Prevention in Adolescents, Rebecca Carnduff (Silver)The Role of the Principal within a Comprehensive School Health Framework: Creating a Healthy School Culture, Erica Roberts (Bronze)Ready, Set, Run! Hear About the Benefits and Start Your Own AMA Youth Run Club! Hayley Degaust (Sinclair/Palliser)Moving Forward with Wellness in Wild Rose School Division, Darlene Ferris (Dawson/Stewart)Supporting Resiliency in School Communities: A proactive approach to children’s health, LJ Bartle (Mount Kidd A)What’s New at ParticipACTION and How it Can Support Your School Community, Christa Costas-Bradstreet (Mount Kidd B&C)

12:40 pm - 1:40 pm Keynote Address: Joyce Sunada followed by conference wrap up, lunch and draw prizes – Olympic Ballroom

Program at a Glance

12:05 pm - 12:15 pm12:15 pm - 12:40 pm

Wellness BreakConcurrent Session 6:

The REAL Kids Alberta Evaluation: Updates from 2014, Erin Faught (Gold)A Naturalized Playspace: Planning beyond traditional ideas, Stacie Pederson (Silver)Developing Choice-Based Comprehensive School Health Programs: Lessons learned from health promoting secondary schools, Dr. Lauren Sulz (Bronze)Way to Be! Living Respectfully, Jillian Wyne and Lisa Nowlin-Clayton (Sinclair/Palliser)Shaping the Future at the Boys and Girls Club in St. Paul, Sylvie Proteau (Dawson/Stewart)Eat. Move. Sleep, Allison Swelin (Mount Kidd A)

The Healthy School Communities Award is a great way to say “thank-you” to individual, school, school district and community champions who work together to achieve positive health outcomes for children and youth.

This year we are celebrating 12 award recipients in the following categories:

• Individual Champions: an individual (e.g. student, family member, volunteer or school staff member) who has made outstanding contributions to their healthy school community.

• School Champions: a student group, parent group, school staff or wellness committee who has made outstanding contributions to their healthy school community.

• Community Champions: not for profit, community associations, local/municipal organizations, or businesses who have made outstanding contributions to supporting healthy school communities.

• School District Champions: an individual or group working at the district level (e.g. superintendent, trustee, consultants or a committee) who has demonstrated school district engagement in supporting healthy school communities

Please join us at Shaping the Future in the Mt. Kidd Ballroom on Thursday, January 29, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. as we celebrate the accomplishments of these 12 award recipients. *Please RSVP by January 20, 2015, to http://ow.ly/GbAh7.

Healthy School Communities

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Thursday, January 29Pre-conferences

Alberta School Boards Association - Student Mental Health - Mount Kidd, 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. (end time changes depend-ing on afternoon session choice)

Keynote Speaker: Dr. April Elliot

Is student mental health a priority in your school board? Are you wondering what resources are available to support positive mental health? This half day pre-conference is tailored to trustees who are looking for strategies to support their boards in promoting positive mental health within school environments. The Alberta School Boards Association and Ever Active Schools will co-host an engaging and informative session on the mental health of our students. We will hear from experts in the field, consider research and listen to teachers on how they are supporting student mental health within their own schools. Resources and supports that promote resiliency and wellness within a school environment will be discussed. You will leave the session empowered and informed to better support the mental health and wellness of students and the broader school community. Trustees and administrators will spend the morning together, then have the opportunity to connect with teachers and community representatives in one of the afternoon sessions listed below:• Building the Partnership between School and Community

(1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.)• Healthy Relationships: In Partnership with the Wellness

Fund (1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.) Building Partnerships Between School and Community - Gold, 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

When it comes to creating a healthy school community, both schools and community organizations and businesses have resources, assets and expertise to bring to the table. However, navigating these partnerships can be challenging. Where do you start? How do you build a trusting relationship? Explore these questions and others while learning areas of opportunity for partnership through stories from others across the province.

Comprehensive School Health University - Explorer, 9:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Post-secondary education, health and recreation students come together with seasoned teachers and other professionals in a Comprehensive School Health bootcamp where knowledge and experience meet opportunity and innovation! If you value healthy school communities and believe CSH should be a part of foundational training for teachers, health and recreational professionals at post-secondary institutions in Alberta, this session is for you. The morning will pair students with mentors currently in the field for a crash course on CSH. The afternoon will facilitate conversations that explore issues and solutions, valuing the unique perspectives of students and professionals.

Healthy Relationships in School Communities- Mount Kidd, 12:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

This engaging and interactive session will consider relationship building through social connectedness in school communities, by examining strategies to understand the school context. There will be an opportunity to consider the relationship perceptions and behaviours of this techno generation and share techniques and activities to promote a school environment that improves healthy relationships. In partnership with the Wellness Fund.

Friday, January 30Concurrent Session 1 - 10:15 a.m. - 11:05 a.m.

Embedding Wellness through Curricular Links in High School Settings- Libby Coldbeck and Laureen Lailey, Gold

Discover how wellness is being embedded in high school settings across Alberta using a comprehensive school health approach. Learn how to take a cross-curricular approach to infuse wellness into the culture of your school community where everyone is responsible for wellness. In this session you will consider how to model what is taught to create a climate of wellness from a cross curricular perspective, as well as how to make changes to the social and physical environments of the school to support students in gaining the attitudes, skills, and knowledge to make healthy choices. This approach will support schools in address-ing the priorities of psycho-social well-being, physical activity and healthy eating.

Exploring the Links Between Wellness Education, the Environment and the Outdoors- Gareth Thomson, Silver

Did you know that students who spend time outdoors connecting with nature experience higher rates of academic achievement and feelings of wellness than those who do not? The benefits of connecting children to the natural world have been well-documented in multiple scientific studies and research publications. Research shows that students’ psychological and physical health is positively impacted when they have regular contact with nature and the outdoors. In this workshop, we’ll showcase the connections between wellness education, the environment and spending time in nature. We will explore how to utilize outdoor education as a tool in wellness education. Participants will come away with new resources and activities for incorporating environmental and outdoor education into wellness education and a better understanding of the importance of spending time in nature for improving student well-being.


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Strategies for Creating Bridges Across Sectors- Daniel Naiman and Jen Brennan, Bronze

Creating healthy schools requires a high level of partnership between health, education, and community stakeholders. Creating bridges across these sectors can lead to collaborative actions that support shared goals, and address relevant student health and learning topics. When stakeholders from different sectors engage in regular and meaningful conversations, they are able to outline how they can leverage their diverse assets and resources to achieve shared success.

To support fostering cross-sector partnerships, Healthy Schools BC has developed prototype “learning sessions” with front-line health staff working in schools. These sessions focus on building the knowledge and skills of health sector staff to engage in a meaningful way with their education sector partners. The sessions focus on outlining the progressive steps that support building sustainable and meaningful relationships. In addition, the learning sessions integrate tools for fostering intersectoral engagement such as question building techniques and inquiry based learning approaches. Feedback from these sessions has been extremely positive, and there have been many important lessons learned from prototyping them in the field.

Using a case-study approach, this presentation will outline the content from these learning sessions, including the steps and processes needed to foster authentic intersectoral engagement. The content of these sessions has been designed to support healthy schools stakeholders from all sectors. Lessons from these sessions will be shared, such as how to find common goals across sectors, how to integrate parallel theories and processes used within the different sectors, and how focusing on language and discourse can present opportunities for collaboration.

Resilience-based Models in School Communities: Creating environments where children can thrive- Dr. Jon McGavock, Sinclair/Palliser

Since the early 1990’s, when epidemiological studies revealed that rates of overweight and obesity among children were on the rise, scientists and policy makers began designing school-based programs to promote healthy living behaviours in children. Large scale, multifaceted interventions delivered across multiple domains of the school-community were delivered across multiple years and several grades. By and large, these interventions led to short-term, modest improvements in healthy living behaviours. However, rates of overweight and obesity remain unchanged in Canada and the US. A possible reason that these interventions have not yielded better outcomes is that they fail to adequately engage youth into the programs components. This is particularly relevant to marginalized youth, who are disproportionately affected by obesity and chronic diseases, but may not view healthy living as a priority in their life.

Return on Investments in Innovative Interventions That Promote Healthy Eating and Active Living Among Children- Genevieve Montemurro, Dr. Yen Li Chu and Dr. Kate Storey, Dawson/Stewart

In Canada, substantial public health and economic burden is attributed to chronic diseases that are preventable by adopting a healthy lifestyle. While there is a need for effective child health promotion programs and policies, underlying implementation details are still unclear. It is essential for leaders in health and education to justify the resources needed for implementation of school health programs and policies given the multiple demands placed on schools, particularly in times of fiscal restraint.

This interactive presentation will share the objectives of a year research project that aims to 1) evaluate effectiveness and implementation of school health programs and policies, 2) balance program costs with avoided healthcare costs, 3) engage end-users in the research process to enhance the impact of findings, and 4) optimize the implementation process. This research builds on ongoing work that includes several province-wide school-based surveys that serve as evaluation instruments for the effectiveness of school health programs and policies. The research will also expand on previous work examining the cost effectiveness and implementation process of school-based health interventions.

Through this presentation, we will engage school health practitioners and leaders from the health, education and recreation sectors in conversations around existing gaps in knowledge related to policy and program implementation. We will also identify ways in which this research may be applied in creating healthy school communities. In addition, this session will inform our larger knowledge translation and exchange framework by collectively identifying ways to best engage end-users in the research and knowledge development process.

Health and Education Champions Unite: Successful collaboration between principal, staff and parent- Dr. Kim Kelly and Susan Kosanovich, Mount Kidd A

Belgravia Ever Active is proud to be in the midst of year three of their health promotion school program. Along the way, there have been successes and challenges. Susan Kosanovich, teacher, and Kim Kelly, Family Physician and Parent Chair of Belgravia Ever Active, will share highlights of their school community’s journey on their path to improved health for all of their stakeholders.

Susan and Kim will discuss challenges with different stakeholders that they have encountered along the way with solutions that were implemented. Learn from their experiences how to elevate your comprehensive school health program from good to great!

Participants will have the opportunity to reflect on the presenters’ experiences and consider their school’s Ever Active initiatives and involvements through structured discussion and reflection interspersed throughout the presentation.


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Session DescriptionsBy the end of the session participants will be able to:1. Have exposure to a successful Ever Active program Year 3 2. Take away ideas and initiatives, which are feasible with a

limited budget, to improve their own schools’ programs3. Identify common challenges that schools experience related

to different stakeholders followed by a discussion of specific solutions

4. Appreciate collaboration between leaders in education and healthcare having impact at a local level.

How Adolescent Brain Development Affects Behaviour - Dr. April Elliott, Mount Kidd B&C

During this session we will discuss approaches clinicians take in working with adolescents and dialogue around collaborative ways that education and health can partner to help youth during and after challenges/ struggling.

Concurrent Session 2 - 11:20 a.m. - 12:10 p.m.

Getting ACTIVE AT SCHOOL: The Need to Connect the Dots - Panel Discussion, Gold

Research supports the theory that schools are the best setting to promote and implement physical activity in children and youth. However, educators can’t make this happen on their own. In the fall of 2014, Canadian Tire Corp., a founding member of ACTIVE AT SCHOOL, commissioned The Learning Partnership (TLP) to conduct a research study with the goal of identifying new opportunities for getting 60 minutes of daily physical activity for children.

In this 50 minute session, panellists will discuss the implications of a nation where kids aren’t moving enough and make recommendations on how to overcome barriers keeping kids from getting the recommended 60 minutes of physical activity a day. A series of topics will be discussed including:• Perception vs. reality – what we think is going and what is

actually happening • The importance of partnerships in getting kids active• The need to educate all key stakeholders on the need for

making this a priority at school and at home• Why a targeted approach will make the most impact.

Physical Literacy Educator in Residence Pilot Project- Lindsay Wright and Megan McKinlay, Silver

What does it take to support a school community to develop physically literacy children and youth? This session will focus on the Physical Literacy Educator in Residence Pilot Project. This is a collaborative partnership between Be Fit For Life, Ever Active Schools, Parkland School Division, the TriLiesure Centre, and Camp YoWoChAs. This multi sectoral approach will help to support local physical literacy development in the Parkland region. In this session, we will share initial learnings from this project, including resources and lesson plans developed.

Evaluating the Effectiveness of Comprehensive School Health on Student Achievement: Developing a set of core indicators and measures- Katherine Eberl Kelly and Gail Diachuk, Bronze

Recognizing the lack of an evidence-based Canadian framework to understand the effects of CSH on student achievement, the Pan-Canadian Joint Consortium for School Health (JCSH) in the spring of 2013 commissioned the Social Program Evaluation Group at Queen’s University to develop a set of Core Indicators and Measures (CIM). The evidence basis for outcomes related to a CSH approach is limited; even more scarce is evidence (research and practice) in a Canadian context connecting a CSH approach with learning outcomes. Establishing an indicator and measure tool and contributing to the learnings in this area were deemed important by both the researchers and the JCSH team. To accomplish the CIM development, the researchers, in collaboration with a JCSH Research Advisory Committee, employed a review of the peer and gray literature and conducted interviews with 24 experts across Canada. From this data base, a Core Indicators and Measures Framework was developed. Just the Facts: The evidence to increase physical activity in youth- Dr. John Spence, Sinclair/Palliser

Dr. John Spence, Associate Dean from the University of Alber-ta Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation, will present on evidence based successful physical activity strategies. Learn the facts about how we can get individuals and communities moving more, sitting less and overall healthier. Dr. Spence will detail how environments, policy and innovative initiatives can play a key role in increasing our physical activity.

Teaching Games for Understanding: With a little more feeling- Dr. Joanna Sheppard, Dawson/Stewart

Are you interested in using different teaching methods within your physical education classes? The Teaching Games for Understanding (TGfU) instructional model enables students to explore their understanding of game-like situations and the tactical decisions they will have to make within game play. Join Dr. Joanna Sheppard, Associate Professor from the University of the Fraser Valley Kinesiology and Physical Education Department, as she explores the use of effective and reflective questioning within our physical education classes. By using Hellison’s Levels of Personal and Social Responsibility (PSR) within the context of the TGfU instructional model, Joanna discusses the results of her qualitative multi-case research study as a way to evaluate the effectiveness of a hybrid instructional model on the development of personal and social responsibility behaviours (Respect, Participation, Self-Direction and Caring). Practical game play examples and easy-to-use resources will be discussed throughout the workshop.

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Don’t Be Lazy, Be Crazy…Student Leadership and Wellness Initiatives- Don Vantour and Tracy Russell, Mount Kidd A

Participants will be led through Brentwood’s one year journey of creating a district leading Health and Wellness school with dynamic student leaders. Building the program started with a simple running team that has turned into a school-wide initiative that features 500 student leaders all with one common goal: “How can I be the best me?” From our monthly wellness days (Don’t Be Lazy Be Crazy) to our simple daily energizer activities, we have ready-to-use and easy-to-implement student led ways to get your school active.

The Wisdom is in the Room: A conversation among division level leaders- Stanton Swain, Carrie Rae and Judy Newman, Mount Kidd B&C

Are you in a district leadership role, coordinating a district healthy schools initiative? Come to this session and meet other district level leaders from across the province. Be prepared to discuss what makes you proud of your school district, your challenges, successes, accomplishments, and lessons learned. Possible discussion topics include: the challenges of being a district lead; how to create buy-in among administrators, staff, students and parents; and communicating your message, priori-ties and accomplishments. We will also explore the opportunity to establish ongoing networking opportunities. Whether you are just starting the journey of creating healthy school com-munities or are an experienced health champion looking for ideas to “keep the fire burning”, this session will be valuable for you! This interactive Friday session will empower you to stay connected with other district leads throughout the conference and beyond.

Interactive Workshops - 1:15 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.

Embedding Wellness In All Subject Areas, Gold

Participants in this session will:• learn more about the Ministerial Order on Student Learning

considering the shift to cross curricular competencies• participate in activities created by school communities

across Alberta embedding wellness in authentic ways cross-curricular plan for the integration of wellness and competencies into the school community.

Workplace Mental Health: Creating Awareness & Fostering Support, Silver Alberta School Employee Benefits Plan (ASEBP) believes good health, including positive mental health, is the essential foundation school employees need to engage in supporting student learning. Positive mental health enables school employees to think, engage, interact with colleagues, make professional contributions and enjoy a high quality of life. Unfortunately, one in five Canadians will experience a mental health disorder in

their lifetime and only one of three will seek help. This presents significant workplace challenges, both for those who have the mental health issue and for those who work alongside someone who is struggling. In many workplaces, there is both a lack of understanding about mental illness and a lack of supportive resources. As a result, mental health disorders are estimated to cost the Canadian economy approximately $51 billion each year.

ASEBP knows that a creating a culture of social support is a critical component to maintaining mental health for everyone in the workplace. Receiving social support from co-workers has a significant impact on employee success and wellness. ASEBP is pleased to partner with the Canadian Mental Health Association to provide this special session designed to increase awareness of mental health issues in the workplace and engage participants in learning how to build a mentally healthy and safe environment for themselves and their colleagues. This session will help everyone in the school workplace, regardless of position or role, see the value of their contribution to each other’s mental well-being.

Balancing Technology with a Healthy Lifestyle, Bronze

There is no doubt that finding the time to integrate technology is an overwhelming task for anyone. Throughout the course of a day, we find ourselves pulled in many directions. However, technology is already integrated in nearly everything we do and nearly every job our youth will encounter. So, how do we find an ideal balance for learning about and eventually integrating technology? It begins with focusing on good instructional design, but ultimately, with a healthy balance. In this session, participants will be guided through a design thinking process and explore ways that technology can enhance learning and our everyday lives.

Healthy Environments for Learning and Playing, Mount Kidd

Research suggests social and physical environments shape our behaviours in impactful ways. Join the Canadian Academy for Healthier Generations and Ever Active Schools in an interactive workshop to discuss how to optimize the environment where we learn and play, for improved health and learning outcomes. This session will develop an understanding of building healthy classrooms, schools and surrounding physical spaces.


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Session DescriptionsSaturday, January 31Concurrent Session 3 - 8:30 a.m. - 9:20 a.m.

The One You Feed: A holistic approach to supporting the health and well-being of First Nations, Métis and Inuit students and families- Tricia Giles-Wang, Gold

This session will provide an opportunity for participants to engage in learning, discussion and becoming familiar with a variety of supports and resources to promote the health and well-being of First Nations, Metis, and Inuit Students and Families. The strategies shared are universal and will benefit all students.

Scaling up the Student Orientation to School Questionnaire in Rocky View Schools: What we are learning about student effect at the school and system levels- Dr. John Burger, Dr. Anna Nadirova, Brenda Valerio, Lorena Petit and Kailyn Stengler, Silver

In this presentation we present data from a 2013-14 Alberta Healthy School Communities Fund project centered in Rocky View Schools that scaled up the use of the Student Orientation to School Questionnaire (SOS-Q) in 18 Rocky View Schools with over 3,000 students in order to identify students at risk of school disengagement and, in response to low SOS-Q profiles, to implement specific, individualized student supports to re-engage the student. The data and stories presented will include both descriptive statistics on SOS-Q profiles as well as inferential statistics exploring the concurrent and predictive validity of the SOS-Q profiles in relationship to both classroom-based assessment data and provincial achievement test data.

Building Healthier Communities From the Ground Up: Lessons learned from Communities ChooseWell- Lisa McLaughlin, Bronze

Communities across Alberta are taking action to foster healthy eating and active living, with nearly 200 communities participating in the Communities ChooseWell initiative in 2014. Come on a road trip with us throughout Alberta as we explore what it takes to build a healthier community. Who are key partners? What factors help and hinder local efforts? What supports make the biggest difference? What are communities doing to foster healthy, active living? What does community-based health promotion have to do with comprehensive school health, and how can schools and community partners work together? After all, it takes a (healthy) community to raise a (healthy) child!

School’s Out: Lessons from a forest kindergarten (Documentary Film)- Allison Pratley and Bethan Kingsley, Sinclair/Palliser

No classroom for these kindergartners! At the Waldkindergarten in Switzerland, children four to seven years of age go to kindergarten in the woods every day. While most kindergarten programs in the western world have moved toward a more

academic approach and cut recess time, many early childhood experts strongly believe in the value of outdoor play, exploration and establishing a close relationship with nature during this critical period in a child’s development. School’s Out cleverly contrasts learning in a natural environment with the rigors of kindergarten for students in a typical North American setting. This film will open eyes and minds to alternative options in kindergarten education, and will give ideas about what it is that children might need at this age. Join us for the screening of this award winning documentary followed by a short discussion.

Harmful Messages? How to Read the Active Body in Children’s Stories- Dr. Kate Davies, Dawson/Stewart

Children’s literature is a powerful medium through which meanings about the body are normalized and conveyed during childhood. The purpose of this presentation is to generate discussion about the role of children’s literature in shaping understandings of the self as an active body. More specifically, this presentation will examine the narrow range of bodies that tend to be normalized in children’s picture books with the unifying theme of physical activity and sport. Moreover, this presentation will explore the potential for texts (both visual and articulable) to influence children’s decisions to engage in physical activity. Finally, this presentation will suggest how to transform potentially harmful meanings into ‘teachable moments’ by drawing together subject areas including, but not limited to, language arts, physical education and/or health. This presentation may be of interest to practitioners who work with children, who are proponents of literacy and physical activity, and who seek opportunities to teach across the curriculum.

Go Play Outside: Increased outdoor time promotes well-being- Dr. Lee Schaefer (Mount Kidd A)

This presentation will briefly summarize a recent study by Schaefer et al. that showed youth who spent most of their time outdoors after school were three times more likely to meet guidelines for daily physical activity and had significantly higher cardiorespiratory fitness levels than their peers who did not spend time outdoors. While this study focused on the physical dimension, this presentation will also discuss social, emotional, and spiritual benefits of the outdoors as well as connections to wellness and comprehensive school health.

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Creating Space for School Employee and Workplace Wellness- Shandy Reed and Megan Hunter, Mount Kidd B&C

The Alberta School Employee Benefit Plan (ASEBP) is a health organization committed to creating resources to foster healthy lifestyles and workplaces within Alberta’s public education sector. ASEBP tailors its services to support school employees in their efforts to make the educational experiences of Alberta’s students the best they can be. Creating a culture of wellness in schools benefits all members of the school community. Employers benefit from high productivity, lower absenteeism and reduced benefit plan costs. Employees enjoy good physical and mental health and a higher quality of life. Healthy employees are also positive role models for students and contribute to a healthy and engaging learning environment. ASEBP is interested in creating new opportunities for school jurisdictions and the agencies and organizations they partner with to network, engage and learn from their collective experiences of promoting employee health and wellness in the workplace. This session will offer participants an opportunity to meet with others who are passionate about employee and workplace health and talk about issues and ideas that they want to focus on. Using a group discussion model known as “Open Spaces Technology,” participants will connect to share powerful and innovative ideas, problem solve and develop solutions to issues they are passionate about. Key insights from the small group discussions will be captured and shared with session participants as well as others at the conference in order to encourage follow-up collaboration and a shared responsibility for action.

Concurrent Session 4 - 9:30 a.m. - 10:20 a.m.

Don’t Walk in the Hallway — Researching the effects of deliberately designed hallway patterns on levels of daily physical activity- Chris Fenlon-MacDonald, Gold

This school-based initiative to promote physical literacy is the beginning of a culture-shift in the design of traditional hallways. Recreation, Health or Education, regardless of your professional setting, Don’t Walk in the Hallway encourages a shift from walking to moving with purpose and creativity. In addition to supporting the development of physical literacy, this project aims at increasing daily physical activity levels among youth while nudging older populations to meet their recommended levels of activity. This interactive and informative session will give you tools to change the physical environment of your workplace and inspire you to do more than walk your hallways.

Body Percussion with Action Schools! BC- Tammy Wirick, Silver

Body percussion provides opportunities for creativity and leadership, improves body awareness, activates and focuses the mind and combines music with physical literacy. Learn about techniques, rhythm blocks and fun games that can be integrated throughout the school day as a brain break or transitional activity, or as a cross-curricular activity in math, music, physical

education or daily physical activity. Participants will leave with teaching strategies, recommended resources and the confidence to create their own sequences of movements. Teacher resources from Action Schools! BC will be provided.

Recreational-Environmental Wellness- Miranda Niebergall, Bronze

This will be a introduction to Parkland School Division’s newest junior high option. As agents of change, students are empowered to uncover and tackle real-life issues that affect their immediate school community, as well as the global community. We believe that student success is strongly linked to student well-being and the development of the whole child by promoting healthy eating, regular physical activity and positive social environments through a Comprehensive School Health (CSH) approach. A CSH approach is a way to link health and education within the school setting. The instruction, environment and services/support available in that setting are part of a strong CSH foundation that allow for stronger interaction to occur between the home, the school and the community. Through this student-centred session, leadership skills, ethical citizenship and entrepreneurial spirit will be strengthened, and students’ understanding of the interconnectedness of an inclusive school community will be nurtured. As engaged thinkers, students will analyze their school and natural environments and use the data to help determine the most viable solutions to improve their environments. Engaging in collaborative activities within school and alternative environments will give students the confidence and lived experience to learn from multiple perspectives. Students will receive multiple resources to identify problems and determine solutions. By taking on the role of change agents, students will positively impact their individual learning journey, build resiliency and create a long term impact on the culture of the school community. We will address the need to develop life skills in youth so that they become environmentally responsible citizens who are committed to modeling a healthy, active lifestyle and shaping their surrounding community using their individual gifts and talents.

The Hype Behind Sports Specialization- Robin Tharle-Oluk, Sinclair/Palliser

Discussion of the whether early sport specialization is a positive influence on sport participation or whether the negative effects out weigh the benefits.

Writing the APPLE Schools Story: Lessons learned in APPLE Schools- Jenn Flynn and Erin Wright, Dawson/Stewart

Since 2008, APPLE Schools has been working to implement Comprehensive School Health in over 50 school communities in northern Alberta. The project has noted improvements in diet quality, physical activity levels and obesity levels in the students in schools. Implementation was not always by the book and the APPLE team has learned many lessons while reading between the lines. This session will describe how hard work, experience


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Session Descriptionsand ideas shared can result in successful implementation. Take a page from the APPLE Schools book and learn strategies to overcome barriers to promoting health in schools, explore how research can impact practice, and share unique and specific ideas on how to support healthy kids in healthy schools.

Tower Gardening- Tammie Sarauer, Mount Kidd A

I will be sharing the benefits of a collaborative growing project taking place in our school division where students plan, set up, plant, observe, maintain, harvest, share and teach the benefits of growing healthy food. This project involves the local community as well as the school community. This system of growing is an innovative way to teach students a practical, healthy, year round way of supplying vegetables and herbs to our diets. This system is soil-free and perfect for growing all year in homes and schools. Students from grades 1 through 12 have been involved in this project and encompasses many curriculum areas. We have found ways to market and sell our products as well as share our produce with the local food bank. We have had local gardeners come to our school to learn from the students how we are gardening and to compare and share ideas and things they have learned.

Shaping School Food Environments- Alberta Food Matters, Mount Kidd B&C

This collaborative session consists of a short panel presentation followed by small group discussions. Our panel will explore the evidence around healthy school food environments, examples of innovative and exciting school food initiatives taking place across the province, and the call for a Universal School Food Strategy for Alberta. Following the panel, we will facilitate small group discussions around school food environments and how we can work together to promote healthier, more sustainable school food in Alberta.

Concurrent Session 5 - 11:40 a.m. - 12:05 p.m.

Be a Nutrition Champion! Fuel Young Athletes for Success Sport Nutrition for Youth: A handbook for coaches- Pamela Boyson and Donald Barker, Gold

Proper nutrition and hydration is vital for young people involved in recreational sports and physical activity because they need to eat well enough to support healthy growth and optimal sports performance. Good nutrition helps athletes get the most out of their training, reduces their risk of injury and illness and improves their performance during competition. Coaches are often trusted as the most reliable source of nutrition advice, so they are well positioned to collaborate with athletes, parents and community partners to create healthier food environments at home, at school and in the spaces where youth train, play or compete. Join Public Health Dietitians from Alberta Health Services in an interactive session to learn about the Sport Nutrition for Youth: A Handbook for Coaches resource. This new resource for school and community coaches outlines nutrition and hydration guidelines for recreational athletes between ages

12 to 18 years old. The principles of good sport nutrition also apply to youth who regularly engage in physical activity.

Sports and Recreation Injury Prevention in Adolescents- Rebecca Carnduff and Carla van den Berg, Silver

There are high levels of participation in youth sport and recreation leading to exposure to an increased risk of sport and recreational injury. In Alberta, it is estimated that approximately 35 per cent of adolescents ages 11-18 sustain an injury from sport and recreation that requires medical attention annually. The Sport Injury Prevention Research Centre (SIPRC) at the University of Calgary is dedicated to research that informs the reduction of injury risk and promotion of physical activity participation in children and adolescents. This interdisciplinary team conducts a research program examining injury rates, mechanisms of injury, risk factors for injury, long term consequences of injury (e.g. overweight/obesity, post-traumatic osteoarthritis) and prevention strategies for injury in youth sport and recreation. Currently, SIPRC is involved in evaluating the effectiveness of an evidence-informed neuromuscular training warm-up program in physical education classes to prevent sport and recreational injury. In this session, participants will learn about how previous sport and recreation injury may affect health and fitness outcome measures. Participants will receive hands on experience with the current measurement tools including balance and jump tests. Participants will also learn about current level of students’ knowledge and beliefs regarding sport and recreation injury risk and perceptions regarding injury prevention. Misconceptions about sport and recreation injury and injury prevention will also be identified and discussed within this session. By the end of this session, participants will 1) have a greater understanding of students’ beliefs of sport and recreation injury, 2) be familiar with ongoing research on prevention and 3) be aware of the misconceptions surrounding prevention.

The Role of the Principal within a Comprehensive School Health Framework: Creating a Healthy School Culture- Erica Roberts, Bronze

School-based health promotion initiatives guided by the Comprehensive School Health (CSH) framework, such as the Alberta Project Promoting active Living and healthy Eating in Schools (APPLE Schools), have been shown to be effective in addressing obesity-related risk factors. Prior research within APPLE Schools has suggested that the administrator is imperative in creating a healthy school community, but their role within this process is not fully understood. Therefore, the objective of this research was to examine the role of the administrator in the implementation of a CSH project aimed at creating a healthy school culture. Semi-structured, one-on-one interviews were conducted with the APPLE School administrators (n=28) in order to qualitatively explore their role in creating a healthy school culture. Grounded ethnography was used as the guiding method and data was analyzed using constant comparison. Five major themes emerged, suggesting the administrator played a fluid role throughout the process. Administrators 1) primed the cultural change by integrating into school structure, 2)

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communicated the importance to others, 3) negotiated concerns and collaboratively planned, 4) held others accountable to the change, while enabling them to take ownership and 5) played an underlying supportive role, providing positive recognition and establishing ongoing commitment. This research will provide recommendations to help establish effective leadership practices in schools, conducive to creating a healthy school culture. This in turn will lead to more effective interventions, leading to greater impact and improved health outcomes for children.

Ready, Set, Run! Hear About the Benefits and Start Your Own AMA Youth Run Club!- Hayley Degaust and Dr. Jon McGavock, Sinclair/Palliser

Share the successes of the Alberta Medical Association (AMA) Youth Run Clubs in increasing physical activity levels across Alberta school communities. Discuss how the AMA Youth Run Club can help your school community through a comprehensive school health approach. Find out how to sign your school up for this free resource!

Moving Forward with Wellness in Wild Rose School Division- Darlene Ferris and Gordon Atkinson, Dawson/Stewart

School-aged youth are a vulnerable population. Research shows that they are in a period of their lives that is crucial to their mental health development. Our youth spend more time in school than anywhere else outside the home. Often schools are under-resourced and inadequately supported to deal with mental health issues. Wild Rose School Division Board of Trustees have mandated that mental wellness is a priority in their division. The board recognizes that it is not just a focus on students but starts with healthy staff. In this session we will discuss several initiatives that Wild Rose School Division has undertaken to foster mental wellness in our division. The discussion will include utilizing local agencies to help support at-risk students, advantages of utilizing family wellness workers and the momentum created by dedicating our opening-day to staff wellness. Further, to ensure the division moves forward Wild Rose School Division has hired a Director of Wellness to oversee the entire initiative.

Supporting Resiliency in School Communities: A proactive approach to children’s health- LJ Bartle, Mount Kidd A

This interactive session will provide an overview on new evidence and approaches being used to develop resiliency in children. Highlights include a recent study about resiliency and the factors that contribute to positive trends in children’s mental health as well as an overview of new training developed in collaboration with Canadian Mental Health Association Ontario that builds on trends from the study. Participants will experience some activities associated with learning key concepts and factors that affect children’s mental health including the impact of stress and environment on a child’s ability to cope as well as how to respond to children with challenges.

What’s New at ParticipACTION and How it Supports Your School Community- Christa Costas-Bradstreet, Mount Kidd B&C

ParticipACTION’s Relationships Manager, Christa Costas-Brad-street will provide an update of the work that ParticipACTION is doing that will support practitioners working in and with school communities. Christa will share ParticipACTION’s new ‘Make Room for Play’ campaign including Unplug and Play week; the work being done to support the physical literacy, the Report Card (formerly Active Healthy Kids Canada Report Card) and an update on national strategies to advance physical activity in Canada.

Concurrent Session 6 - 12:15 p.m. - 12:40 p.m.

The REAL Kids Alberta Evaluation: Updates from 2014- Erin Faught, Gold

The Raising healthy Eating and Active Living Kids Alberta (REAL Kids Alberta) evaluation is a joint project of the School of Public Health, University of Alberta and Alberta Health. The intent of this evaluation is to assess the impact of Alberta Health’s Healthy Weights Initiative and to provide some measurement of behavioural and health outcomes for children in Alberta. REAL Kids also has a strong emphasis on knowledge translation, providing the data we’ve collected back to participating schools and jurisdictions to help them to identify areas of health successes and areas of opportunity. We will expand on our research activities, discuss our 2014 findings and comment on trends that have been observed since REAL Kids’ inception in 2008.

A Naturalized Playspace: Planning beyond traditional ideas- Stacie Pederson, Silver

Through the coordination and partnership of stakeholders in the community of Stettler, Alberta, a naturalized playground has been created to fill a need for young children and their families to be active while experiencing and connecting with nature through play. Come and find out how a group of passionate people and students transformed a void play space into a world of exploration with nature as the inspiration.

Developing Choice-Based Comprehensive School Health Programs: Lessons learned from health promoting secondary schools- Dr. Lauren Sulz, Bronze

Comprehensive school health programs that are adaptable and responsive to the varying school health needs are essential for program uptake and sustainability. Based on the knowledge gained from a comprehensive school health program in British Columbia — Health Promoting Secondary Schools (HPSS) — this session will offer strategies on how to effectively develop and implement choice-based comprehensive school health programs. Rather than imposing an unauthentic and impractical program on schools, HPSS sought to examine how high schools can facilitate change in school health with resources and timelines appropriate


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Session Descriptionsto their usual way of working. HPSS offered choices, flexibility and program adaptation at the school, teacher and student levels and within the four interrelated pillars of the comprehensive school health framework. Interviews were conducted with the teachers and students responsible for the adaption and implementation of the program to gain an understanding of their experiences and necessary supports needed for choice-based comprehensive school health initiatives. The choice-based design of HPSS, key findings from interviews and lessons learned will be discussed. Participants will be provided the opportunity to share current challenges and strategies to adapting the comprehensive school health framework to meet the needs of their school.

Way to Be! Living Respectfully- Jillian Wyne and Lisa Nowlin-Clayton, Sinclair/Palliser

Moving beyond the crosswalk and raising awareness about school traffic safety concerns is not about making more rules, issuing more tickets or putting up more road signs. It’s about students, parents and teachers working together to develop solutions. This presentation will introduce you to the Way to Be! Living Respectfully traffic safety program created by and for Alberta teachers in collaboration with Alberta Motor Association School Safety Patrol and Safe and Caring Schools and Communities. You will be provided with information on how your school can access these free resources.

Shaping the Future at the Boys and Girls Club in St. Paul- Sylvie Proteau and Kristy Baron, Dawson/Stewart

Are you from a community organization that works with children and youth? Do you want to learn how to have the biggest impact on the health of your kids while they are with you? Come and learn about all the healthy choices we are making at the Boys and Girls Club in St. Paul outside of school hours. At the Boys & Girls Club of St. Paul and District, we understand that we only have the children for part of their day. During the time that they are in our care, we strive to do the best we can with them. We want them to learn about healthy lifestyle practices throughout their day and have fun doing it. Our daily routine is built around practices that support healthy lifestyles. We include habits, routines and activities that allow our children to learn about healthy choices. We try to incorporate all aspects of health, including eating habits, mental health, hygiene habits, physical activity and positive social atmospheres. It is also important for us to include outside programs, partnerships and agencies when planning and implementing our activities so that the children are able to be active members in their community. Our goal is that they will learn to be able to make these healthy choices in their daily lives outside of our centre and that these choices become routines that they will carry with them into their futures.

Eat. Move. Sleep- Allison Swelin, Mount Kidd A

Allison Swelin from Garmin will take us through three core pieces of health and wellness. You will learn the importance of these three basic, but easily forgotten components of a healthy lifestyle and some tips for making small choices with high impact. Important information for ourselves and our school communities.

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Poster PresentationsVisit our poster presentations during cocktails on Friday, January 30, from 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

All Fun and Games? Marketing Food Products through Online GamingA Comparative Analysis of Physical Activity Time in Elementary PE and Recreation ClassesApplication of a Professional Development Model for Pre-service Teachers in the Area of Health and WeightCommunities ChooseWell: Success TravelsEnergize with Oil CountryExpecting Respect: Peer Education ProjectGet Moving to School (Built Environments)Health and Wellness Curriculum in Teacher Training ProgramsInspiring Healthy School Communities: Calgary Board of Education Success

Inspiring Healthy School Communities: Centennial High School

Inspiring Healthy School Communities: Colonel Sanders School

Inspiring Healthy School Communities: Panorama Hills School

Inspiring Healthy School Communities: Robert Thirsk High School

Kids Will Do Anything to Play!Media Literacy and Food Marketing Lesson Plan: A critical incident assessmentRainbow Connection Guide

School Community Partnerships: Let’s rock the boatSPC’s Wellness JourneySpirit Runner AppTensions in Eating- and Weight-Related Discourses Within the Eating Disorder Field and the Obesity FieldThe Power to Move Kids through Empowering and Engaging School Communities: A health promoting schools approach in diverse contextsUnderstanding the Daily Physical Activity Policy Diffusion Process in Provinces Across Canada

Jewel LowenDwayne SheehanAlana Ireland

Sarah WildgenMonique WebbTracy MuthSarah NielsenAlana IrelandCBE: Calgary Board of EducationCBE: Centennial High SchoolCBE: Colonel Sanders SchoolCBE: Panorama Hills SchoolCBE: Robert Thirsk High SchoolErin BilawchukJewel LowenFelicia Ochs and Carrie RaeKatelynn ThealMiranda NiebergallDon PattersonMolly Williamson

Amanda Clarke

Elizabeth Campbell

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Join us for a panel discussionJanuary 30th

11:20 a.m.-12:10 p.m.

Getting ACTIVE AT SCHOOL:� The Need to Connect the Dots

Featuring:

Meaghan Mikkelson

Official sponsor of Shaping the Future 2015

Join us for a panel discussionJanuary 30th

11:20 a.m.-12:10 p.m.

Network with colleagues, increase your knowledge and skills, and grow as a professional. Delegates are people involved with the health, physical activity and education needs of children and youth including educators, public health, administrators, recreation leaders, physical education specialists and generalists who want more information regarding health and physical education.

Register or learn more:www.phecanada.ca/conference2015

Scholar Address

Nancy Melnychuk, PhD, recently retired from University of Alberta, highly values the relationships, connections and partnerships among inservice and preservice teachers, parents, students, and physical and health teacher educators. She has actively engaged these individuals and groups in research projects, bridging theory and practice.

Keynote Speaker

Yoni Freedhoff, MD, is known by many to be Canada’s most outspoken obesity expert, sounds off daily on his award-winning blog, Weighty Matters, and has been referred to as a “Nutritional watchdog” by the Canadian Medical Association.

2015 National ConferenceA Physical Literacy UprisingApril 30 to May 2 | Banff, Alberta

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Exhibitors

Joint Consortium for School HealthGovernments Working Across the Health and Education Sectors

Pan-Canadian

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