Author: Karen Robinson

  • Hon. Geoff Regan MP, Healthy Schools Day Statement April 24, 2012

    Hon. Geoff Regan MP, Healthy Schools Day Statement April 24, 2012

  • Resolution in the NS Provincial Legislature, Healthy Schools Day 2011

    Resolution in the NS Provincial Legislature 2011 Location: Nova Scotia | Start Date: 20110411 The following Healthy Schools Day Resolution was approved by the Nova Scotia House of Assembly on Monday, April 11, 2011, Healthy Schools Day in Canada: “RESOLUTION NO. 266 Whereas children spend 30 to 40 hours a week in school; and Whereas schools, school boards,…

  • Hon. Geoff Regan MP, Healthy Schools Day Statement April 2010

    Statement in Parliament on Healthy Schools Day in Canada 2010 Location: Ottawa | Start Date: 20100101 Organisation: MP Halifax West | Web Site:  Hon. Geoff Regan (Halifax West, Lib.): Mr. Speaker, today is Healthy Schools Day in Canada. Students, teachers, parents, and others in our school communities, are focused today on improving the indoor environmental quality in school buildings. Healthy…

  • Quick Resource Guide – Healthy Schools

    Quick Resource Guide – Healthy Schools December 2020 Canadians for A Safe Learning Environment (CASLE) closed its doors in 2017, however attempts are made to periodically update this resource sheet because the need for information relevant to school Indoor Air Quality and Health and Safety is ongoing.  We hope this information helps you find what…

  • Why a National Healthy Schools Day?

    Many schools have problems linked to indoor air quality.  Children are more vulnerable to environmental hazards.  Children spend an average of 30 to 50 hours per week in school.  Staff spend even more time in their school workplaces.  Poor indoor environmental quality is associated with a wide rage of problems that include respiratory illnesses and…

  • HSD Supporting Organizations

    Healthy Schools Day Supporting Organizations ASEQ-EHAQ (Environmental Health Association of Quebec) Asthma Society of Canada BC CEFPI (Council of Education Facilities Planners International) Canadian Association of Principals CASLE (Canadians for A Safe Learning Environment) CEN Health Caucus (Canadian Environmental Network) CICH (The Canadian Institute of Child Health) CPCHE (Canadian Partnership for Children’s Health & Environment)…

  • HSD Planning Ahead for Success Kit

    The “Planning Ahead for Success Kit” is provided to help you plan for Healthy Schools Day in Canada – Journée des écoles saines du Canada. You, your school, school board, your department or your group are invited to join in the activities to promote Healthy Schools Day in Canada – Journée des écoles saines du…

  • Ideas for Healthy Schools Day Projects

    Train school principals in Indoor Air Quality issues and appropriate action. Use the new School Administrator’s Guide to Healthy Schools Adopt Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) management plans. Implement the Tools for Schools IAQ Action Kit (see Health Canada, CASLE and the NB Lung Association web sites for checklists and more) Create school-based projects such as: A school fund…

  • Carbon Dioxide

    Associations of Cognitive Function Scores with Carbon Dioxide, Ventilation, and Volatile Organic Compound Exposures in Office Workers: A Controlled Exposure Study of Green and Conventional Office Environments Joseph G. Allen, Piers MacNaughton, Usha Satish, Suresh Santanam, Jose Vallarino, and John D. Spengler, Harvard School of Public Health http://www.chgeharvard.org/resource/impact-green-buildings-cognitive-function Excerpts: “This study simulated indoor environmental quality…

  • Classroom Materials: Health Impacts from Environments

    Understanding the Indoor Environment: a free comic book with lesson plans for grades P to 12 from the US National Education Association. Comic book and one lesson plan available at casle.ca. Indoor Air Quality: Tools for Schools Action Kit – a VERY GOOD kit for use by school staff, students or others to improve school…