Healthy Schools Day Project Archive (to April 2017)

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All Aboard for Healthy Schools!
Living Downstream’s April 25, 2012 (and an earlier blog on February 2, 2011) blog author Liz Armstrong learns what makes Canadians for A Safe Learning Environment such an effective advocate for healthy schools. ”  The blog shows an approach to advocacy that is as novel as it is effective.
http://www.livingdownstream.com/
More about Living Downstream:  Based on the acclaimed book by ecologist and cancer survivor Sandra Steingraber, Ph.D., Living Downstream is an eloquent and cinematic documentary film.  At once Sandra’s personal journey and her scientific exploration, Living Downstream is a powerful reminder of the intimate connection between the health of our bodies and the health of our air, land, and water.

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Demonstrating the use of solar energy to reduce air pollution and thus create healthier schools and other buildings.

About 70 students, plus about 10 teachers and parents, will visit Titanwall facility near the Springbank Airport just outside of Calgary. The students are from Camrose, Alberta (Our Lady of Mount Pleasant Junior/Senior High School, organized by teacher, Carol Breitkreutz) on Monday April 26 from 2:00PM to 3:30PM. Then they will leave for Pincher Creek to visit the wind farms.

In preparation for the student’s visit, we have the following three demonstrations.

1) Solar hot dog cooker. Students will cook their own hot dogs for a little treat. The school will pay for the food and condiments.

2) Guided tour of plant and solar building.

3) Concentrating solar collectors.

This last demonstration will consist of having 25 students holding mirrors to direct the sunlight to targets including bursting balloons, melting candles, setting matches on fire, etc. This demonstrates the power of concentrated sunlight.

This presentation is to emphasize the potential of using solar energy to power our civilization and thus reduced our dependence on fossil fuels. As we know, burning fossil fuels create climate change and pollution. A school designed with solar power will not need to burn fossil fuels and thus will be a healthier school.

Prof. Tang Lee, University of Calgary

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I am a teacher and Board Member for CASLE (Canadians for A Safe Learning Environment). To celebrate Healthy Schools Day I have written a letter to Nova Scotia’s Premier, Minister of Education, and Deputy Minister of Education to ask them to keep Healthy Schools a priority of government so that we do not lose ground, and because there is plenty more to do.  I will remind them that Nova Scotia schools are leaders with regard to healthy buildings, healthy cleaning materials, alternatives to pesticide use, and much more, due to the combined efforts of the Department of Education, school boards and public organizations such as CASLE .  Most current school parents have no idea what went on before, so the demand for healthy schools is no longer so present.  This is good.  However, there is risk of slipping backward. CASLE still is called in to assist in many cases.  We are concerned also for the ones of which we do not hear. Problems can be prevented entirely if a few basic programs are in place.

CASLE has an extensive website providing guidance in recurring areas of concern, and the site is well used.  www.casle.ca  That can only do so much.  Official regulations, workplace training as it pertains to children’s health and safety, and other ways to entrench and promote healthy school building environments are needed

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On Healthy Schools Day 2010, Women’s College Hospital’s Environmental Health Clinic will release a paper entitled Guidelines to Accommodate Students and Staff with Environmental Sensitivities: A Guide for Schools. Approximately 3 per cent of Canadians have been diagnosed with environmental sensitivities (ES) or multiple chemical sensitivities (MCS). This represents over 1 million Canadians, many of whom are students or staff of schools. Creating healthier environments for those with ES can benefit everyone in the building. Beginning April 26, 2010 (Healthy Schools Day in Canada) the paper will be available online at Environmental Health Clinic program page at www.womenscollegehospital.ca  and at www.casle.ca. The paper is co-written with Canadians for A Safe Learning Environment (CASLE).

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Two, two-day workshops in Montreal and Quebec city will train professionals who work with children and families on children’s environmental health issues to deliver workshops in their workplace and communities. Participants will be provided with teaching methods, strategies and tools to share information about children’s environmental health. This training will assist participants to identify environmental risks to children at home, child care, school, and in the outdoors and initiatives to reduce or eliminate them.

Facilitator: Myriam Beaulne. Experienced in environmental toxicology, ecology, and environmental law, and with a strong commitment towards the protection of our environment and our health, Myriam has worked for government agencies, educational institutions, labs and non-profit organizations in Canada and the United States. Her work bridges science, advocacy and policy and helps to raise public awareness of the dangers of chemical exposures.

Session 1 : June 10 and 11 at the Centre St-Pierre, 1212 rue Panet, Roger Poirier Room, Montréal, 9 AM to 4:30 PM

Session 2 : June 14 and 15 at the Centre hospitalier de l’Université Laval (CHUL),

Room A0330, 2705 Laurier blvd., Quebec City, 9 AM to 4:30 PM

Organized by the Environmental Health Association of Québec supported by the Québec College of Family Physicians, Breast Cancer Action Montreal, Réseau des femmes en environnement, and Asthme & Allergies Québec. Production of this workshop has been made possible through a financial contribution from Health Canada.

Registration fee $80.00 includes meals and certificate for professional hours.

Registration Deadline: May 31 for the Montreal session

June 4 for the Quebec City session

To register: Visit www.aseq-ehaq.ca or contact the EHAQ at Tel: 514.683.5701

Email: office@aseq-ehaq.ca

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9h00 16h30

Session 2 : Le 14 et 15 juin au Centre hospitalier de l’Université Laval (CHUL), Salle A0330, 2705 boul. Laurier, Ville de Québec 9h00 16h30

Les sessions sont offertes en français. La documentation est disponible en anglais sur demande.

Pour vous inscrire :

Visitez le site www.aseq-ehaq.ca ou communiquez avec l’ASEQ.

Téléphone : 514.683.5701

Courriel : bureau@aseq-ehaq.ca

Session 1 : Le 10 et 11 Juin au Centre St-Pierre, 1212 rue Panet, Salle Roger Poirier, Montréal

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Active & Safe Routes to School of the Ecology Action Centre is helping to promote Healthy Schools Day by:

-Featuring the event in its Winter 2011 newsletter sent to over 300 partners and schools
-Featuring the event on its website www.saferoutesns.ca
-Encouraging 12 schools involved in School Travel Planning to take part in the event

Active & Safe Routes to School in Nova Scotia encourages more children, youth and their families to use active transportation – such as walking and cycling – for the environment, phyiscal activity and traffic safety. Active transportation helps create healthy school communities. Active & Safe Routes to School support Healthy Schools Day in Canada.

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Stickers! Popular with kids and adults of all ages. A Healthy Schools Day in Canada 2010 Project by the EHABC (Environmental Health Association of BC) No Scents Stickers can help schools and businesses promote fragrance-free, healthy air. Encourage schools, daycares, universities, hospitals, clinics, offices, meeting rooms, and other public areas to be “scent-free”. Distribute stickers to your clients. Stick them on the washroom key fob and on fragrance-free signs to add impact. For each $5 donation to EHABC, plus postage, we will send you 20 peel-back, round, 2-inch glossy “No Scents” stickers (see photo) and a charitable receipt for your full donation. Send to: Environmental Health Association of BC, Box 30033 Saanich Centre PO, Victoria BC V8X 5E1 www.ehabc.org email info@ehabc.org phone 250-658-2027 Registered Charity #83180 8696 RR0001

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The Center for Health, Environment and Justice (CHEJ) will convene a national meeting to work with community leaders to develop effective strategies to clean up polluted soil and water and reduce toxic air emissions from facilities harming school children.

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The Children’s Health & Environment Partnership of Manitoba is encouraging all schools in Manitoba to participate in Healthy Schools Day 2010. There are many schools already undertaking projects and activites to improve indoor environment quality, connect with the natural environment and build stronger communities. This year, we are collecting stories, photos, hand-drawn pictures and other multi-media content that outlines the successes students, teachers, administrators and parents have achieved in creating their “healthy school”. The content will be combined and added to www.childrensenvironment.ca to showcase success stories and specific actions so that other schools can learn and grow their own initiatives. If you have a story to share about a Manitoba school, please contact: info@childrensenvironment.ca