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This page acts as a focal point for Canadian school health news. It includes blog, news from the CSH Knowledge Network, announcements about our and other conferences, a customized search engine and more.

Our Blog:

The blog is used for announcements sent to the 2500 members of the CSH Knowledge Network. It is updated weekly (see below) and new pages are created each month, while storing the previous months in our archive. We track Canadian news and research and post brief references on this page with web links. All of these items are published in our quarterly newsletter, Knowledge Matters. The blog is also fed by a Twitter-based newsfeed that can be embedded in your web site. Find the code and instructions for your tech person in this attached document. Contact info@cash-aces.ca to learn how this feature can be be used to attract visitors to your web site.

We encourage visitors to this page to post news items in a one sentence format (see below for examples). Use the "Easy Edit" tool at the top of the page to open up the page for editing. Don't worry, all previous versions of the page are stored, so we can't lose anything if you have any trouble. (We reserve the right to edit the posts.) Please keep your announcements as brief as possible and create links to other web sites so that wiki members can go there for more information.

CSH Events Calendar

We also encourage visitors to this web site and CSH Network members to post their events in our CSH Events Calendar. Simply go to that page to learn how to post your announcements..

CSH Knowledge Network News

Don't forget to read the latest news from the CSH Knowledge Network. The postings provide updates from our several Communities of Practice as well as various national projects and conferences. See our our CASH Conferences section for news about upcoming conferences as well as an archive of our previous annual conferences.

Customized Search Engine for Canadian CSH News

Use our Google customized search engine for Canadian newspapers.

Announcements

New Features on www.canadianschoolhealth.ca In our continuing effort to use technology effectively, we have added a couple of features to the web site. These include:

  • Enabling the chairs of our Communities of Practice to communicate with CoP members through designated “friends” lists within the membership of the web site
  • Adding Instant Message boxes onto a “Drop-In - Office Hours” page in the web site. During next school year, we will designate times, topics and resource people that will be available to answer questions through private or public IM messages or to drop into an informal “web meeting” using our webinar platform. And, yes, we will also be available by telephone during those “office hours”. Indeed, the page also includes links to a VOIP-based telephone system where anyone can call us free from anywhere in Canada.
  • Designated Twitter account tracking a topic. In cooperation with the International School Health Network, we have established a web page within the Mental Health CoP section of the web site that posts the very latest research on schools & mental health. If you would like to access the information more frequently than that, you can follow the ISHN Twitter Newsfeed on School Mental Health from your own Twitter account.

How to Use the Tools in this Wiki

Canadian SH News and Research from January 2012

Follow us on Twitter at: shinsider_canad. Want to display the latest CSH tweets on your web site by using our "widget" (see what it looks like in this example). To publish it on your web site, simply have your web person copy and paste the code from this attached document into a frame on your web page. If you want to customize the colour and size of this widget, then contact dmccall@cash-aces.ca

Canadian News and News in Canadian Media, Announcements, ReportsCanadian Research & Resources

News Story (Jan 31-12) Nunavut had near record-high suicides in 2011 http://ow.ly/1FlNll

News Release (Jan 31-12) Can Cochrane & NAHO sign agreement http://ow.ly/1FlGrj

News Story (Jan 30-12) Extreme tuberculosis raises alarms in Canada http://ow.ly/1FlMyE

News Story (Jan 30-12) Study confirms value of close friendships to health http://ow.ly/1FlLWc

News Story (Jan 30-12) Parents need to talk more to kids about drugs: Survey http://ow.ly/1FlLAP

News Story (Jan 30-12) Yukon youth want more support for drugs, alcohol addiction http://ow.ly/1FlJ1V

News Release (Jan 30-12) International Development Week (Canada) http://ow.ly/1FlGXf

News Story (Jan 29-12) Student’s anti-bullying video receives rave reviews from Lady Gaga http://ow.ly/1FlFoc

News Story (Jan 27-12) Ontario Catholic trustees prefer ‘Respecting Differences’ clubs to gay-straight alliances http://ow.ly/1FjyTP

News Story (Jan 28-12) Ontario Catholic Trustees compromise on gay clubs http://ow.ly/1FjxP3

News Story (Jan 28-12) Ontario Catholic Schools: 'Respecting differences' guidelines just don't respect differences http://ow.ly/1Fjxtl

News Story (Jan 26-12) Gay-straight alliances become Respecting Differences clubs in Ontario Catholic Schools http://ow.ly/1Fjusb

News Story (Jan 26-11) Do overweight kids need protection? http://ow.ly/1Fjsyd

News Story (Jan 22-12) Newfoundland Education resource to support gay-straight alliances in schools http://ow.ly/1Fjq9m

News Story (Jan 20-12) Community Service Group Hillel starts new group for gay students in Toronto http://ow.ly/1FjmZS

News Story (Jan 20-12) Encouraging gay-straight groups not enough, says Newfoundland teen http://ow.ly/1FjoBE

News Story (Jan 19-12) Newfoundland Education department promoting gay-straight alliances http://ow.ly/1FjkP3

News Story (Jan 15-12) In Canada, unlike the U.S., the American dream on economic mobility lives on http://ow.ly/1Fo30J

Conference 15th Annual Safe Schools Conference Toronto Feb 16, 2012 http://ow.ly/1Fjk1Z

News Story (Jan 23-12) First Nations gathering to grapple with education gap http://ow.ly/1EHTvb

News Story (Jan 23-12) Obese teen girls more likely to be bullies: StudyOverweight boys often victimized http://ow.ly/1EHSQv

News Story (Jan 18-12) Yukon Liquor corporation pours money into teen safety program http://www.whitehorsestar.com/archive/story/liquor-corporation-pours-money-into-teen-safety-program/

News Story (Jan 18-12) Students take aim at two Vancouver school trustees in Facebook fight over LGBT student rights http://ow.ly/1FjiT0

Editorial (Jan 18-12) Hamiltoon Catholic Board Gay-straight alliance position is wrong http://ow.ly/1Fji2s

News Story (Jan 17-12) Toronto specialized schools reignites debate http://ow.ly/1Fjell

News Story (Jan 17-12) Hamiltion Catholic Board says no to so-called ‘gay-straight alliances’ http://ow.ly/1FjaE3

Ed Resource A Parent's Guide to Immunization (Canada) http://ow.ly/1EHRhK

Web Site Canadian Network for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health http://ow.ly/1EHxh4

News Story (Jan 17-12) Three Nova Scotia schools on lock down after weapons report http://ow.ly/1Ebu8C

News Story (Jan 16-12) PM urges premiers to put health funding issue aside http://ow.ly/1EbjeW

News Story (Jan 17-12) Postponing parenthood could have serious consequences, warns new study http://ow.ly/1EbiWj

News Story (Jan 17-12) IWK Dalhousie to hold Sessions to support grieving kids, teens http://ow.ly/1EbhgU

News Story (Jan 17-12) US obesity epidemic shows no signs of reversing course, reports on kids and adults show http://ow.ly/1Ebh5T

News Story (Jan 17-12) De jeunes Innus drogués à 7 ans http://www.cyberpresse.ca/actualites/quebec-canada/national/201201/16/01-4486516-de-jeunes-innus-drogues-a-7-ans.php

News Story (Jan 17-12) Premiers announce health innovation working group http://ow.ly/1Ebgjw

News Story (Jan 16-12) Windsor Ontario Catholic board absenteeism costs millionshttp://ow.ly/1EbfXu

News Story (Jan 15-12) Substance Abuse Prevention Program puts youth back on track http://www.vernonmorningstar.com/community/137318033.html

Editorial (Jan 15-12) The crusade against cupcakes – and common sense http://ow.ly/1Eb7MB

News Story (Jan 17-12) First Nations to raise 'bread and butter issues' with Crown http://ow.ly/1Eb7wv

News Story (Jan 17-12) Junk food in schools not making kids fat: Study http://ow.ly/1Eb79Q

News Story (Jan 12-12) Dangerous mould levels displace students at Montreal elementary school http://ow.ly/1Eb6OW

Conference Safe Schools Saskatoon Mar 22-23, 2012 http://ow.ly/1E7AoB

News Story (Jan 12-12) Two Vancouver school trustees want to be removed from campaign against gay marriage http://ow.ly/1E7yuv

News Story (Jan 9-12) Manitoba schools awarded safety grants http://ow.ly/1E7vfw

News Story (Jan 6-12) Lions screen kids’ hearing, vision in Whidbey, Ontario http://ow.ly/1E7up9

News Story (Jan 5-12) Gay-straight clubs at NDCHS (Ontario High School) on hold pending bully bill passage http://ow.ly/1E7sVu

News Story (Jan 12-12) Ottawa urged to play bigger Health Accord role http://ow.ly/1E6aqu

News Story (Jan 12-12) Internet addiction becomes more than a buzzword http://ow.ly/1E60S3

News Story (Jan 11-12) Toronto Mayor to start public fitness challenge, target Calgary mayor http://ow.ly/1E5Z81

News Story (Jan 11-12) Treating depression can help economy: Study http://ow.ly/1E5Uhb

Report Canadian public policy and child and youth health (CPA) http://ow.ly/1DSTRx

News Story (Jan 5-12) Student health affected by location http://ow.ly/1DSTmj

News Story (Jan 11-12) Cyberbullying a problem around the globe: Poll http://ow.ly/1Ebii3

Report Early Years Study Three (Canada) http://ow.ly/1DSOdN

Research Report Interventions for Substance Abuse Treatment, Harm Reduction, Prevention (Health Canada) http://ow.ly/1DRmWg

Policy Doc Honouring Our Strengths – A Renewed Framework to Address Substance Use in First Nations People in Canada http://ow.ly/1DRm9V

News Story (Jan 9-12) 'Obesity' a dirty word when discussing body weight: Study http://ow.ly/1DHZSY

News Story (Jan 9-12) Medical report cards go to 10th graders in New Brunswick High School http://ow.ly/1DHZfG

News Release (Jan 5-12) Canada has committed to the Millennium Development Goals through a number of major initiatives http://ow.ly/1DHHYR

News Story (Jan 6-12) Ontario moving ahead with $50-billion tobacco suit http://ow.ly/1DHF5Z

News Story (Jan 6-12) Canadian MDs push for national standards in health reformRead more: http://ow.ly/1DHusx http://ow.ly/1DHusC
Xiu Yun Wu,Arto Ohinmaaand Paul J Veugelers (2012) Diet quality, physical activity, body weight and health related quality of life among grade 5 students in Canada Public Health Nutrition/Volume 15/Issue 01, pp 75 - 81

Jeffrey Q.Bostic, Alexa L.Bagnell (2012) Evidence-Based School Psychiatry Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America Volume 21, Issue 1, Pages xiii-xvi,

Yifeng Wei, Stan Kutcher (2012) International School Mental Health: Global Approaches, Global Challenges, and Global Opportunities Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America Volume 21, Issue 1, 11-27

Darcy A. Santor, Alexa L. Bagnell (2012) Maximizing the Uptake and Sustainability of School-Based Mental Health Programs: Commercializing Knowledge, Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America Volume 21, Issue 1, 81-92

Articles in Issue #1, 2012 of Canadian Journal of Psychiatry
  • Obesity and Mental Health—A Complicated and Complex Relation
  • Beyond Pharmacotherapy: Understanding the Links Between Obesity and Chronic Mental Illness
  • Ten Years of Antipsychotic Prescribing to Children: A Canadian Population-Based Study
Patricia G. Erickson,Lana Harrison,Steven Cook,Marie-Marthe Cousineau,Edward M Adlaf (2012) A comparative study of the influence of collective efficacy on substance use among adolescent students in Philadelphia, Toronto, and Montreal Addiction Research & Theory Feb 2012, Vol. 20, No. 1: 11–20.

Sarah E. Browning (2012) Neighborhood, School, and Family Effects on the Frequency of Alcohol Use Among Toronto Youth Substance Use & Misuse Jan 2012, Vol. 47, No. 1: 31–43.

Articles in Issue #1, 2012 of Paediatrics & Child Health
  • Evaluation and management of children and adolescents with sports-related concussion
  • Skiing and snowboarding injury prevention
  • Boxing participation by children and adolescents
  • Cardiovascular risk factors, diet and lifestyle among European, South Asian and Chinese adolescents in Canada
Rachel Heydon, Rosamund Stooke (2012) Border work: Teachers’ expressions of their literacy-related professional development needs in a First Nations school Teaching & teacher Education Volume 28, Issue 1 11-20

Freedman KS, Nelson NM, Feldman LL. (2012) Smoking initiation among young adults in the United States and Canada, 1998-2010: a systematic review. Prev Chronic Dis2012;9:110037.

Web Site Safe Schools Hamiltion Ontario http://ow.ly/1E7poK

Webinar Blackboard Collaborate (TM) for Speakers http://ow.ly/1E6q30

Ed Resource A Parent's Guide to Immunization (Canada) http://ow.ly/1EHRhK

Policy and Ed Resources - Tobacco-Canada http://www.hpclearinghouse.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/TobaccoControl1.pdf