School Nutrition Workgroup

The Ontario Society of Nutrition Professionals in Public Health (ODPH) School Nutrition Workgroup (SNWG) supports the creation of a comprehensive healthy nutrition environment in all Ontario elementary and secondary schools and student nutrition programs in the community.

This is accomplished through advocacy, collaboration, resource development and resource sharing based on evidence and best practice approaches. Activities include:

identifying and contributing to advocacy issues related to school nutrition;
responding to school nutrition issues of concern;
providing input to task forces, advisory committees, community health committees, professional organizations, policy development groups;
providing input into school nutrition standards; and,
advising SNWG members and the ODPH Executive regarding healthy school nutrition environment advocacy.

Liaisons with external committee:

Ministry of Education
Ontario Student Nutrition Program Network
Ontario Healthy Schools Coalition

Upcoming meeting dates 2018/2019 school year (2nd Tuesday of every month)

Tuesday September 11

Tuesday October 9

Tuesday November 13

Tuesday December 11

Tuesday January 8

Tuesday February 12

Tuesday March 12

Tuesday April 9

Tuesday May 14

Tuesday June 11

Current task groups:

BrightBites

Co-Leads: Melanie Gagne/ Lindsay Fera

Purpose of the Group: With BrightBites being our main evidence-based resource for schools, this task group works to continuously monitor, maintain, evaluate and revise www.brightbites.ca as appropriate.

Secondary School Task Group

Lead: Susan Finkelstein

Purpose of the Group: This group primarily shares projects and initiatives on supporting healthy nutrition environments in secondary schools. These teleconferences also serve as a forum to trouble-shoot challenges in working with secondary schools and brainstorm ideas on how to improve initiatives. If amenable, this group will also collaborate on secondary school nutrition projects.

Evidence-Based Recommendations Task Group

Lead: Jody Dawson

Purpose of the Group: To develop and disseminate evidence-based recommendations on priority school nutrition issues affecting Ontario schools.

Communications

Document Name	Description	Categories	Status	Uploaded by
BrightBites FAQs FRENCH	FAQs to answer all of your questions about BrightBites - FRENCH	Communications SNWG School Nutrition Workgroup	Public	School Nutrition Workgroup
BrightBites presentation - Introducing BrightBites	This is powerpoint with speaker’s notes for you to use to present BB to health unit staff, school boards or schools as you see fit. Feel free to hide slides, rearrange slides or add more text to slides (from the speaker’s notes) to suit your needs.	Communications SNWG School Nutrition Workgroup	Public	BrightBites
BrightBites promo poster FRENCH with Bleed lines	The is a promotional flyer that can be distributed to anyone looking for information about BrightBites. It is interactive so if it is shared electronically, it is linked directly to the website. This version has been translated to FRENCH This poster is available to be sent out for printing with the bleed lines identified.	Communications SNWG School Nutrition Workgroup	Public	School Nutrition Workgroup
BrightBites promo poster FRENCH	The is a promotional flyer that can be distributed to anyone looking for information about BrightBites. It is interactive so if it is shared electronically, it is linked directly to the website. This version has been translated to FRENCH	Communications SNWG School Nutrition Workgroup	Public	School Nutrition Workgroup
BrightBites promo flyer	The is a promotional flyer that can be distributed to anyone looking for information about BrightBites. It is interactive so if it is shared electronically, it is linked directly to the website.	Communications SNWG School Nutrition Workgroup	Public	School Nutrition Workgroup
BrightBites promo poster with Bleed lines	The is a promotional flyer that can be distributed to anyone looking for information about BrightBites. It is interactive so if it is shared electronically, it is linked directly to the website. This poster is available to be sent out for printing with the bleed lines identified.	Communications SNWG School Nutrition Workgroup	Public	School Nutrition Workgroup
BrightBites Media Release	A media release available for use by OSNPPN members to announce BrightBites as a new program that celebrates steps schools take toward a positive focus on food and eating-	Communications School Nutrition Workgroup	Public	School Nutrition Workgroup
Guidelines for Promoting BrightBites	Guidelines for Promoting BrightBites to maintain brand integrity	Communications School Nutrition Workgroup	Public	School Nutrition Workgroup
BrightBites FAQs	FAQs to answer all of your questions about BrightBites	Communications School Nutrition Workgroup	Public	School Nutrition Workgroup
School Food and Beverage Policy Secondary School Teacher Resource Guide	ODPH, through the work of the School Nutrition Workgroup, Secondary School Environments Practice Group provided feedback to the Ontario Ministry of Education, on the draft document "School Food and Beverage Policy Secondary School Teacher Resource Guide".	Communications June 2012 Resources SNWG School Nutrition Workgroup	Public	School Nutrition Workgroup

Reports

Document Name	Type	Description	Categories	Status	Uploaded by
Call to Action: Creating a Healthy School Nutrition Environment (2004)		The Call to Action challenges the provincial government, boards of education, school communities and public health to acknowledge and act on their roles in establishing an environment that is supportive of healthy eating in Ontario schools. The ODPH School Nutrition Workgroup have made nine recommendations to address the importance of healthy eating in the school context and presents the link between nutritional health, learning and chronic disease in children and adolescents.	Resources Key Documents SNWG School Nutrition Workgroup Report position statement	Public	School Nutrition Workgroup