How does School Food Support Student Well-Being? Please Share Your Story!
Posted: February 8, 2017
Categories: Edible Education Network / GoodFoodBites / News from Sustain Ontario / Policy News / Schools
As we circulated back in November, the Ontario Ministry of Education is looking to better understand what student well-being (from Kindergarten – Gr 12) looks like and what contributes to it, and so is undergoing an engagement process to seek public feedback until March 19th, 2017.
Sustain Ontario’s Edible Education Network is pleased that our Government is looking to support the needs of the whole child so that our children can develop the skills, knowledge, attitudes, and behaviours that they need to thrive throughout their lifetimes!
We’d like to take this opportunity to communicate how school food can greatly contribute to student well-being. As we develop our submission to the Ontario Ministry of Education we’d invite you to share with us your stories and feedback about how food contributes to student well-being. We’ll then compile your stories to make our submission, and we’ll share your stories into the future as we encourage school food programs.
You can inform this process in a number of ways:
- Tweet your story of how good food in schools supports student well-being using #ONwellbeing, #schoolfood and/or @onEdibleEd
- Submit your stories in the survey below
- Or send your comments directly to the Ontario Ministry of Education
Also check out these resources that have been developed by the Ontario Student Nutrition Program-Southwest Region:
- 2-page Brief: “The Role of School Food Programs in Promoting Student Well-Being“
- School Food Programs and Student Well-Being Video
Thanks for building the movement to Say Yes! to Good Food in Schools!