Promoting and supporting the healthy growth and development of children and youth is a shared responsibility among family, school and other agencies such as public health, social services organizations and government/non-government agencies.  The school serves as an important access point for nutrition education, healthy eating practices, healthy food policy and modeling of healthy lifestyles.

The Government of Saskatchewan is committed to working with school boards to ensure healthy food in schools.  It is expected that boards of education in collaboration with schools, youth, School Community Councils, parents and community adopt and fully implement policies consistent with the guidelines provided in this document and limit the availability of products high in salt, sugar and fats.  Adopting and fully implementing policies based on these guidelines and aligned with the health education curricula will ensure a consistent nutrition standard for all Saskatchewan schools.

• Nourishing Minds Eat Well, Learn Well, Live Well
• Pour mieux nourrir l'esprit
• Healthy Eating Guidelines Poster 
• Guide des aliments santé

• Healthy School Food Policy and Guidelines Checklist
• Nutrition Rubric
• Healthy Fundraising for Schools
• Sweet Deals: School Fundraising Can be Healthy and Profitable
• School Fundraising the Healthy Way

The following links include tools to help with action planning, research and information about the importance of nutrition.

• Joint Consortium for School Health (Healthy School Planner and Physical Actvitity Tool Kit)
• Healthy Foods for my School guide and related documents
• Saskatchewan Health Educators Association (SHEA)
• Heart and Stroke Foundation of Saskatchewan
• Health Canada (Eating Well with Canada's Food Guide)

The following link provides information on a nutrition coordinator course presented by North West Regional College. Click here for course brochure.  For more information on the course, please contact the Regional College at 306-937-5102. This is provided for your information only, the ministry has not evaluated nor endorses this training opportunity.