LMHS: Practical tools and guidance for school and system leaders

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½ day virtual summer institute on how leadership, structures, and practical resources can strengthen mental health and well-being in schools

Registration for August: https://lmhsaugust2026.eventbrite.ca

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School and system leaders play a key role in creating the conditions for mentally healthy schools. This half-day virtual summer institute explores how leadership, structures, and practical resources can strengthen mental health and well-being across school communities.

Designed for school and system leaders, this session supports a purposeful approach to building and sustaining mentally healthy schools where every student has access to differentiated and identity-affirming, evidence-informed mental health promotion, prevention, and early intervention services, and where students who need more intensive support are guided to appropriate care.

The day will begin with a keynote on Leading Mentally Healthy Schools, grounded in the seven key foundations for scalable and sustainable school mental health, exploring how leadership decisions, structures, and everyday practices shape the conditions that support student and staff well-being. Participants will also consider how this work aligns with board priorities, school improvement planning, and community needs. Following the keynote, participants will engage in a carousel of learning sessions highlighting practical leadership resources related to mental health promotion, early identification, addictions prevention, and parent and caregiver engagement. These sessions will provide adaptable tools and strategies that leaders can apply within their local school and system contexts.

By the end of this institute, school and system leaders will:

deepen understanding of the Leading Mentally Healthy Schools (LMHS) and the key foundations that support effective school mental health implementationstrengthen mental health literacy across leadership teamsbuild confidence in mobilizing mental health resources through schoolslearn how to introduce, frame, and reinforce mental health literacy, supports and programming with staffleave with ready-to-use slides and facilitation guidance that MHLTs can use with administrators and school communities

We invite attendees to download the Leading Mentally Healthy Schools eBook: https://smho-smso.ca/leading-mentally-healthy-schools/

Registration information will be sent to MHLTs, promoted at PLM and through the connections with the Principal Associations.

Date:

June 29, 2026 | 9 – 11:30 a.m. ET

There will be a duplicate session offered in the afternoon of August 24, 2026 | Registration link: https://lmhsaugust2026.eventbrite.ca

Audience:

School administrators: School administrators, System principals

Mental health leaders: Managers of clinical or mental health services, Managers of psychology services, Managers of social work services, Mental health leaders

System leaders: Directors/associate directors, Superintendents, Superintendents responsible for mental health

Language:

This session will be delivered in English. Materials, breakout rooms, etc. will be available in French and English.

For more information or to register, contact your school board’s mental health leader.