MyHealth Magazine is a health and wellness program delivered through a series of interactive, online resources for young people (students.myhealthmagazine.net), educators (teachers.myhealthmagazine.net), and college students (college.myhealthmagazine.net).

Please check out the new material to both the educator and student version of the website, by clicking on one of the front pages:

The program has several goals:

To improve young people’s health and wellness by providing them with access to innovative and engaging health literacy resources on health, mental health and development.

To facilitate help-seeking among young people who are dealing with or who are at risk for developing mental health difficulties.

To provide educators with resources to assist in recognizing and supporting students with mental health difficulties.

To enhance and extend learning beyond the classroom through interactive eLearning Modules.

To help educators and administrators better understand and monitor the physical and mental health needs of students in their schools through a series of anonymous online surveys covering a range of topics, including school climate.

As a resource, MyHealth Magazine functions as a unique broker of high-quality health information presented in a variety of interactive formats (for example, info sheets, Q&As, and quizzes) that can be customized to meet the individual needs of local schools and groups. Magazine issues address a range of topics, such as nutrition, fitness, internet safety, mental Illness, bullying and substance use. Our most recent Special Issue on children's rights was developed in partnership with UNICEF Canada, PREVNet (Promoting Relationships and Eliminating Violence) and the Public Health Agency of Canada.

Our magazines also function as teaching and learning tools for students and educators. The eLearning Modules, which cover a range of physical, mental, social and emotional health topics, work to increase student engagement, extend learning beyond the classroom and promote independent learning. When completed annually our surveys also serve as a snapshot of student physical and mental health needs, stigma and school safety.

Improving health literacy among young people is a shared responsibility. By developing innovative material for young people every day, week and month, we hope to give students and educators a reason to visit our magazines. The magazines will also provide students and educators a link to a wealth of local, regional and national resources and agencies that promote and support physical and mental health and wellbeing. Community partners – from local libraries, community centers and walk-in clinics, to health care providers, store owners and media outlets – can play a pivotal role by distributing promotional materials (such as the poster appearing in top left corner) that display your local community's unique community-wide access code.

We recognize that schools will likely differ in their capacity or readiness to implement our health and wellness program in its entirety. As such, we provide schools with the ability to customize the program to ensure that the content of the magazine suits the needs and values of their community. School administrators can opt to include or suppress any info sheet or magazine issue from their own school-level "dashboard."