The Joint Consortium for School Health is a partnership of Canada's federal, provincial and territorial governments.  It brings together key representatives from each jurisdiction's health and education ministries/departments, and supports them to work more closely together to support comprehensive school health.

Its mission is to provide leadership and facilitate a comprehensive approach to school health by building the capacity of the education and health systems to work together.

The Consortium fulfills its mission through work in three key areas:

• Knowledge Development
• Leadership
• Capacity Building

The Consortium does not deliver programs or services, nor does it conduct research.  It works as a catalyst to encourage collaboration and cooperation in support of comprehensive school health.

Knowledge Development

The Consortium facilitates the development and or dissemination of better practices and information promoting comprehensive school health approaches.  Examples include:

• exchanging information and knowledge including best practices in policy/program development through the creation of knowledge products such as Scans and Knowledge Summaries
  
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• facilitation information-sharing across jurisdictions through tools such as this website and a regular newseletter
• organizing and supporting school health educational opportunities

Leadership

The Consortium facilitates a cohesive pan-Canadian approach to advancing comprehensive school health and enhancing alignment between health and education across multiple sectors. Examples include:

• participating in national forums, workshops, and consultations
• aligning comprehensive school health objectives with those of other relevant agencies
• submitting briefs and background documents to stakeholders
• providing resources to enable the health and education systems to collaborate
• developing school health champions

Capacity Building

The Consortium leverages resources and mobilizes people to take action on collaborative comprehensive school health approaches. Examples include:

• supporting provincial/territorial initaitives with networking, partnerships, and mentoring
• leveraging resources to advance comprehensive school health
• enhancing research and evaluation