#HealthPromotingSchools

2024-05-08

It's been a big day today with the #UpLiftingHPS summit happening - celebrating youth engagement in Health Promoting Schools through #UpLiftNS. The students who attended were so engaging! I say it often but when we give young people voice they make magic happen! #HealthPromotingSchools #YouthEngagement

A close up image of a wooden table top with a wicker basket containing black pens and a card with suggestions on centering youth voice in conversations. There are name tags on the table with the words "UpLifting Health Promoting Schools Summit" written on them and "hello, my name is...". There are some stickers in the foreground to decorate the badges with. The event is a youth summit celebrating student actions to create healthier school communities
2024-04-03

I have the best job sometimes. I get to give kids money to make their school a healthier place. We don't invest enough in #HealthPromotion, nor do we listen enough to the needs of young people. When we do both, those kids make magic. Listen to the #ResearchNovaScotia #BeyondResearch podcast to learn more about #youthengagement in #HealthPromotingSchools. researchns.ca/beyondresearch-i

2024-03-06

Our new paper describes the process of developing municipal policy to support outdoor play in a Nova Scotia community. This work was part of a multi-sectoral partnership called UpLift (www.upliftns.ca) that promotes student engagement in #HealthPromotingSchools**. **Out now in Frontiers in Public Health and #OpenAccess** **#HealthPromotion** **#UpLiftNS** **#SchoolHealth** **#ForHealthierGenerations** **#OutdoorPlay frontiersin.org/journals/publi

2023-09-06

As a new school year starts this week in Canada, I'm re-sharing this reminder of the power of the #FoodIndustry in shaping the diets of children to the detriment of their health. #SchoolFood matters but let's keep it free of industry influence. #HealthPromotingSchools theconversation.com/school-app

2023-08-10

The #UpLiftPartnership is a School-Community-University partnership promoting the health and learning of children and youth in #NovaScotia using a #HealthPromotingSchools approach. This #ConversationCanada article offers some examples of how children and youth in schools across the province are leading the way to promote their health and learning while developing #GreenSkills. #InternationalYouthDay #YouthLead #UpLiftNS #SDOH

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2023-07-04

There's one more story to share on the impact of #UpLiftNS student action grants in schools across #NovaScotia. Here's #CBCradio reporter Katy Parsons talking to grade 6 students at West Northfield Elementary School about their News and Entertainment studio. You can hear the confidence and pride in the students' voices! #HealthPromotingSchools #YouthVoice #ForHealthierGenerations

2023-05-25

The work of #UpLiftNS is about building student leaders to support #HealthPromotingSchools in #NovaScotia. Learn more about how we engage students through this story of the #SmoothieGirls and a Student Action Grant! They were featured on #CBCInformationMorning yesterday, May 24, 2023. Listen: Smoothie girls are a huge hit at junior high's breakfast program in Onslow cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-27/

2023-04-25

The #UpLiftPartnership is a school-community-university partnership that is catalyzing the #HealthPromotingSchools approach in #NovaScotia, hosted at #DalHPI. This video shares some of the work of adult champions in supporting #YouthEngagement within a HPS approach: youtube.com/watch?v=XwvG51c0KX

#ForHealthierGenerations
#DalhousieU
#HealthPromotingSchools

2023-04-21

The #UpLiftPartnership is a school-community-university partnership that is catalyzing the #HealthPromotingSchools approach in #NovaScotia, hosted at #DalHPI. This video shares some of the work of our Youth Engagement Coordinators in building capacity and a culture of #YouthEngagement within a HPS approach: youtu.be/8OiWhhyOSJ4

#ForHealthierGenerations
#DalhousieU
#HealthPromotingSchools

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