Sara FL KirkMay 8, 2024
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
Sara FL KirkApr 3, 2024
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. https://researchns.ca/beyondresearch-informing-supportive-environments-for-a-healthier-population/
Informing Supportive Environments for a Healthier Population

In this episode, we consider how our environments can help or hinder the health of our population. Our guests, Dr. Sara Kirk and Shali Manuel, discuss research aimed to understand the environmental…

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Sara FL KirkMar 6, 2024
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 https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1334767/full
Frontiers | Development and implementation of a municipal outdoor play policy for children and youth in Nova Scotia, Canada: a community case study

<p><bold>Background:</bold> Children and youth benefit from outdoor play; however, environments and policies to support outdoor play are often limited. The p...

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Sara FL KirkSep 6, 2023
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 https://theconversation.com/school-approved-cheetos-why-we-must-protect-school-food-from-corporate-interests-209724
School-approved Cheetos? Why we must protect school food from corporate interests

An effective national school food program can help build the foundations for a healthy population. That’s why Ottawa must limit the influence of the food industry on a national school food program.

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Sara FL KirkAug 10, 2023

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

https://theconversation.com/from-outdoor-classrooms-to-gardens-how-nova-scotia-youth-are-creating-healthier-school-communities-210585

From outdoor classrooms to gardens, how Nova Scotia youth are creating healthier school communities

Involving youth in promoting health in schools can catalyze students’ ability to bring about positive change. On International Youth Day and year round, more adults could lift up youth voices.

The Conversation
Sara FL KirkJul 4, 2023
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
Sara FL KirkMay 25, 2023
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 https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-27/clip/15986547
Smoothie girls are a huge hit at junior high's breakfast program in Onslow | Information Morning - NS with Portia Clark | Live Radio | CBC Listen

At Central Colchester Junior High, students run from their buses to their breakfast program with their eyes on one prize... smoothies! They're a huge, healthy hit made each week by three Grade 9 students. Information Morning's Katy Parsons met up with the smoothie girls!

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Sara FL KirkApr 25, 2023

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: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwvG51c0KXo

#ForHealthierGenerations
#DalhousieU
#HealthPromotingSchools

Adult Champions in Youth Engagement - UpLift

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Sara FL KirkApr 21, 2023

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: https://youtu.be/8OiWhhyOSJ4

#ForHealthierGenerations
#DalhousieU
#HealthPromotingSchools

Catalyzing Youth Engagement in Health Promoting Schools - UpLift

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