Sara FL KirkI'm thrilled to see Canada's #NationalSchoolFoodPolicy released in my home province today! Bravo to all the amazing people who have come together to demonstrate the need and value of #HealthySchoolFood. Most of all, I'm so happy to see the principles that my colleagues and I published in 2018, showing up in the policy, and to hear the voices of students included in the announcement, in line with the values we have promoted through #UpLiftNS #SchoolFoodMatters #YouthVoice https://canadianfoodstudies.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/cfs/article/view/260/299
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
I was a guest on the #DalhousieU, student-run podcast, called Mind: The Gap. Here's a link to the pod, where I share about my research on supportive environments, the work of #UpLiftNS & the joy I feel when I get to marshall kids cycling the streets during #KidicalMassHFX https://podcasts.ckdu.ca/2024/04/19/mind-the-gap-episode-48/
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...
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
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.
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
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!
The favourite part of my job is working to enhance the #wellbeing of #youth. Here's a short video on the work of the #UpLiftPartnership and how the #students we engage feel that they benefit.
