International Health Promoting Campuses Symposium
Thursday May 12, 2022
Canada - 100% online
About
Building on the success of the 2019 event in Rotorua, New Zealand, the 2022 International Health Promoting Campuses Symposium was a pre-event before the 2022 UHPE World Conference on Health Promotion taking place in Montréal, Canada May 15-19. (https://iuhpe2022.com).
The one-day virtual symposium aimed to activate the Okanagan Charter on higher education campuses around the world. The Okanagan Charter was an outcome of the 2015 International Conference on Health Promoting Universities and Colleges; calling on Higher Education settings to embed health into all aspects of campus culture and lead health promotion action and collaboration locally and globally.
Video Recordings
The symposium is split into 10 recordings to make it easier to watch.
Program highlights
Opening Keynote
Shannon Waters, Indigenous Public Health Physician in Canada
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Wellbeing as a Priority: Presidents & Vice-Chancellors in Conversation
Santa Ono, President and Vice-Chancellor, The University of British Columbia, Canada, Pamela Gillies, Principal and Vice-Chancellor of Glasgow Caledonian University, United Kingdom, Ray Watts, President, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
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Presentations - Research, Policy, and Practice in Health Promoting Campus Settings
30 presentations from 10 national/regional networks, interactive breakout discussions, and presentations from researchers and practitioners in the field.
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Expert Dialogue
Matt Dolf, The University of British Columbia, Mark Dooris, University of Central Lancashire, and Mónica Suárez-Reyes, Universidad de Santiago de Chile
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Ending Keynote
Sione Tu’itahi, Executive Director, Health Promotion Forum of New Zealand and Chairperson, IUHPE Global Working Group on Waiora Planetary Health and Human Wellbeing
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Goals
Share knowledge on how to apply the Okanagan Charter locally with a cultural, Indigenous rights, and social justice lens
Listen to an international panel of experts to illustrate activation of the Okanagan Charter in a diverse range of campus settings and national networks
Workshop strategic implementation of a health promotion process in higher education
Build collective engagement and participate in the global health-promoting universities and colleges movement to implement the Okanagan Charter
Strengthen student voice and engagement
Hosted by
This event has been organised by representatives from the International Health Promoting Campuses Steering Committee and the Canadian Health Promoting Campuses Network.
Chad London, University of Saskatchewan
Gabriella Luongo, Dalhousie University
Lina Di Genova, McGill University
Mark Dooris, University of Central Lancashire
Matt Dolf, The University of British Columbia
Melissa Potwarka, University of Waterloo
Paula Swinford, University of Southern California
Rebecca Kennedy, The University of Alabama at Birmingham
Vicki Squires, University of Saskatchewan
And Jen Crothers, event organiser.
Thank you very much to our student volunteers
Akua Quao, University of Central Lancashire
Catherine Dong, University of Waterloo
Georgia Yee, The University of British Columbia
Helen Shakhova, University of Saskatchewan
Hussein Eldassouki, University of Saskatchewan
Julia Haas, King’s College London
Maggie Zohil-Morton, Dalhousie University
Punit Virk, The University of British Columbia
Sarah Brockway, Russell Sage College
Veronica Nhio-son, University of Waterloo
And all our speakers, presenters, and facilitators.
Partial funding for the symposium was provided through a SSHRC Insight Development Grant.
“Health Promoting Universities and Colleges transform the health and sustainability of our current and future societies, strengthen communities and contribute to the wellbeing of people, places and the planet.” Okanagan Charter vision