One day International Health Promoting Campuses Symposium

Sunday 7th April 2019, 10.00 am – 4.00 pm

Rotorua, New Zealand

 “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

To be held just before the International Union of Health Promotion Education (IUHPE) conference, the symposium aims to activate the Okanagan Charter on higher education campuses around the world. The Okanagan Charter calls to embed health into all aspects of campus culture and lead health promotion action and collaboration locally and globally. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/54938

The Charter was an outcome of the 2015 International Conference on Health Promoting Universities and Colleges held in the Okanagan in Canada. https://open.library.ubc.ca/cIRcle/collections/53926

 The symposium will be relevant for academics, management, students, educators, student support staff, researchers, health promotion and public health specialists, and all those interested in the promotion of health, wellbeing and sustainability within Universities, Colleges, Polytechnics and Wānanga.

 The symposium will provide a range of opportunities for participants to

  • Work with international and national experts experienced in designing health promoting campuses

  • Participate in the global health promoting universities and colleges movement

  • Build collective engagement and commitment to implement the Okanagan Charter

 

Programme

  • Invited international presentations illustrating activation of the Okanagan Charter in a diverse range of campus settings and national networks

  • Workshopping the strategic implementation of campus-based health and wellbeing promotion

  • Increasing senior leadership support on campus

  • Applying the Charter locally to support health, wellbeing and sustainability with a cultural lens.