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.
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Gardens require huge labour, and outcomes like health, well-being or food security are affected by systemic barriers people face in cities and schools.
Ontario’s proposed Food Literacy Act for Students, a first in Canada, would mean students in grades 1-12 have opportunities to grow food and prepare food and learn about local foods.
A growing body of research literature suggests time spent gardening is as good for the gardener as it is for the garden.
School garden projects are becoming hugely popular. Over 25 percent of public elementary schools include garden-based learning. Do these gardens improve the education and health of young people?
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Assistant Professor of Communication and Media Studies, Rowan University
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Lecturer in urban horticulture, The University of Melbourne
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, University of Saskatchewan
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PhD Student, Geography, University of Guelph
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Assistant Professor, Adult Education, Concordia University
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Professor of Health Promotion; Scientific Director of the Healthy Populations Institute, Dalhousie University
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PhD student, School of Health, Dalhousie University
