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A Public Policy Advocacy Project to Promote Food Security: Exploring Stakeholders’ Experiences
DownloadFall 2014
Food security is said to exist “when all people, at all times, have physical and economic access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food that meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life” (Food and Agricultural Organization, 2008, p. 1). In the last several...
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Engaging Communities in Monitoring Local Food Environments: The Local Environment Action on Food (LEAF) Project
DownloadFall 2020
Background: Children are increasingly exposed to food environments that have negative impacts on their diet and health. While the importance of creating and implementing programs and policies that change the collective determinants of eating behaviour is clear, how to achieve this goal remains...
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Exploring Parental and Instructor Perspectives of Learning in the Natural Environment for Young Children: A Qualitative Study
DownloadFall 2022
Background: Nature-based or outdoor experiences have important implications for childhood learning and development. Nature-based learning (NBL) utilizes the benefits of nature by weaving the goals of the school curriculum into the natural environment (Larimore, 2016). A paucity in the NBL...
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The Role of the APPLE School Principal in Knowledge Exchange and in Implementing Comprehensive School Health to Create a Healthy School Culture
DownloadSpring 2015
Comprehensive School Health (CSH) is an internationally recognized framework that moves beyond the individual to holistically address school health, and has been shown to be effective in improving health-enhancing behaviours and educational outcomes. Despite its effectiveness, the specific...