{"id":4320,"date":"2015-10-13T21:33:01","date_gmt":"2015-10-13T21:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/healthycampuses.ca\/?p=4320"},"modified":"2023-09-12T11:01:19","modified_gmt":"2023-09-12T18:01:19","slug":"okanagan-charter-a-call-to-action-on-health-wellbeing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/healthycampuses.ca\/okanagan-charter-a-call-to-action-on-health-wellbeing\/","title":{"rendered":"Okanagan Charter a Call to Action on Health & Wellbeing"},"content":{"rendered":"
A new international charter, an outcome of the 2015 International Conference on Health Promoting Universities and Colleges \/ VII International Congress, signals a challenge to universities and colleges to create healthier campuses and healthier communities.<\/p>\n
\u201cUniversities and colleges must be exemplars of health-promoting communities,\u201d says Deborah Buszard, University of British Columbia Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the Okanagan campus, where the Charter was drafted last June. \u201cThe Okanagan Charter is a powerful call to action for post-secondary institutions to embed health in our campus policies and services, to create environments which support health and personal development, and to become communities with a culture of well-being.\u201d<\/p>\n