UpLifting HPS Summit 2024

As the final school year of the UpLift Partnership came to a close, we gathered youth and adult champions from across the province to share learnings and celebrate our many successes. We built on the momentum of the last six years, and continued to energize the Health Promoting Schools (HPS) network across the province as it builds healthy school communities.  

Over 200 people participated in person and online across the province from Nova Scotia Health, Education, community groups, and schools from the Annapolis Valley and South Shore Regional Centres for Education. More than 50 elementary, junior high, and high school students attended and shared the stories from their UpLift/HPS projects.  

Students and youth were celebrated for the impact they’ve created across the province. They shared their experiences, learnings, challenges, and what systemic structures they would like to see shifted in order to continue centering youth voices within their schools.  

Student speaking into a microphone in a room full of people.
play video

The UpLift Story

Catalyzing Youth Engagement in HPS

Watch this video for a glimpse into the event and to hear from adult champions about the impact of the partnership these last six years. 

Play Video
quote icon

Students are building leadership skills, public speaking skills, they’re also coming up with ideas, collaborating with each other and building activities in our school that are meaningful to them… It has given students a huge voice in our school, and I would say even in our province.

Summit participant, Teacher and HPS lead

…we really demonstrated that students are thoughtful, they can think outside of themselves… they could think about budget… they had the skills and maturity and the ability to make those decisions.

Youth Engagement Coordinator