ENGLISH: This is a non-exhaustive list of the speakers at the symposium. You will find more information about the others stakeholders on the pages referring to keynote presentations, workshops and working sessions.

FRANÇAIS: Vous trouverez ci-dessous une liste non-exhaustive des intervenant-e-s du Symposium. Pour plus de détails sur l'ensemble des intervenant-e-s, veuillez consulter les pages se référant aux conférences plénières, aux ateliers et aux sessions de travail.

• Jaimie P. Cloud President and Executive Director Cloud Institute for Sustainability Education USA
  

Jaimie P. Cloud is the founder and president of the Cloud Institute for Sustainability Education in New York City. The Cloud Institute is dedicated to the vital role of education in creating awareness, fostering commitment, and guiding actions toward a healthy, secure and sustainable future. Ms. Cloud has written several book chapters and articles, teaches extensively, and writes and facilitates the collaborative development of numerous instructional units and programs that are designed to teach across disciplines through the lens of sustainability. In addition she serves as an adviser, board or committee member to several organizations with related goals and interests. The Cloud Institute believes that: There is hope for a future with a healthy environment, a strong economy, and a just society. Young people must understand the important role they play in creating this sustainable future. The best way to reach young people is by working directly with their entire community – educators, government officials, community members, and the business community. Effective education combines engaging and relevant content with the highest quality pedagogy.

• Carol Tannahill Director, Glasgow Centre for Population Health, Scotland
  

Carol Tannahill graduated BA in Human Sciences from Oxford University, and MPH and PhD in Public Health from the University of Glasgow. She is currently Director of the Glasgow Centre for Population Health, a research and development centre generating insights and evidence for action to improve health and tackle inequality. In this role, she has been instrumental in establishing a number of multi-disciplinary public health research and evaluation projects which are helping to elucidate the pathways linking deprivation and ill health, and to evaluate the effects on health of various social policy interventions. Over a period of almost 20 years, Carol has contributed to a wide range of international, national and local public health developments. She is Honorary Professor with the University of Glasgow, and Honorary Visiting Professor in the School of Health and Social Care at Glasgow Caledonian University. Carol is the Director of the Glasgow Centre for Population Health.

• Shirley Tagalik Arviat Health Committee

Shirley received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology and Anthropology from Lakehead University and a Bachelor of Education degree in both elementary and secondary education in 1975 and 1976. She received her Master of Education in Curriculum and Instruction from McGill University in 1998. Her research was in the area of heritage language loss and loss of quality of language amongst Inuit in her community of Arviat.

Shirley has been a teacher and administrator in Arviat schools for 23 years and then worked with Nunavut Education as the Manager of Curriculum and School Services from1999-2008. She has been actively involved at the community level in establishing early childhood education programs, elementary secondary and post-secondary education programs. In addition, Shirley has been active with the community health committee since 2002.

Shirley has written much of the new philosophical Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit foundational documents for Nunavut Education and the Aulajaaqtut health curriculum for secondary students. Her current work focuses on the articulation of Inuit worldview within social development policy and practices.

Currently, Shirley is most active on the Arviat Health Committee, is a Research Director of the Mental Health Task Force for the Centre of Excellence for Children and Adolescents with Special Needs and operates Inukpaujaq Consulting, an education and health consulting agency.

She lives with her husband and family in Arviat, where she continues to be actively involved in community development projects and in promoting change in educational and wellness practices.

• Charles Basch Richard March Hoe Professor of Health and Education at Teachers College, Columbia University

Charles Basch is the Richard March Hoe Professor of Health and Education at Teachers College, Columbia University. He specializes in planning and evaluating health education programs for urban minority populations to reduce health and educational disparities. His work has been diverse with respect to population groups (ranging from young children to older adults), disease topics (AIDS, cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, and eye disease), and behaviors (vision, diet, physical activity, and screening), but has a common theme of translating research into practice. The health education programs he has developed and evaluated are philosophically grounded in informed voluntary decision making and rely heavily on building strong interpersonal relationships. His evaluative research has been collaboratively conducted with self-insured unions, hospitals, community-based clinics, and schools.
Basch’s main scholarly interests are improving understanding about (1) health-related decision making (2) dissemination and implementation of effective health-related programs and policies and (3) the influence of health factors on educational outcomes in urban minority youth. He teaches courses related to epidemiology, planning and evaluation. During his past 25 years at Teachers College, he has directed approximately $15 million dollars of grant-funded research and program development (primarily supported by the National Institutes of Health) and he continues to do so. His work has yielded over 100 publications.

• Ulla Pedersen Consultant University College South Denmark www.ucsyd.dk
  

Ulla Pedersen works as consultant at Center for Health Promotion in Denmark. Her main interests are children's health, social inequality in health and the democratic approach to health promotion.

• Rüdiger Bockhorst Director Programm LebensWerte Kommune Bertelsmann Stiftung Germany
  

Since 2006: Director of the „Creating Supportive Environments“ program at the Bertelsmann Stiftung and member of the management circle at the Bertelsmann Stiftung Since 2005: Program Manager of „Health Promotion and Education in Day Care Centers in Germany (Kita´s bewegen)“ and „Alliance for Healthy Schools and Education in Germany (Anschub.de)“ at the Bertelsmann Stiftung May 2002: Project Manager of the „Alliance for Healthy Schools and Education in Germany (Anschub.de)“ project at the Bertelsmann Stiftung 1999 – 2002: Deputy head of the department “Schools and Day Care Centers“ for the Gemeindeunfallversicherungsverband Westfalen Lippe (Municipal Insurance Association)
1992 – 1998: Consultant for safety and health promotion for the Gemeindeunfallfallversicherungsverband Westfalen Lippe (Municipal Insurance Association) 1990 – 1992: Freelance consultant for teachers` training courses (educational development) and independent youth work / member of federal und state committees for sports and gymnastics respectively
1990: Secondary school teacher in biology and physical education

• Professor Dr. Peter Paulus Leuphana Universität Lüneburg Institut für Psychologie Germany

Focus of work and research:
Educational Psychology, Family Psychology, Health Psychology, - Education, Counseling und Promotion. Overarching interest is research and promotion of good education in different educational, socio-paedagogical and social work areas especially family, kindergarden, school, college, university and community related to preservation and promotion of health (e.g. „Good healthy school“).

From 2002 to 2008 head of research of the project „Anschub.de – Allianz für nachhaltige Schulgesundheit und Bildung“ (Alliance for sustainable school health and education in Germany“) of the Bertelsmann-Foundation.
Since 2009 head of scientific advisory council of the association „Anschub.de“.
Also since 2002 head of the nationwide school project „MindMatters – mit psychischer Gesundheit gute Schule machen“. („MindMatters – to make good school through mental health“).
Since 2007 co-head of research of the nationwide school project „Gemeinsam gesunde Schule entwickeln“ („To develop healthy schools together“) and also member of the steering committee of the Lower Saxony programe „die Initiative – Gesundheit – Bildung –Entwicklung“ (“The initiative – Health – Education – Development”).
Since 2006 also member of the board of trustees of Partnership for Children (London/Kingston).
Since 2005 board member of “Intercamhs” (“International Alliance of Children and Adolescent Mental health and Schools”).

• Dr. Ueli Nagel PHZH - Zurich University of Teacher Education Dept. Man and Environment Education for Sustainable Development Zeltweg 21 CH - 8090 Zurich Switzerland

Dr. Ueli Nagel has been active in the field of environmental education and ESD in different postions for almost three decades: education officer of WWF Switzerland from 1981 - 90. Head of the EE unit at Pestalozzianum Zurich (Institute of Teacher INSET and school development) from 1990 - 2002. Researcher and lecturer at Zurich University of Teacher Education from 2002 - 2010. He has initiated and managed several school programmes and research projects and is (co-)author of numerous publications. He has retired from University as of June 2010.

• Didier Jourdan Professor at the University Blaise Pascal Clermont-Ferrand France Adjunct Professor at the University of Limerick Ireland
  

Didier Jourdan is Professor at the University Blaise Pascal in Clermont-Ferrand France. He teaches health education in the education department and is the director of the masters course “education and public health”. He also teaches at the department of education of the University of Provence (Aix Marseille 1), department of education of the University Charles de Gaulle (Lille 3), department of child studies of the University of Minho (Braga Portugal) and school of medicine of the University of Auvergne (Clermont-Ferrand 1). He currently has 6 PhD students (for one of them, in co supervision with the University of Quebec in Montreal). He’s the head of the ‘health education in schools’ research team (PAEDI EA 4281).
Before being a Professor at the University Blaise Pascal he was senior lecturer and did research in neuropharmacology at the University of Auvergne (Clermont-Ferrand 1). He also has experience of teaching at primary, secondary, and adult education.

He was invited Professor at the University of Limerick (Ireland) and at the University Laval in Quebec City (Canada). With Patricia Mannix McNamara he leads the international collaboration «Teacher training in the field of health promotion» within the International Union for Health Promotion and Education (http://www.iuhpe.org/?page=523&lang=en).
He’s a member of the scientific committee of the School for Health in Europe Network and of the steering committee of the international school health network. He’s also a member of the BIOHEAD CITIZEN collaboration (FP 6) and works in close collaboration with the institute for population and reproductive health of the University Cheik Anta Diop of Dakar (Senegal), the department of child studies of the University of Minho (Portugal).

He is one of France’s leading health promoters and health educators and is the national coordinator of the French teacher training colleges’ health education network. This network, created in 2005, aims to support and develop the health education training provided for student teachers. The research team leads the French health promotion program “learning to live together better” and writes teaching and learning materials.

• Dr Palo Almond Lecturer Public Health and Health Promotion, University of Southampton, School of Health Sciences, Southampton

Dr Almond is a qualified nurse, midwife and health visitor. Her research focuses on issues of equity in policy, services and practice and evaluating interventions to reduce health inequalities. She is also engaged in developing the wider public health workforce’s public health skills and knowledge. As an educationalist Palo took a lead in developing the MSc and BSc Public Health Practice degrees at the University of Southampton. She is currently engaged in teaching inter-professional public health and supervising students’ research.

• Sean Slade Director, Healthy Schools Communities Program, Association for Supervision & Curriculum Development, Alexandria, USA
  

Sean Slade has had over 20 years of experience in education in a career that has encompassed 4 continents and 5 countries. He serves as the Director of Healthy School Communities (HSC) at ASCD. HSC is a worldwide effort to promote the integration of health and learning and the benefits of school-community collaboration. It is part of a large, multiyear plan to shift public dialogue about education from an academic focus to a whole child approach that encompasses all factors required for successful student outcomes.

Prior to this was a Project Director and Manager of several key youth risk and resilience projects at WestEd in California. Amongst these projects were the California Healthy Kids Survey (CHKS) and California School Climate Survey (CSCS), Improving School Climate and Closing The Achievement Gap Workbook, Service-Learning and the Alameda School Climate Project. He was also a founding member of the Center for Resilience and Youth Development (CRYD) at WestEd.

Sean has been at the forefront of promoting and using Resilience and Youth Development data for school improvement, publishing and making keynote talks across California and the US on the value of Resilience and School Connectedness. This has included recent publications such as the first School Climate and Closing The Achievement Gap Workbook (http://www.wested.org/chks/pdf/CTAGWorkbook-complete.pdf ) and the chapter ‘Listening to Students: Moving from Resilience Research to Youth Development Practice and School Connectedness’ in The Handbook for Positive Psychology in Schools (www.wested.org/cs/we/view/rs/964 ).

Prior to relocating to the US he was the Senior Education Officer for the NSW Department of Education and Training, providing professional development and overseeing Drug Education and Personal Development implementation in Sydney’s public schools. He has over 10 years of experience in Physical Education as a teacher, Head of Department, a faculty member with the School of Physical Education at the University of South Australia. He has taught, trained and administered educational projects in Australia (SA & NSW), the UK, Italy, Venezuela and the US. He has a Masters Degree in Education, over 9 years experience in educational research/professional development and has published educational articles in US and Australia.

• Sue Bowker Health Improvement Division Welsh Assembly Government Cardiff,Wales
  

Sue Bowker has the policy lead for health improvement programmes for schools and young people in Wales. This currently includes
- Implementation of the action plan: Food and Fitness for Children and Young People in Wales.
- National management and co-ordination of the Welsh Network of Healthy School Schemes and UK co-ordinator for SHE (Schools for Health in Europe) Network.
- Co-ordinated programme on adolescent tobacco control, including the Smokefree Class Competition in Wales and the rollout of the ASSIST programme.
- Implementation of the Welsh Assembly Government commitment to provide one school nurse for every secondary school in Wales.
Sue is also a member of the SHE (Schools for Health in Europe) and HEPS (Healthy Eating and Physical activity in Schools) planning committees and a member of Editorial Advisory Board for `Health Education.’

• Lynne Perry Principal Public Health Officer Public Health Wales
  

Lynne Perry has the Public Health lead for Children and Young People in Pembrokeshire, a county in Wales, and also a national special interest lead for the Healthy School Scheme for Public Health Wales. This currently includes:
- Supporting and liaising with the Welsh Assembly Government policy lead for the Welsh Network of Healthy School Schemes
- Supporting public health officers across Wales to implement the Healthy School Scheme and related initiatives
- Local management and co-ordination of the Welsh Network of Healthy School Schemes
- Working in partnership with a range of agencies and organisations to ensure health improvement for children and young people is integrated into local strategies and policies

• Marina Gruslin
  

Marina Gruslin est enseignante à la HE Charlemagne, Liège Belgique, en didactique des sciences en formation initiale des instituteurs. Depuis une vingtaine d'année elle s'est spécialisée en santé environnementale et a choisi de développer des contenus de formation donnant du sens et pouvant lier les apprentissages " du corps humain dans son environnement avec les comportements de santé" qu'il s'agisse de choix alimentaires "critiques" ou de diverses préventions possibles dès l'enseignement fondamental (tabagisme, pollutions intérieures, respect du corps...).
Depuis 2001, elle coordonne CERISE (centre d'éducation relative aux interactions santé environnement) qui propose une formation d'adultes appliquant le modèle d'apprentissage allostérique d'André Giordan, aux interactions santé environnement intégrées comme axes de motivation prioritaires dans une éducation globale (EDD). C'est une formation continuée subventionnée par le Fonds social européen et la Communauté française de Belgique, pour des enseignants ou pour d'autres profils professionnels qui souhaitent développer leurs compétences en santé environnementale et y découvrir des outils pédagogiques et des ressources qui leur permettront de devenir des "intervenants éducatifs" dans ce domaine.

• Edith Flaschberger

Edith Flaschberger, Mag., studied Sociology and Communication Studies at the University of Vienna. She is a researcher at the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute Health Promotion Research in Vienna, Austria, in the programme line “health promotion in schools”. Her main research focus is teacher education in school health promotion.

• Chen He
  

Chen He grew up in China and she took her B.sc in Food science and Engineering at Shanghai Ocean University and M.sc in Food Science and Technology in Technical University of Denmark. Besides, she studied one year of Food Technology at KUL (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven) in Belgium. Chen had been worked in Rhodia (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. within different laboratories to establish the fundamental knowledge and technique on how to analyse and develop new products.
Currently Chen is PhD student at AAU (Aalborg University) Development and Planning. She has conducted a number of national and international research projects. She is presently engaged in iPOPY research project under EU Core Organic with develop health and nutrition. The latest work has focused on:
1) using public organic procurement policy to boost healthy eating among children,
2) development of association between organic and health and finally,
3) Children’s awareness on sustainable and health.