Author Archives: Jarrett Timmons

“Teamwork makes the dream work” I have chosen the video “Taking Care of the Globe” for my reflection this week. This video was very interesting. The video opened my mind to global issues that we been affected by, even though … Continue reading →

Hey Gang, The final post! I have to say that I really enjoyed the readings. I learned a lot and took valuable information from each and every week. This weeks reading was awesome, I found it very interesting. Great read … Continue reading →

Hey Gang, Great read this week! I chose the discussion paper published by The Canadian Public Health Association titled “The Future of Public Health in Canada”. This article starts by touching on the definition of what health is and how … Continue reading →

Hey Gang, March Break is in full swing here in Nova Scotia, hope you are all enjoying some type of relaxation. This weeks topic that I decided to focus on was “The Right to Play” health promotion. I watched the … Continue reading →

Hey Gang, This weeks examples of health promotion campaigns were a good change from the readings. I enjoyed watching the videos (although the URL didn’t work initially, but I found the site). Bell has done an amazing job with the … Continue reading →

I thought some of you may find this interesting. A mother loses custody of her child because he is overweight.. sad… http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/mom-loses-custody-of-dangerously-overweight-son-1.4001326

This weeks reading was a nice change.  The reading was straight forward and broke down the 6 steps to developing a health promotion program. I found it very informative as prep for my background and final project. The 6 steps … Continue reading →

Hey Gang, Major storm in the forecast tomorrow for all of Nova Scotia, they have already cancelled school pre-meditated. I’ll have to get out for a workout tomorrow and shovel my driveway. Hope my fellow teachers get a snow day … Continue reading →

Hey Gang, After reading over the article “From teaching young people to be healthy to learning health”, I found some very interesting/truthful points and opinions made by the authors. Throughout the reading we learn that health promotion has been a … Continue reading →

UNIT 2: Week 3 Reflections and Opinions 1)The article by Faith Hill, “Towards a new model for health promotion? An analysis of complementary and alternative medicine and models of health promotion” had my head spinning at some points throughout the … Continue reading →