A Global Perspective: Health Promoting Universities
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Global Perspectives events are designed for Global Division members in NASPA to connect with colleagues around the world to learn about global contexts, global challenges, and global experiences and best practices.
In this session, Dr. Vicki Squires provides a overview of the Health Promoting Campuses movement and the development of the Okanagan Charter in 2015 to contextualize the recent development of the Limerick Framework for Action. Dr. Squires will engage in a discussion about the key elements of the Limerick framework and what the principles and actions mean for healthy organizations. The session will conclude with a description of the recently published book she co-edited and the current research she is conducting with other members of her research team.
Vicki Squires
Associate Professor
University of Saskatchewan
Dr. Vicki Squires serves as the Associate Dean, Research, Graduate Support and International Initiatives and is a Professor in the Department of Educational Administration in the College of
Education at the University of Saskatchewan. Her areas of research are post-secondary education and student well-being; supporting mental health and wellbeing requires collaboration among
units and a systems approach. Dr. Squires has been the lead of multiple funded projects exploring the implementation of the Okanagan Charter on campuses in Canada and globally. She has
published and presented on the work of health promoting universities and the Okanagan Charter; she is also the lead editor of a co-edited book that includes international co-authored chapters
written by researchers involved in health promotion efforts on their campuses.
Omneya Badr (Moderator)
Senior Academic Advisor
Trinity Washington University
Omneya Badr is an educator and student affairs professional who gained a culturally diverse higher education experience studying, teaching and working in Bahrain, Qatar, Egypt, UK and USA.
Badr serves on NASPA’s Board of Directors and is the director of NASPA’s Global Division (2024-2026), past director of MENASA NASPA area (2022-2024), and the 2021 and 2022 MENASA* Conference chair. Badr held teaching and academic advising positions at New York Institute of Technology Bahrain, Bahrain Institute of Business and Finance, Qatar University and Trinity University USA. She is a frequent presenter at NASPA and NACADA conferences and her research interests are culturally based Academic Advising, supporting First generation students, FYE, and cross-cultural communication.
She holds an MBA from the University of Bath – UK, a Certificate of Entrepreneurial & Small Business Operations from the Academy of Arts, California - USA & a BA in Management from the American University in Cairo - Egypt. She recently acquired a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the Workplace Certificate from the University of South Florida - USA.
As an educator, Omneya enjoys giving back to the profession and is interested in creating professional development opportunities for global Student Affairs professionals and encouraging research and sharing knowledge among counterparts around the world.