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Low-speed streets make for cities that are not only safe, but also healthy, green and liveable. Join the #Love30 campaign to support #activetravel and active #urbandesign to ensure that walking, cycling and every move is easy #StreetsforLife #beactive #PhysicalActivity

Very topical special issue Journal of Physical Activity & Health CDC DNPAO! This topic will be tackled in our 4th webinar in the World Health Organization (WHO) and ISPAH series - WHO Guidelines on Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour: Translating science into practice. Not to be missed! Register: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Recruiting for fully-funded MSc or PhD opportunities beginning in September 2022 in the Behavioural Epidemiology Lab at UAlberta Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation. See poster for more details. Interested in applying? Email me at [email protected]. Please include CV and transcripts.

New Zealand to ban smoking for next generation in bid to outlaw habit by 2025 theguardian.com/world/2021/dec…

Very excited to see this out today! A big thanks to Bruno G. G. da Costa, @YeonghoH, & @DrSVerswijveren for their heavy lifting💪(screening, assessing, synthesizing, and just generally being awesome) in this review with evidence from 1,385,038 participants and 1,173 extracted associations🤯

👶👧👩‍🦰👩‍🦳 Spread the word: we're seeking papers for a new special issue: "Life Course Epidemiology Applied to Physical Activity Research". Editors: Grégore Mielke, Melody Ding, Esther van Sluijs, Tracy Kolbe-Alexander More info in this PDF: journals.humankinetics.com/fileasset/JPAH…

Smoothy is always a good idea for hot summer days! It's a great option for a quick, healthy, and tasty breakfast or snack. In this #PHELearningCentre activity, you can invite the child to make a smoothie using the ingredients you have on hand. MORE | bit.ly/3dlNHgM

DIY Squishy Balls! The beauty of this craft is that you don’t have to have any special design skills to make it, it only requires a couple of supplies, and in the end you have a squishy ball that can be used in a variety of active games for playtime! bit.ly/3QCGyrq

Want to compare time-use pre/post an intervention? Time flow analysis may be the solution you didn’t know you were looking for! Thanks co-authors for helping putting this together and a special shout-out to Tom Stewart for helping with the graphs! academic.oup.com/annweh/advance…

Thank you Valerie Carson for the fabulous supervision! Congratulations Jasmine!

We are hiring!! OPC is looking to hire a full-time Canadian Centre for Outdoor Play Fellow for one year to build #capacity and #thoughtleadership for #Outdoorplay stakeholders. Learn more here: outdoorplaycanada.ca/2023/01/27/job…

Great to see our paper published in the Journal of Transport & Health using COMPASS data to look at the built environment surrounding schools and adolescent MVPA & active school travel over time! Valerie Carson Scott Leatherdale John Spence & Kate Battista sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

I am beyond excited to share that Human Early Learning Partnership (HELP) has launched our EDI (Early Years development Instrument) dashboard! Your chance to play with the data & dig into how kids in your neighbourhood are doing now & across the last 20 years! earlylearning.ubc.ca/20-years-of-ed…

When it comes to promoting outdoor #play, parents (& governments) need to walk the talk. Increased parental interest, greater social support & an increased number of play areas were the most consistent factors driving outdoor play during the pandemic doi.org/10.1123/jpah.2…

The winner of the 2023 SBRN Student/Trainee Award is Dr. Nicholas Oliver Corey Kuzik (Canada)! Congratulations and thank you, Corey, for your exemplary dedication, commitment, and contributions to the field of #sedentary behaviour!

Check out the latest work from the EMERGE lab on social fragmentation and deaths attributable to alcohol, drug use, and suicide. Great teamwork Roman Pabayo Claire Benny Brendan Smith and Greg Farmer! sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Kinesiology student Mackenzie Buchanan was involved in the first study to ever evaluate a home-based, supervised exercise program in children who have undergone a heart transplant. Read about his Stollery Kids-funded project: wchri.org/our-impact/sum… #WCHRISS2023

New COMPASS paper in Journal of Adolescent Health by Mahmood Gohari Karen A. Patte Mark Ferro Scott Leatherdale Adolescents' Depression & Anxiety Symptoms During the #COVID19 Pandemic: Longitudinal Evidence From COMPASS doi.org/10.1016/j.jado…

Dr. Katelyn Colonnier discusses how Scott Leatherdale's mentorship & completing her PhD with COMPASS inspired her work towards developing a national school meal program & food policy: uwaterloo.ca/health-hub/fal…

New COMPASS paper by Claire Benny Roman Pabayo Brendan Smith Karen A. Patte Scott Leatherdale: The association between income inequality & increased anxiety was strengthened following the onset of #COVID19 in adolescents dx.plos.org/10.1371/journa…