Q & A with Guy Faulkner
June 20, 2017 – Dr. Guy Faulkner discusses link between physical activity and mental health. “This is an important relationship to examine. People with good mental health are more likely to be active, and being physically active improves mental health. Looking at how to intervene when this cycle is broken is the key challenge of […]
Visiting Assistant Professor
June 19, 2017 – It has been a pleasure working with Dr. Alyson Crozier from University of South Australia for the past 4 weeks!
Congratulations Mark Duncan!
Apr. 25, 2017 – Congrats to PhD candidate Mark Duncan who successfully completed his comps.
24-Hour Movement Guidelines Recruitment
April 10, 2017 – ***recruitment has ended*** Calling all parents and childcare providers! The UBC School of Kinesiology Pop-PA lab is seeking your input on the 24-hour Movement Guidelines for the Early Years. Focus groups will be held from April 1-21st in the DH Copp Building on the UBC campus. To learn more about how you can […]
BC-SHEPS 2017 – 1 week away!
We are looking forward to hosting the inaugural 2017 BC-SHEPS at UBC Vancouver in 1 week (April 7th, 2017). For more information, check out the site about this initiative driven by and for graduate and undergraduate students as an opportunity to develop presentation skills, network with professors and receive feedback on projects!
New Papers Out
Read the newest publications by Dr. Erica Lau: 1. Factors influencing implementation of a preschool-based physical activity intervention and 2. Changes in children’s segmented physical activity in the transition from elementary to middle school (Journal of School Health, in press)
New Paper Out
Mar. 22, 2017 – Read the latest publication by Dr. Erica Lau, Dr. Guy Faulkner, and Negin Riazi examining temporal variations in school travel mode and whether these variations predict changes in MVPA among adolescents. Read it here!
Global News: Run to Quit Project
Mar. 3, 2017 – See Dr. Carly Priebe talk about the first results of the Run to Quit project on Global News. Watch it here!
ISBNPA 2017 – Pragmatic Evaluation in Physical Activity ***Application deadline extended to midnight on Sunday March 12th***
PRAGMATIC EVALUATION IN PHYSICAL ACTIVITY Intensive 2.5 day course for researchers and practitioners Vancouver, BC, Canada Sunday, 4th – Tuesday, 6th June, 2017 For early career researchers & practitioners passionate about practically applied research COURSE DESCRIPTION The Pragmatic Evaluation course has been developed to build capacity in pragmatic evaluation skills for physical activity actions in […]
UPnGO with ParticipACTION: Building active workplaces
Jan. 5, 2017 – UPnGO is a workplace physical activity program that aims to make physical activity both accepted and expected at work. Learn more about UPnGO with ParticipACTION here.