HALO researchers were involved in three presentations about the Canadian Assessment of Physical Literacy at the 2012 International Congress on Enhancement of Physical Activity and Motor Skills in Jyväskylä, Finland.
Dr. Pat Longmuir and Richard Larouche made the trip to Finland to deliver the presentations where researchers in countries such… [read more]

Professor Mark Tremblay was invited to be the Distinguished Discussant for the session on Sitting, physical activity and health in children and young people at the 4th International Congress on Physical Activity and Public Health held this week in Sydney, Australia. Professor Tremblay was also Chair of the session on … [read more]

Travis Saunders, a senior PhD student with the HALO Research Group, made a presentation titled, “Effects of prolonged sitting and physical activity on markers of cardiometabolic risk in healthy children and youth: a pilot study,” at the 4th International Congress on Physical Activity and Public Health in Sydney, Australia on… [read more]

HALO researchers were involved in eight presentations at the 4th International Congress on Physical Activity and Public Health this week in Sydney, Australia. Travis Saunders and Mark Tremblay made the trip down-under.
The presentation abstracts were all published in a supplemental issue of the Journal of Science and Medicine in… [read more]

HALO Director, Mark Tremblay, was invited to Laurentian University to lead a series of knowledge translation events related to healthy active living in childhood. On October 15 and 16 Dr. Tremblay made presentations to the School of Human Kinetics, the School of Education and the Rainbow District School Board. Titles… [read more]

Details of the presentations are available below and can be found on the conference website:

A.G. LeBlanc, J.P. Chaput, A. McFarlane, R.C. Colley, D. Thivel, S.J. Biddle, R. Maddison, T. Baranowski, S.T. Leatherdale, M.S. Tremblay. Systematic review on the relationship between active video games and health indicators in children and… [read more]

Dr. Vincent Onywera, who was a visiting scholar at HALO in 2009, made a presentation at the CHEO Research Institute on Friday, October 5th titled, “Saving future generations through strategic partnerships: the childhood physical inactivity and obesity challenge in Kenya”.… [read more]

On October 1st in Banff Alberta Dr. Mark Tremblay delivered the keynote address titled Canada’s Inactive Kids – An Urgent Call for Action at the Alberta School Boards Association National Conference. He also presented a workshop titled Combating Inactivity: Getting People, Places, Processes and Practices Outside the Box.… [read more]

On September 19th, Dr. Mark Tremblay was invited to Toronto to make a presentation to the Ontario Healthy Kids Blue Ribbon Panel, and advise them on potential strategies for promoting healthy active living, in an attempt to achieve the Ontario Government’s target of a reduction in childhood obesity by 20%… [read more]

Between August 22-29 Professor Mark Tremblay made invited presentations to Discovery Vitality, Discovery Vitality Wellness and Fitness Convention, and the University of Cape Town and Sport Science Institute of South Africa. Details of the presentations are provided below.

M.S. Tremblay. Childhood Obesity and Sedentary Behaviour: What can be done? Cross-sectoral… [read more]