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 as Ireland, Norway and Switzerland expressed interest in adopting the Canadian Assessment of Physical Literacy.

Details of the presentations are below:

  • Tremblay MS, Longmuir P (2012). Introducing the Canadian Assessment of Physical Literacy. Keynote presentation at the International Conference on the Enhancement of Physical Activity and Motor Skills. Jyväskylä, Finland.
  • Longmuir P, Boyer C, McClelland K, McFarlane A, Tremblay MS (2012). Physical activity attitudes and motivation: A 5th component of physical literacy for children 8 to 12 years of age.  International Conference on the Enhancement of Physical Activity and Motor Skills. Jyväskylä, Finland.
  • Larouche R, Boyer C, Longmuir P, McFarlane A, McClelland K, Barnes J, LeBlanc A, Borghese M, Saunders T, Tremblay MS (2012). Relationship between pedometer-determined physical activity, health-related fitness and motor skills: the Canadian Assessment of Physical Literacy. International Conference on the Enhancement of Physical Activity and Motor Skills. Jyväskylä, Finland.