With the recent release of the 2011 Active Healthy Kids Canada Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth, several HALO researchers were interviewed to discuss the Report Card:

  • News 570 with Gary Doyle (Kitchener, ON) – Dr. Rachel Colley, AHKC
  • News 95.7 (Halifax, NS) with Tom Young – Dr. Mark Tremblay, AHKC
  • News 91.9 (Moncton, NB) with Tom Young – Dr. Mark Tremblay, AHKC
  • News 88.9 (Saint John, NB) with Tom Young – Dr. Mark Tremblay, AHKC
  • CBC TV News (Ottawa, ON) – Mr. Joel Barnes, AHKC
  • CISO (Orillia, ON) – Dr. Rachel Colley, AHKC
  • AM 800 (Windsor, ON)– Dr. Mark Tremblay, AHKC
  • KYK FM (Quebec) – Jean-Philippe Chaput, AHKC
  • CHOI Radio X (Quebec) – Dr. Jean-Philippe Chaput, AHKC
  • La Presse (Quebec) – Dr. Jean-Philippe Chaput, AHKC
  • Le Devoir (Quebec) – Dr. Jean-Philippe Chaput, AHKC
  • CTV (Ottawa, ON) – Mr. Joel Barnes, AHKC
  • Metro (Ottawa, ON) – Mr. Joel Barnes, AHKC
  • CKNW (Vancouver, BC) – Dr. Mark Tremblay
  • Rogers News Radio (Moncton, NB) – Dr. Rachel Colley
  • Radio Canada International (national, international) – Dr. Rachel Colley and Ms. Kelly Murumets

There was also some media coverage involving HALO researchers:

  • Metro Ottawa ran an interview with Mr. Joel Barnes under the title Get kids active, report about the 2011 Report Card, which mentioned findings and recommended amounts of physical activity for children and youth.
  • ca.news.yahoo.com ran the above Metro Ottawa article.
  • ctvbc.ctv.ca ran the interview with Dr. Mark Tremblay titled Canadian kids get a failing grade for physical activity and attached video of yesterday’s interview with Kelly Murumets of ParticipACTION concerning the Report Card release and findings.
  • cyberpresse.ca published an article titled Young Canadians are lazy after school , which features an interview with Dr. Jean-Philippe Chaput mentioning both country (Denmark) and provincial comparisons, the Harper tax credit along with the general information regarding Canadian’s scoring on the Report Card.
  • La Presse (Montreal) ran a condensed version of the above cyberpresse.ca article in print featuring a quote by Dr. Jean-Philippe Chaput.