Transitioning students’ sport and physical activity participation
Matching Activities to Personal Style (MAPS): Developing a Physical Activity Guidance System for High School Students
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Extracurricular sport improves long-term chances of academic success in boys and girls
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Exercise is medicine: Sport contributes to Canadian student well-being and chances of academic successÂ
Only 8% of school age Canadian students meet the recommended daily goal of more than 60 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity. Youth mental health problems have doubled over the past 2 decades. As family life represents a primary vehicle for child growth and development, lifestyle movement habits are learned in early childhood. As such, one hopes…
Schools play a key role in supporting youth physical activity
For over a decade now, Canadian children and youth have received an overall physical activity grade of ‘D’ or worse according to the ParticipACTION Report Card on Physical Activity (ParticipACTION, 2022). Only 28% of children and youth currently meet the Canadian Physical Activity guidelines of at least 60 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity per day…
Matching Activities to Personal Style (MAPS): Developing a physical activity guidance system for high school students
Project Summary A series of investigations was designed to create building blocks for a process of guiding physical activity choices among high school students and young adults based on psychosocial information and experiential processes. The initial studies explored patterns of physical activity (PA) interests and motivations over the lifespan, as well as their relationships with…
Rwandan girls’ perspectives on their lived experiences of physical education and sport: Challenges and solutions to sport participation Â
Project Summary The objectives of this research were to:  Though this research took place in Rwanda, the tools developed to gather girls’ perspectives and feedback and to integrate them into decision-making processes are relevant and can easily be adapted to a Canadian context in order to contribute to a better understanding of physical education and…