HALO Research

Dr. Lee is hosting a session at Everyone Thrives Playing Actively Outdoors (Thrive Week) titled “The 2025 Position Statement on Active Outdoor Play: Advancing Inclusion and Mental Health”! Register here reg.learningstream.com/reg/event_page…

Congrats to former HALOite Yousif Al-Baldawi on the recent publication of his thesis research titled "Injury statistics in outdoor compared to conventional early childhood education (ECE) programs in Canada"! Learn more here haloresearch.ca/?p=15161&previ…

Congratulations to Eun-Young Lee and colleagues on their recent publication "Ambient environmental conditions and active outdoor play in the context of climate change: A systematic review and meta-synthesis”! Learn more here haloresearch.ca/2025/06/17/amb…

Congratulations to Dr Mark Tremblay and colleagues on their recent publication "Associations between sedentary behaviour and fine and gross motor skills in 3-4 year olds: a secondary data analysis from SUNRISE International Study pilot studies"! Learn more haloresearch.ca/2025/05/15/ass…

Congratulations to Mark Tremblay and colleagues on their recent publication, "Geocultural differences in pre-schooler sleep profiles and family practices: an analysis of pooled data from 37 countries"! Learn more here: haloresearch.ca/2025/04/14/geo…

Congratulations to Dr Corey Kuzik and coauthors on their recent publication “A systematic review and meta-analysis of the first decade of compositional data analyses of 24-hour movement behaviours, health, and well-being in school-aged children”! haloresearch.ca/2025/03/31/a-s…

💥Conference news!🎤 The Active Healthy Kids Global Alliance will be hosting a symposium at the International Society of Behavioural Nutrition and Physical Activity (@ISBNPA) 2025 Conference in Auckland, New Zealand! 🇳🇿 activehealthykids.org/2025/03/28/the…

Upcoming Webinar‼️ "Enhance Physical Literacy with the FitBack Digital Toolkit" on March 13th Discover the FitBack Digital Toolkit, leverage European fitness norms & health risk standards, gain expert insights & explore new platform features! Details at activehealthykids.org/2025/03/06/enh…

ParticipACTION worked with the Canadian Fitness and Lifestyle Research Institute (CFLRI) to develop a report to help Canada advance SDGs like good health, gender equity, sustainable cities and climate action. Read the report here: haloresearch.ca/2025/02/19/adv…

Congratulations to HALOite's new publication "Are Experiences of Discrimination Associated With Views of Physical Activity and Climate Policy Support in Canada?" published in the Journal of Physical Activity and Health! haloresearch.ca/2025/02/03/are…

Congratulations to HALOite's new publication “Are adolescents who do physical activity with their parents more active and mentally healthier?” published in Health Reports! haloresearch.ca/2025/01/15/are…

Attention parents in Ottawa, Gatineau & Montreal - if you have a child (8-17 years) who can read & understand French, join the GAC-PAC study testing an App-based Physical Activity Questionnaire. Participants get $20 in e-gift cards! Contact Nora nmcrae@cheo.on.ca

Association between meeting 24-hour movement guidelines and academic performance in a sample of 67,281 Chinese children and adolescents haloresearch.ca/2024/04/05/ass…

Meeting #physicalactivity guidelines is important, but using this as a cut-off excludes those who are starting out, or who are challenged by access or opportunity. Including 'no to low' movement as an additional tool in PA surveillance is one solution doi.org/10.1123/jpah.2…

@OutdoorPlayCA, @haloresearch at @CHEO, @afcs_seaf & @AlgonquinColleg are launching the Canadian Centre for Outdoor Play where practice, policy & research will come together to inspire commitment to advancing #Outdoorplay! #JobAlert Join an amazing team as a resource consultant!

⌛️ The deadline for submitting to our special issue is 1 week out! If your EOI was approved, we look forward to your submission by Feb. 15.

@OutdoorPlayCA, @haloresearch at @CHEO, @afcs_seaf & @AlgonquinColleg are launching the Canadian Centre for Outdoor Play where practice, policy & research will come together to inspire commitment to advancing #Outdoorplay! Join our amazing team as a resource consultant!

Professor Mark Tremblay named Distinguished Visiting Scholar at The Chinese University of Hong Kong haloresearch.ca/2024/01/30/pro…

A new study co-authored by ParticipACTION’s @lmvanderloo found that while most adults in Canada support policy that benefits physical activity promotion & climate change reduction, we need to enhance awareness of the link between the two: hubs.la/Q02hsXhd0