Monthly Archives: July 2020

HEAL Alumni and Senior Research Associate Recognized for Their Community Impact

HEALYAC 2019-2020: Meeting 17

          In this meeting, the HEALYAC is glad to announce the success in achieving the CIHR grant for the project that the YAC launched, Teens Talk Vaping. Drew Bowman introduced the YAC to the project as well as the qualitative research training that the council will undergo for this project.           Check […]

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Dr. Brenton Button – Examining the environmental influences on physical activity among children in rural Northern Ontario

Brenton Button successfully defended his PhD thesis titled Examining the environmental influences on physical activity among children in rural Northern Ontario. Brenton completed his PhD in Geography under the supervision of Dr. Jason Gilliland at the HEAL in 2020. During his studies, he focused on understanding the relationship between the environment and physical activity levels, and patterns of children living in rural communities.   Low levels of physical activity […]

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