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Brenton Button and Sylvia Rinaldi Successfully Defend their PhD Theses

Brenton Button and Sylvia Rinaldi Successfully Defend their PhD Theses

The HEAL would like to congratulate Brenton Button and Sylvia Rinaldi who successfully defended their theses under the supervision of Dr. Jason Gilliland and Dr. Janet Madill in 2020. Spatial Temporal Environment and Activity Monitoring (STEAM) Brenton Button successfully defended his PhD thesis titled Examining the environmental influences on physical activity among children in rural […]

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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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