What’s New in Education? (Spring Term)

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Children’s Health: Powered by Community

Patti-Jean Naylor, PhD, School of Exercise Science, Physical and Health Education, UVic

Friday, Feb. 28: 12:30 to 1:45 pm

PJ Naylor is a Professor in the School of Exercise Science, Physical and Health Education at the University of Victoria. Dr. Naylor’s research incorporates setting-based approaches to children’s physical activity and healthy eating focusing on the environments where children live, learn and play. She is also passionate about scale-up science; how do we ensure the wide spread use of effective health promoting strategies. Dr. Naylor was a key partner in the development of the scale up of Healthy Opportunities for Preschoolers (HOP – LEAP BC) and the Appetite to Play capacity-building initiative which focuses on enhancing opportunities for physical activity, healthy eating and food and physical literacy in early years settings. Other healthy eating and physical activity related interventions she has been involved with target recreation facilities (Eat, Play, Live), schools (Action Schools! BC; Fostering resilience through Physical Literacy, Naturalizing playgrounds) and community (Parent Physical Literacy Workshops; Community Park Playboxes).