Healthy Schools LAB
The Healthy Schools LAB will heighten awareness and understanding of issues and opportunities surrounding health and wellness in the K to PhD education system and contribute to the collective development of a healthy, active society.
About Us
The Healthy Schools LAB was started in 2019 by Drs Doug Gleddie, Lauren Sulz and Hayley Morrison – all based in the Faculty of Education at the University of Alberta. This website is built on the foundation of Doug’s original blog – http://www.purposefulmovement.net.
VISION: Through research, education and action, the Healthy Schools LAB will heighten awareness and understanding of issues and opportunities surrounding health and wellness in the K to PhD education system and contribute to the collective development of a healthy, active society.
MISSION: The Healthy Schools LAB serves the public good as a community of researchers, students and partners who play a critical and collaborative role in supporting, creating and researching healthy schools. Our research and practice in Alberta, Canada and beyond encompass comprehensive school health, health and physical education curriculum and pedagogy, health and physical literacy, mental health, physical and health education teacher education, school-based physical activity, faculty/ institutional wellness and health promoting universities. We encourage and advocate for excellence across these areas in the following ways:
- Innovative and collaborative research
- Multi-faceted dissemination and knowledge mobilization strategies
- Professional development and education
- Leadership and advocacy
- Effective networks for collaboration
You can contact Doug, Lauren or Hayley at:
dgleddie@ualberta.ca @doug_gleddie
lsulz@ualberta.ca @Lauren_Sulz
hjmorris@ualberta.ca @Ms_Morrison
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About Us
The Healthy Schools LAB was started in 2019 by Drs Doug Gleddie, Lauren Sulz and Hayley Morrison – all based in the Faculty of Education at the University of Alberta. This website is built on the foundation of Doug’s original blog – http://www.purposefulmovement.net. VISION:…
Podcasts
One of the cool ‘new’ (okay, okay, it’s not really that new…) ways to share research and ideas is through podcasts. I’ve really enjoyed listening to a variety of podcasts while working out, walking my dog or riding my bike home from work (although…
Recent Publications
Refereed Publications: Sulz, L.D., Gleddie, D.L., Urbanski, W., & Humbert, L. (in press). Improving school sport: Teacher coach and athletic director perspectives. Sport in Society. https://doi.org/10.1080/17430437.2020.1755263 Nesdoly, A., Gleddie, D.L., & McHugh, T. -L. (in press). An exploration of Indigenous peoples’ perspectives of physical literacy….
Back to School – COVID style…
Not sure if you’ve noticed, but ‘back to school’ this year is a little different… We’ve had a long journey to this point, now it’s time to take a deep breath and dive in (don’t forget your mask!)! Our team here at the Healthy…
Introducing… the Healthy Schools LAB!
You may have noticed that purposefulmovement.net looks a little different… After 8 years of writing this blog all on my lonesome (with a few guests, of course!) it was time to expand into a team! As such, I have invited my two favourite colleagues…
Hello 2018!
Three main purposes to this short (really!) and hopefully sweet post: THANK YOU! I wanted to take a moment to thank everyone who may have checked out purposefulmovement in 2017 (or anytime, really!). I very much appreciate your reading, sharing, commenting and reflecting –…
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I was at the 2017 hpec in jasper and I heard your presentation. Is it possible to access your slideshow .
Hey Marvin. If you send me an email, I can send you a version of the slides (no pics due to file size). dgleddie@ualberta.ca