Time to play, move, connect with peers and breathe is a vital part of learning and essential to academic motivation.
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Too much time studying isn’t good for you or your grades. The challenge is to find the best balance of study, sleep and other activity to improve learning without compromising well-being.
Amid uncertainties about what the pandemic will look like this fall, experts answer questions about risks of infection in unvaccinated children and the risks of missing in-person school.
Restructuring children’s outdoor play in child care centres into shorter, more frequent bouts helps maximize children’s physical activity.
During the pandemic, children’s independent mobility may be more essential than ever before.
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Full Professor, Economics Department, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
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Post-Doctoral Associate, Child Health and Physical Activity Lab, Western University
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Lecturer, Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University
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Health Promotion Specialist - Knowledge Translation and Exchange, University of British Columbia
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Professor of Behavioural Epidemiology, Adelaide University
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Professor, Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University
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Professor of Health Sciences, Adelaide University
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Clinical professor, Pediatric Department, Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain)
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Chair in Applied Public Health and Professor, School of Kinesiology, Faculty of Education, University of British Columbia
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Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in School-Based Mental Health and Violence Prevention, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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Research Scientist (Diversity and Equity in Schools), Diversity Insitute, Toronto Metropolitan University