Dr. Guy Faulkner
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Let’s Get Fit for School —Mentally & Physically!
After months of sedentary social-distancing and now with limited school bus service, it’s an ideal time to get kids walking or biking to school. Monday, September 28th – Sunday, October 4th is Active Transportation Week with a range of physically distant and active events across BC. Students, families, teachers and school staff that ride their…
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Keeping Active and Getting Back to Play through COVID-19
On June 3rd, 2020 the BC Alliance for Healthy Living hosted a webinar on the importance of keeping active during COVID-19, focusing not only on the “why” but also the “how.”
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Risky play
This September I have two new-school-year goals: 1) walk my son to kindergarten (you can read that blog post at bchealthyliving.ca/starting-school/; and 2) encourage his passion for risky play. The first time I heard the term “risky play” was when I was struck by Dr. Mariana Brussoni’s closing presentation at last year’s Public Health Association…
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