Alberta Centre for Active Living
Physical Activity Forum 2007                                        


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This year's topic: Promoting Health Through Community Design

When: Thursday, May 17, 2007, 8:30-11 am 

Where: University of Alberta, Edmonton




This first annual Physical Activity Forum brings together experts from the
fields of physical activity, health promotion and urban design to discuss
how to create urban environments that support health and physical activity.

Guest Speaker: Lawrence Frank PhD
Dr. Frank is an internationally known expert in sustainable transportation
who is the Bombardier Chairholder at the University of British Columbia. He
is the author of two books, Health and Community Design: The Impacts of the
Built Environment on Physical Activity, and Urban Sprawl and Public Health.
His 2004 study "Obesity Relationships with Community Design, Physical
Activity, and Time Spent in Cars" was featured in Time magazine, and on CNN
and ABC news. 

Panel Chair: Tanya Berry PhD, Research Associate and Assistant Professor,
Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation, University of Alberta

Panelists: 

Erik Backstrom ACP MCIP, Senior Planner, City of Edmonton 

Dean Cooper (MSc, P.Eng), Principal, Transportation Planning and Traffic
Engineering, Stantec Consulting, Edmonton 

John Spence PhD, Associate Professor, Faculty of Physical Education and
Recreation, University of Alberta 

Brad Stelfox PhD, Environmentalist, FOREM Technologies, Bragg Creek, Alberta


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