Hi! My name is Travis Saunders. I am a Professor and director of the Active Living Lab at the University of Prince Edward Island, which is based on Epektwitk, the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi’kmaq.
You know how everyone knows that they should be active, but most of us struggle to be active? At the Active Living Lab, we are trying to fix that.
In the Active Living Lab we use exercise physiology and epidemiology to examine the health impacts of physical activity and sedentary behaviour across the lifespan, and then translate those findings into guidelines and public policy. Our work has informed Prince Edward Island’s Screens in School policy, Canada’s 24-Hour Movement Guidelines, and International School-Related Sedentary Behaviour Recommendations for the Sedentary Behaviour Research Network.
Our current research focuses on programs and policies that:
- Integrate exercise into the healthcare system
- Reduce the harms of sedentary behaviour at home, work and school
- Make it easier for people of all ages and abilities to use active and sustainable transportation
An updated list of publications from the Active Living Lab can be found here. You can find me on Mastodon here.
In this newsletter I talk about our research, and other research related to physical activity, sedentary behaviour, and public health. Everything in this newsletter is written by me, or another person (in which case I’ll tell you who they are). None of the text or images in this newsletter us AI – it is by humans, for humans.
For speaking or collaborative opportunities, you can reach me at travis@travissaunders.com.
The Active Living Lab 