Promoting Cycling to Reduce Car Dependency – Webinar for World Bicycle Day
On World Bicycle Day, Swinburne University of Technology’s Centre for Urban Transitions and the Physical Activity Policies and Environment SIG of ASPA held a webinar focused on reducing car dependency through cycling promotion. Watch the webinar below to learn how to make Australian cities more…
1 minute readAddressing Mental Health and Wellbeing for Early Career Professionals, April 2022
Drawing on recent experiences of COVID-19, its impact on mental health and the changing workforce landscape, the ASPA Early Career Network hosted a webinar in April focusing on mental health and wellbeing for Early Career Professionals. Speakers Dr Catherine Draper (University of Witwatersrand) and Mr…
2 minutes readWatch the 2022 AHKA Australian Report Card Release
Missed the webinar for the release of the 2022 AHKA Australian Report Card? Head to ASPA’s Twitter for the key points from the report card, and watch the webinar recording here.
1 minute readISPAH’s Eight Investments That Work for Physical Activity
ISPAH’s #8Investments are a call to action for everyone, everywhere, including professionals, academics, civil society and decision makers, to embed physical activity in national and sub-national policies. Too few people around the world are physically active enough to reap the public health, wealth, and wellbeing…
1 minute readPhysical Activity Debate
Not your typical webinar #ASPAdebate It’s time to come together, to have some fun and talk about what really matters! We are bringing together great minds working in the field of physical activity across Australasia for the inaugural ‘Physical Activity Debate’. The debate topic is:…
2 minutes readLAUNCHED TODAY: #COVID-19 series video #5 – Lauren Arundell & Kate Parker from Deakin IPAN chat about their ‘Our Life at Home’ study
The ‘Our Life at Home’ study focuses on Australian’s health behaviours during COVID-19 restrictions #physicalactivity. For more information please follow @Lauren_Arundell & @DrKatePark from @DeakinIPAN on Twitter.
1 minute readAssociate Professor Matthew Burke discusses COVID-19 impacts on active travel
In this COVID-19 series video #4, Peter McCue from the NSW Office of Sport chats with Associate Professor Matthew Burke from the Cities Research Institute Griffith University about the COVID-19 impacts on active travel. Dr Burke shares insights on: The importance of local design to…
1 minute readLindsey Reece interviewing Trevor Shilton on physical activity advocacy
Everyone can be a physical activity advocate. Whether it’s an email, a social media post, a letter to a minister, all forms of advocacy count, are important and are encouraged. Be clear and consistent in your key messages for physical activity. Not sure where to…
1 minute readLAUNCHED TODAY: Our #COVID-19 video series
LAUNCHED TODAY: Our #COVID-19 video series First one up, Prof Jo Salmon from Deakin IPAN interviews Ben Beck from MonashUni about #spaceforhealth The open letter can be viewed here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-dBhS2mhOX6y8aH6MWYfg1J483Bz8o8j/view
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