Fitness for Life Canada With Web Resources: Preparing Teens for Healthy, Active Lifestyles

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Fitness for Life Canada is an evidence-based program focused on shifting teens from dependence to independence when it comes to healthy behaviours, including physical activity, fitness, and healthy eating. It includes an array of web-based resources for students and teachers and more than 100 lesson plans.

Guy C. Le Masurier, PhD, is a professor of sport, health, and physical education at Vancouver Island University (Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada). He has published numerous articles related to youth physical activity and physical education and has coauthored the award-winning fitness education textbooks for elementary, middle, and high school programs in the United States. Le Masurier has given more than 50 research and professional presentations at national and regional meetings. He is an editorial board member of the Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport; reviews research for numerous professional journals; and is a member of PHE Canada, SHAPE America, and ACSM. In 2010 Dr. Le Masurier was inducted as a research fellow of SHAPE America. Dr. Charles B. ("Chuck") Corbin, PhD, is professor emeritus in the School of Nutrition and Health Promotion at Arizona State University. He has published more than 200 journal articles and has authored or coauthored more than 100 books, including Concepts of Physical Fitness, Concepts of Fitness and Wellness, Fitness for Life, and Fitness for Life: Middle School and Fitness for Life: Elementary School, all winners of Texty Awards. Corbin is internationally recognized as an expert in physical activity, health, and wellness promotion and youth physical fitness. He has presented keynote addresses at more than 40 state HPE conventions, made major addresses in more than 15 countries, and presented numerous named lectures. He is a past president and emeritus fellow of the National Academy of Kinesiology, a fellow of the North American Society of Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport and Dance Professionals, an ACSM fellow, and a life member and honor fellow of SHAPE America. His awards include the Healthy American Fitness Leaders Award, the Distinguished Service Award, and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the President's Council on Fitness, Sports, and Nutrition (PCFSN); the Honor Award, Physical Fitness Council Honor Award, Hanson Award, Alliance Scholar Award, and Gulick Award from SHAPE America; and the Hetherington Award from the National Academy of Kinesiology. He received distinguished alumnus awards from the University of New Mexico and the University of Illinois. Corbin served for more than 20 years as a member of the advisory board of FitnessGram and was the first chair of the science board of the PCFSN. He was a member of an Institute on Medicine (IOM) committee for youth fitness testing. He is a member of the SHAPE America Hall of Fame. Kellie Baker, MPE, is working on an interdisciplinary PhD in physical education, education, and recreation at Memorial University of Newfoundland. A health and physical education teacher from kindergarten to postsecondary for 20 years, she was named National Teacher of the Year by the Canadian Association of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation (currently PHE Canada) in 2006. Baker is a professional associate with the School of Human Kinetics and Recreation at Memorial University of Newfoundland, has held positions on PHE Canada's board of directors and Council of Province and Territories, has been president of the PE Special Interest Council of the Newfoundland and Labrador Teachers' Association, and spearheaded the formation of a provincial Health Education Special Interest Council. Baker is co-chair of the 2017 National Physical and Health Education conference and has consulted with the government of Newfoundland Tourism, Culture and Recreation on an after-school physical activity pilot. She has presented at numerous local, provincial, and national conferences on her research in physical and health education and is a curriculum writer and professional development facilitator. John Byl, PhD, is a professor emeritus of physical education at Redeemer University College in Ancaster, Ontario, Canada, where he taught wellness courses. Byl is president of CIRA Ontario, which promotes fun active participation for all through intramurals and recreation programs. Byl has been a professor since 1986 and has edited, authored, or coauthored more than 30 books, including 101 Fun Warm-Up and Cool-Down Games, as well as Christian Paths to Health and Wellness. He is a recipient of the Christian Society for Kinesiology and Leisure Studies' Presidential Award, which recognizes those who have displayed actions compatible with the mission of the CSKLS. In 2013, Byl was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal for his significant contribution to making physical activity a priority in his community and in the country.