​​Lauren McNamara, PhD
​Founder and Director of The Recess Project.

​Lauren is an education researcher, educator, innovator, social entrepreneur, child health advocate, speaker, writer, and Ashoka Fellow. She has over 20 years of experience working with school boards in the U.S. and Canada. Her mission is healthy, inclusive schools. Healthy kids = healthy adults = healthy society.

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National Advisory Committee on Recess
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- with Physical and Health Education Canada -​

Geneviève Chabot, Deputy Chief Commissioner, Canadian Human Rights Commission
Dr. Tracey Bridger, Pediatric Endocrinologist, Canadian Pediatric Society
Lisa Wolff, Director, Policy and Education, UNICEF Canada
Dr. Mariana Brussoni, Department of Pediatrics and School of Population and Public Health, UBC
Dr. Frank Welsh, Director of Policy, Canadian Public Health Association
Annie Kidder, Executive Director, People for Education
Anne O’Brien, Canadian Association of School System Administrators
Dr. Gwen Point, Former Chancellor, University of Fraser Valley

PROGRAMMING

Isabelle Ross
Director of Programs
The ​Recess Project

PARTNER LEADS

Tricia Zakaria
Director of Programs
Physical and Health Education Canada

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RESEARCH

Dr. Ken Lodewyk
Faculty of Applied Health
​Brock University

DIVERSITY INSTITUTE

Dr. Wendy Cukier
Director, Diversity Institute
Ryerson University