Lauren Sulz, PhD, MSc, BSc, BEd

Area of Study / Keywords

Healthy School Communities; Physical and Health Education; School Sport; Physical and Health Literacy

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About

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Research

• Physical Education and Health Education Curriculum 
• Pedagogical Issues in Physical and Health Education
• Comprehensive School Health
• Physical Literacy and Health Literacy
• School Sport and Extra-Curricula Physical Activity
• Physical Activity Experiences of Girls and Young Women

Dr. Sulz's primary research commitments focus on school-based strategies to promote active healthy lifestyles among children and youth. She works collaboratively with teachers, researchers and community stakeholders to enhance students’ physical activity and health behaviours through changes to school curricula, school policy and school environments.  Through this research, Dr. Sulz aims to create a whole-school environment where student health is an essential foundation to schools’ core mission of learning. A second and complementary area of study is centered around school-based sport and coaching. Dr. Sulz is currently exploring strategies to enhance interschool sport and extra-curricular physical activity opportunities for students and support teacher-coaches in offering these programs.

Dr. Sulz currently holds a SSHRC Partnership Development Grant in collaboration with Physical and Health Education Canada (https://phecanada.ca) and Ever Active Schools (https://everactive.org) to develop a Pan-Canadian Health Education Strategy that will provide a conceptual framework to build towards a future where all students in Canada experience quality and meaningful health education.

New Book: Our Journey: The Health and Physical Education Masters Cohort Experience

In the Summer of 2018, the inaugural Health and Physical Education Masters cohort began in the Faculty of Education at the University of Alberta. Ten courses over two years. Two summers spent together. Hundreds of hours spent online. Countless conversations, debates and discussions and now - just four short years later, we are proud to bring this collection to you. Our Journey shares the stories, learnings and growth of 19 health and physical educators in a wide array of contexts, career paths and experiences. We hope you enjoy this book as much as we do!

EDSE 447 - Curriculum and Teaching for Secondary School Physical Education Majors II

Prerequisites: Introductory Professional Term, including EDSE 347 and 24 units in the Major subject area. Successful completion is required prior to being granted permission to continue in EDFX 450.

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2022-01-01 to 2024-01-01

Dr. Sulz's SSHRC-funded research will form foundations for a pan-Canadian strategy to make a positive impact through improved curriculum and instruction. The primary goal of this collaborative work (PHE Canada; Ever Active Schools) is to develop a Pan-Canadian Health Education Strategy that will provide a conceptual framework to build towards a future where all students in Canada experience quality and meaningful health education. This strategy will guide schools on how to improve health literacy, empower healthy choices, and reduce health inequities.

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Dr. Sulz's SSHRC-funded research recognizes the multiple benefits of sport and seeks to understand the role of school sport among low-income families. Specifically, this research aims to understand the extent in which participation in school sport supports attendance, grades, attitudes towards school, and wellbeing of students from low-income households. 

Gleddie, D.L., Sulz, L., & Morrison, H.

2022 January;

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Sulz, L., Gleddie, D.L., Kinsella, C., & Humbert, M.L.

European Physical Education Review. 2022 January; 29 (1)

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Robinson, D., Sulz, L., Berg, S. & Gleddie, D.L

PHEnex. 2021 January; 12 (2)

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Sulz, L.D., Gibbons, S., Naylor, P.J., & Wharf Higgins, J.

Physical Educator. 2020 January; 77 (3)

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Sulz, L.D., Gleddie, D.L., Urbanski, W., & Humbert, L

Sport in Society. 2020 January; 24 (9)

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Elias, P., Montermurro, G., Sulz, L., Torrance, B., & Storey, K.

BMC Public Health. 2020 January; 20 (1279)

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Gleddie, D.L., Sulz, L., Humbert, L. & Zajdel, A.

Journal of Physical Education, Recreation and Dance. 2019 January; 90 (2)

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Lauren Sulz; Stephen Berg

Physical Education for Elementary School Teachers: Foundations of a Physical Literacy Journal. 2018 January;

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Gleddie, Sulz, Humbert, & Zajdel

Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance. 2018 January;

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Sulz, Balderson, Gleddie, Hickson, Chorney, & Kell

Runner. 2018 January; 49 (1):9-14

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Sulz, L. & Gibbons, S.L.

International Journal of Physical Education. 2016 January; 53 (2):2-15

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Sulz, L.D., Temple, V., & Gibbons, S.

The Physical Educator. 2016 January; 73 (3):530-554

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Sulz, L.D., Gibbons, S., Naylor, P.J., & Wharf Higgins, J

Health Education Journal. 2016 January;

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Naylor, P.J., Wharf Higgins, J., Gibbons, S., Rhodes, R., Sulz, L., McKay, H., Voss, C., & Macdonald, H.

Canadian Journal of Diabetes. 2013 January; 37 (S2)

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Sulz, L.D., Humbert, M.L., Gyurcsik, N.C., Chad, K.E., & Gibbons, S.L.

PHEnex. 2010 January; 2 (2):1-17