Professor Mark Tremblay has a Bachelor of Commerce degree in Sports Administration and a Bachelor of Physical and Health Education degree from Laurentian University. His graduate training was from the University of Toronto where he obtained his M.Sc. and Ph.D. from the Department of Community Health with a specialty in Exercise Science. Dr. Tremblay is the Director of Healthy Active Living and Obesity Research (HALO) at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute and Professor of Pediatrics in the Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa. He is a Fellow of the Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology, Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine, Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences, President of the Active Healthy Kids Global Alliance, Founder of the Sedentary Behaviour Research Network, Chair of Outdoor Play Canada, and Adjunct/Visiting Professor at five other universities on four continents. Dr. Tremblay has published >500 scientific papers and book chapters in the areas of childhood obesity, physical activity measurement, exercise physiology, sedentary physiology, outdoor play and health surveillance. His h-index is 79 and his published research has been cited >23,000 times according to Scopus. He has delivered over 800 scholarly conference presentations, including more than 150 invited and keynote addresses, in 21 different countries. Dr. Tremblay received an honorary doctorate from Nipissing University, the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal, the Lawson Foundation 60th Anniversary Award, the Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology Honour Award, the Victor Marchessault Advocacy Award from the Canadian Pediatric Society, and the Vic Neufeld Mentorship Award in Global Health Research from the Canadian Coalition for Global Health Research for his leadership contributions to healthy active living in Canada and around the world. Dr. Tremblay’s most productive work has resulted from his 31-year marriage to his wife Helen, yielding four wonderful children.

Salomé Aubert grew up in New Caledonia but moved to France to complete three bachelor’s degrees at the Université de Rennes 2 between 2009 and 2012 in health and physical activity sciences. She pursued with the completion of an MSc in which she worked on the quantitative and qualitative evaluation of the student’s lifestyle behaviour and conditions of living in the city of Rennes. She completed her PhD in Population Health at the University of Ottawa. Her work focused on the international promotion of an active healthy lifestyle among children and youth. In her free time, she is also an artist and an outdoor enthusiast.

Dr. Vanderloo received her PhD in Health Promotion from the University of Western Ontario in 2016. Her area of research focuses on the objective measurement of physical activity and sedentary time, and how these behaviours impact physical, mental, and social well-being. In 2021, she completed her Research Fellowship at SickKids Hospital in Toronto, where her research examined the association between movement behaviours and various health outcomes in young children. Currently, Dr. Vanderloo is working as the Scientific Director at ParticipACTION (national non-profit organization) and currently managed the Canadian Physical Activity Report Card for Children and Youth.

Joel Barnes completed a B.Sc. in 2001 from the University of New Brunswick and a M.Sc. in 2003 from the University of Saskatchewan. He was lead author on the Canadian Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth for several years (2011-2018). He is currently a data analyst at Statistics Canada. Outside of work, Joel enjoys running, stand-up paddleboarding, fingerstyle guitar, chess, home renovations and reading.

Javier Brazo-Sayavera has a Bachelor in physical activity and sport sciences from the University of Extremadura (Spain), a Master degree in high-performance training from the Autonomous University of Madrid (Spain), and a PhD degree in exercise physiology from the University of Extremadura (Spain).

Dr. Brazo-Sayavera has been an Associate Professor at the Universidad de la República in Uruguay since 2017 and currently serves as an Assistant Professor at Universidad Pablo de Olavide in Seville (Spain). He is the director of the research group that develops projects related to physical activity indicators in Uruguay (Research group on human performance analysis). He has been involved in youth sport and recently started his dedication in the research field. He took part in the Global Matrix 3.0 as the Report Card leader for Uruguay. Dr. Brazo-Sayavera also serves as the Chair of the AHKGA Communications Committee.

Taru Manyanga (co-leader of Active Healthy Kids Zimbabwe), is an Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy at the University of Northern British Columbia and a registered physiotherapist with the College of Physical Therapists of British Columbia. Taru holds a Bachelor of Medical Rehabilitation-Physical Therapy and an MSc in Community Health Sciences from the University of Manitoba as well as a PhD in Epidemiology from the University of Ottawa. Taru’s research interests include exploring geographical and cultural differences in relationships among physical behaviors (sleep, sedentary time, physical activity) and health outcomes. Taru is also interested in expanding his research from only apparently healthy children and adolescents to include clinical populations, especially those with musculoskeletal and cardiorespiratory disorders. Taru is a member of many organizations including but not limited to: College of Physical Therapist of British Columbia, the Canadian Physiotherapists Association, Active Healthy Kids Global Alliance, Active Healthy Kids Zimbabwe, the African Physical Activity Network, Sedentary Behavior Research Network, Canadian Coalition for Global Health Research, Outdoor Play Canada, and the Canadian Child Health Clinician Scientist Program.

John Reilly (BSc, PhD) is Professor of Physical Activity and Public Health Science at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland. He was previously Professor of Paediatric Energy Metabolism at the University of Glasgow. He led the Active Healthy Kids Scotland Report Cards in 2013, 2016, and 2018. He is a member of the AHKGA Board, with responsibility for external partnerships and European Report Cards. His research includes work on childhood obesity globally (prevalence, surveillance, aetiology, prevention, treatment); public health surveillance of physical activity and sedentary behaviour in children and adolescents globally; physical activity, obesity, and academic attainment. He has published over 340 peer-reviewed papers with a career average field-weighted citation impact of 2.90, h-index (September 2020) of 65 in Scopus and 83 in Google Scholar. He is a founder member and Executive Member of the SUNRISE International Surveillance Study of Movement Behaviours in the Early Years (2017-present). His Knowledge Exchange work includes multiple contributions to WHO guidelines and strategies, e.g. the WHO Ending Childhood Obesity Report (ECHO, 2014-2016), Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative (HeLTI, 2016-2017), and the WHO 2019 Guidelines on Physical Activity, Sedentary Behaviour, and Sleep in the Under 5s. He has also contributed to many national physical activity and movement behaviour guidelines: chaired the UK Health Departments Physical Activity Guidelines for the Under 5s (2017-2019); member of Guideline Development Groups for 24-hour Movement Behaviours in Canada (2016-2019) and South Africa (2017-2018).