/desautels/taxonomy/term/2723/all en /desautels/channels/news/sitting-down-2019-manulife-prize-winner-297236 <p>Dr. Kerry S. Courneya joins <i>CBC Homerun</i> to discuss what winning the <strong>Manulife Prize</strong> means to him and how it will advance his research on the benefits of exercise in cancer treatment.</p> <p><a href="/manulife-prize/files/manulife-prize/manulife-interview-cbc-april-30-2019.mp3" target="_blank">Listen to interview</a> [April 30, 2019; 9:22 min]</p> Wed, 15 May 2019 20:08:34 +0000 angela.l.williams@mcgill.ca 74430 at /desautels /desautels/channels/news/mcgill-annonce-que-le-prix-manuvie-2019-pour-la-promotion-dune-sante-active-est-decerne-kerry-s-295822 <h2>La bourse de 50 000 $ est remise à un pionnier de la recherche qui place l’exercice physique à l’avant‑plan dans le traitement du cancer</h2> Mon, 01 Apr 2019 14:32:16 +0000 julie.lapalme@mcgill.ca 74162 at /desautels /desautels/channels/news/mcgill-announces-dr-kerry-s-courneya-2019-winner-manulife-prize-promotion-active-health-295821 <h2>$50,000 award recognizes a trailblazing researcher who put exercise front and centre in cancer treatment</h2> <p><i>Montreal – April 1, 2019</i> UUÖ±²¥, in association with Manulife and the UUÖ±²¥ Centre for the Convergence of Health and Economics (MCCHE), is pleased to announce that Dr. Kerry S. Courneya, Professor and Canada Research Chair in Physical Activity and Cancer at the University of Alberta and pioneer in the field of physical activity (PA) and cancer survivorship, is the winner of the 2019 Manulife Prize for the Promotion of Active Health.</p> Mon, 01 Apr 2019 14:30:41 +0000 julie.lapalme@mcgill.ca 74161 at /desautels /desautels/channels/news/deadline-extended-2019-manulife-prize-promotion-active-health-292204 <p>UUÖ±²¥â€™s Desautels Faculty of Management and the UUÖ±²¥ Centre for the Convergence of Health and Economics (MCCHE) announced the call for applications for the <strong>2019 Manulife Prize for the Promotion of Active Health</strong> in early October.</p> <p>The deadline to apply has been extended to <strong>Friday, December 7, 2018</strong>.</p> Thu, 29 Nov 2018 16:33:31 +0000 julie.lapalme@mcgill.ca 73741 at /desautels /desautels/channels/news/call-applications-2019-manulife-prize-promotion-active-health-290294 <p>UUÖ±²¥â€™s Desautels Faculty of Management and the UUÖ±²¥ Centre for the Convergence of Health and Economics (MCCHE) are pleased to announce the call for applications for the <strong>2019 Manulife Prize for the Promotion of Active Health</strong>.</p> Tue, 02 Oct 2018 16:01:19 +0000 julie.lapalme@mcgill.ca 73517 at /desautels /desautels/channels/news/manulife-prize-presented-researcher-mission-combat-lifestyle-diseases-286630 <p>Dr. <strong>Jean-Pierre Després</strong>, Professor of Kinesiology at Université Laval and pioneer in developing screening techniques for visceral obesity, was presented with the 2018 Manulife Prize for the Promotion of Active Health at a breakfast hosted my Manulife and in collaboration with the UUÖ±²¥ Centre for the Convergence of Health and Economics (MCCHE) on April 10, 2018.</p> <p>Professor Després hopes that this prize will help bridge the gap between sound scientific research and the practice of healthy living.</p> Mon, 16 Apr 2018 19:38:57 +0000 julie.lapalme@mcgill.ca 68631 at /desautels /desautels/mcche/research/manulife-prize <p><big>The <strong>Manulife Prize for the Promotion of Active Health</strong>, valued at $50,000 CAD, was offered by UUÖ±²¥ to a Canadian academic whose research contributed to understanding how factors such as physical activity, nutrition, fitness, or psychosocial context can influence personal health and well-being. </big></p> Mon, 16 Apr 2018 19:05:25 +0000 julie.lapalme@mcgill.ca 68625 at /desautels /desautels/channels/news/winner-announced-bloomberg-manulife-prize-264814 <p>UUÖ±²¥, in association with Lawrence and Frances Bloomberg and Manulife, is pleased to announce that Dr. Thomas Robinson, a Stanford University professor of Pediatric Medicine and pioneer in using novel motivational techniques to combat childhood obesity, is the winner of the 2016 Bloomberg Manulife Prize for the Promotion of Active Health.</p> Wed, 14 Dec 2016 22:33:09 +0000 julie.lapalme@mcgill.ca 66856 at /desautels