/newsroom/taxonomy/term/1367/all en /newsroom/channels/news/shaping-four-ways-make-fresh-start-240934 Tue, 06 Jan 2015 11:25:25 +0000 kaviyanka.selvasandran@mail.mcgill.ca 21787 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/how-fit-your-neighbourhood-224554 <p>(Athletics' Jill Barker) As a young psychologist, James Sallis was interested in exploring the motivation behind getting people to exercise. But it wasn’t long before he discovered that existing theories designed to improve exercise adherence were, for the most part, ineffective. Sallis, who is speaking in Montreal this week, is this year’s winner of the Bloomberg Manulife Prize for the Promotion of Active Health.</p> Mon, 21 Jan 2013 19:04:50 +0000 michelle.grady@mcgill.ca 18000 at /newsroom