Coordinator of Salud Escolar Integral program in El Salvador. The mission of this program in El Salvador is to create and maintain dynamic, effective, and sustainable partnerships among the organizations of Salud Escolar Integral whose ideas and actions encourage and support life skills for healthy development based upon positive social values learned in active play, games, physical education, and sport.
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James Mandigo
Associate Professor & Co-Director
James Mandigo's Biography
James Mandigo is an Associate Professor at Brock University in the Department of Physical Education and Kinesiology. He is also the founder and Co-Director for the Centre for Healthy Development at Brock University. His current research and development activities have focused on how Teaching Games for Understanding can be a vehicle to foster the development of physical literacy, positive youth development and peace education. James has worked extensively with local teachers, school boards, governments and organizations within Canada and throughout the Caribbean and El Salvador. His research and development activities in this area have been funded by the Canadian Social Science and Humanities Research Council, the International Development and Research Council of Canada, and Scotiabank International.
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