Emily Bremer

Emily Bremer is a Canada Research Chair Tier 2 in Healthy Inclusive Communities at Acadia University, supported by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. Her work focuses on increasing population-level physical activity among children and youth, particularly those with neurodevelopmental disabilities, to improve physical, mental, and cognitive health through physical literacy promotion.

Her research explores:

• Development of scalable physical literacy interventions
• Validation of wearable activity monitoring technologies
• Design of inclusive physical activity programs
• Behavioral and cognitive impacts of exercise in neurodiverse populations
• Policy implications for disability-accessible fitness infrastructure

Recent publications demonstrate expertise in:

• Adapted physical activity frameworks
• Neurodevelopmental disability research
• Technology-enabled health monitoring
• Community-based intervention design
• Executive function improvement through movement
• Longitudinal physical literacy studies

Scientific awards include:

• Canada Research Chair Tier 2 in Healthy Inclusive Communities

She can be contacted at emily.bremer@utoronto.ca.