Graduate Studies : Graduate Programs :
Exercise Science, Physical and Health Education
Exercise Science, Physical and Health Education
General Information
Admission Requirements
Program Requirements
Co-operative Education
General Information
The School of Exercise Science, Physical and Health Education is an academic department within the Faculty of Education at the University of Victoria. Our mission is to transform and enrich the lives of individuals and communities by creating and sharing knowledge in the areas of exercise science, physical and health education. Prospective graduate students can find further information about our School and our programs on our website: <www.uvic.ca/education/exercise>.
Contact Information
School of Exercise Science, Physical and Health Education
Location: McKinnon Building, Room 120
Mailing Address:
School of Exercise Science, Physical and Health Education
University of Victoria
PO Box 1700 STN CSC
Victoria, BCV8W 2Y2
Canada
Courier Address:
School of Exercise Science, Physical and Health Education
University of Victoria
Room 120, McKinnon Bldg
3800 Finnerty Rd.,
Victoria, BCV8P 5C2
Canada
Telephone Number: 250-721-8373
Fax Number: 250-721-6601
Website: <www.uvic.ca/education/exercise>
Director: Dr. John Meldrum
Email: ephe.director@uvic.ca
Phone: 250-721-8382
Graduate Adviser: Dr. Patti-Jean Naylor
Email: pjnaylor@uvic.ca
Phone: 250-721-7844
Graduate Secretary: CJ Smith
Email: epheprogasst@uvic.ca
Phone: 250-721-6682
Faculty Members and Areas of Research
Catherine A. Gaul, PhD (Victoria)
Exercise physiology, pediatric sport performance, women and exercise, health benefits of exercise as medicine, occupational physiology, fitness testing and exercise prescription.
Sandra L. Gibbons, PhD (Oregon)
Team building through physical education, gender equity in physical education, affective domain in physical education, teaching effectiveness, classroom assessment in physical education.
Timothy F. Hopper, PhD (Alberta)
School integrated teaching education, teacher games for understanding and electronic portfolios. Action research and qualitative research genres. Social constructivism and complexity theories.
Sandra R. Hundza, PhD (Victoria)
Neural control of human movement; motor rehabilitation after injury (e.g. neurotrauma) and with disease and aging. Neural control of balance during walking and coordination of limbs and trunk during rhythmic movement (e.g., walking or cycling); assistive devices and technologies related to mobility.
Marc Klimstra, PhD (Victoria)
Biomechanics and motor control of human movement in sport, exercise and rehabilitation.
Olav E. Krigolson, PhD (Victoria)
Neuroeconomics, learning, decision-making, motor learning and control.
Kirstin Lane, PhD (UBC)
Effects of exercise on health and disease outcomes in cancer patients, exercise assessment and prescription, clinical exercise physiology.
Lara Lauzon, PhD (Victoria)
Teacher wellness, college and university student health and wellness, organizational and workplace wellness, leadership, active health, and media and body image.
Sam Liu, PhD (Toronto)
Digital health technology, big data and health surveillance, cardiovascular disease prevention and management, lifestyle behavior modification.
John Meldrum, PhD (Waterloo)
Sport and recreation administration, leadership and coaching, serious leisure and leisure behaviour.
Patti-Jean Naylor, PhD (Victoria)
Socio-ecological and setting-based approaches to health promotion, obesity and chronic disease prevention, dissemination, knowledge translation/exchange, implementation and organizational capacity.
Douglas R. Nichols, PhD (Oregon)
Outdoor recreation and leisure for special populations, recreation administration, environmental interpretation.
Ryan Rhodes, PhD (Alberta)
Behavioural medicine, psychology of physical activity and sedentary behaviour, social cognitive and personality theories of health behaviour, research methods, and psychometrics.
Lynneth A. Stuart-Hill, PhD (British Columbia)
Exercise hematology and immunology, occupational physiology, development of pre-employment physical abilities tests, children and exercise, exercise prescription.
Viviene A. Temple, PhD (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology)
Physical activity for people with disabilities and disadvantaged groups; inclusive pedagogy, movement skills of children.
Paul Whitinui, EdD (Auckland)
Indigenous physical activity, health and wellbeing; Indigenous issues in sport; Indigenous educational leadership; cultural responsive pedagogies; Indigenous ethics and research; In-digenous auto-ethnography; Indigenous treaty-based rights
E. Paul Zehr, PhD (Alberta)
Neural control of human movement; neural mechanisms of arm and leg coordination during rhythmic movement; neuromuscular plasticity associated with training and rehabilitation.
Degrees and Specializations Offered
The School of Exercise Science, Physical and Health Education offers master’s programs leading to the following degrees:
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MA Physical Education
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MA Leisure Service Administration
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MA Kinesiology
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MEd Coaching Studies (Cooperative Education)
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MSc Kinesiology
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PhD Kinesiology
Facilities
McKinnon Building: classrooms, undergraduate anatomy and physiology teaching labs, human physiology research lab, gymnasiums, pool, dance studio, Institute of Applied Physical Activity, Motion & Mobility Rehab and Movement Knowledge Labs.
MacLaurin Building: rehabilitation neuroscience lab, behavioural medicine lab.
Financial Support
All eligible graduate students are encouraged to apply for funding from provincial, federal and external sources. The School of Exercise Science, Physical and Health Education cannot guarantee funding although it is our intention that all graduate students in the first two years of their programs could receive some financial support. This may come in several ways.
UVic Graduate Award
Students who have a 6.5 on the UVic grading scale may be nominated by the School for a UVic Graduate Award.
Sessional Lecturers/Laboratory Instructors/Academic Assistants
These unionized positions are advertised on the notice board near the Exercise Science, Physical and Health Education General Office and listed on the Exercise Science, Physical and Health Education website at: <www.uvic.ca/education/exercise/graduate/graduate/specialist>.
Research Assistants
Individual faculty members with external research grants may employ graduate students as research assistants. The details about these appointments (salary, hours, etc.) are worked out between the individual graduate student and the faculty member.