Greeting CUPR Members

Greeting CUPR Members:

RE: Role of CUPR in CAHPERD.

One of the areas identified by the CAHPERD Board of Directors for CAHPERD is strengthen the research arm of CAHPERD. We are fortunate to have a council such as CUPR to provide the expertise in this area. After several discussions with CUPR Executive and CAHPERD Board and National Office members, we've identified 5 potential working groups where CAHPERD and CUPR members can work closely together on various initiatives:

1) Avante/ Journal Advisory Board

To provide support and guidance for Avante and research related issues in the HPE Journal
To help promote and raise subscriptions for Avante
To help seek and write grants related to funds for Avante and the HPE Journal (e.g., SSHRC Aid to Research Journals; Publications Assistance Program - Heritage Canada)
Promote call for papers on special topics

2) Research Expertise

To act as CAHPERD's Research Ethics Board to provide council on any research related projects conducted by CAHPERD
To help seek and write research-related grants and other sources of funding related to CAHPERD's mission (e.g., CIHR Workshop/ Symposium Funds, CURA)
Provide or solicit feedback on content issues that emerge

3) University Reps

To promote and assist with the CAHPERD Student Award
To promote university related initiatives (e.g., Student Leadership Conference)
To provide a link to other Research/ University related organizations (e.g., CCUPEKA, CSSE)
To act as a liaison between CAHPERD/ CUPR and Graduate/ Undergraduate/ Pre-service Health and PE students in Canada

4) Conference

To promote and assist with a CUPR/ Research Related Forum within CAHPERD Conference
To encourage academics to participate at CAHPERD and Provincial Conferences

5) Advocacy

To advocate for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance in various sectors (e.g., schools, sport, community)
To use the CUPR Listserv and the CAHPERD Webpage to promote Canadian research related to CUPR/ CAHPERD's mission

Basically, the way these working groups would function is if a particular issue emerged (e.g., a funding opportunity) then interested researchers would be contacted and s/he would be asked to provide feedback, etc.

If you are interested in any of these working groups or want more information, please do not hesitate to contact me directly. We are entering a very historic period of time with respect to the importance of physical education and physical activity. There are many potential opportunities that will require your expertise to help move our discipline further and you can help shape the future.

Thanks for considering these opportunities and I look forward to continuing the dialogue and to working on some exciting initiatives with you in the near future.

Sincerely,
James Mandigo

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James L. Mandigo, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Physical Education & Kinesiology
Brock University
St. Catharines, ON
L2S 3A1
tel: (905) 688-5550 ext. 4789; fax: (905) 688-8364
www.pec.brocku.ca/~jmandigo/
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