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Spring 2012
Mind+Body
Alumni newsletter
Message from the Dean
The faculty of kinesiology and recreation management has a mission to discover,
share and translate “knowledge related to physical activity, human movement, sport and leisure
to improve the health, well-being and quality of life of Manitobans, Canadians and citizens of
the world.” We address this mission as an integrated Faculty, by providing opportunities for the
discovery, dissemination, and application of knowledge and by providing programs and services
that improve the well-being of the staff and students of the University of Manitoba and the broader
Dr. Jane Watkinson
Dean, Faculty of Kinesiology community. This immediate application of what we know makes us stand apart from many other
and Recreation Management faculties that are not called upon to deliver services to the community in quite so large a way.
Increasingly we have
looked for ways to meet this mission
in an integrated and collaborative way
and this year we have made tremendous
progress. We have begun to have some of
our senior students do field placements in
our research programs, as well as in the
many community placements we have
been known for. Our Active Living and
Bison Sport staff also supervise students
in field placements and involve them in
other ways through part time employment
and volunteering. Through a Dean’s
Research Fund we have begun seven
collaborative research projects that involve
our professors and our Active Living and
Bison Sport staff. These projects employ
graduate students and bring together
people from different areas to focus on
questions that are of mutual concern.
One group, for instance, is examining our
service to Chinese international students
in our Active Living programs. Are we
providing the programs and opportunities
that these students want so that they can
maintain their engagement with friends
while enhancing their international
experience with Canadian students in
recreational activity? Another project
is focused on our use of space – are we
using our gyms, our exercise rooms, our
fields and ice services in ways that reflect
our Mission and the values we hold for
people’s engagement in physical activity?
One collaborative project is studying
how athletes experience, understand and
negotiate stress, while another is studying
children’s sport experiences in Mini-U.
The seven projects are all underway
and we hope you will hear about them
through our communications in the
next year.
The Faculty’s undergraduate and
graduate programs are all flourishing,
with more applicants than we can
comfortably accommodate. We now have
450 undergraduate students in the Faculty
and a growing cohort of graduate students
studying recreation, physical activity, sport
and health in our MA, MSc and Applied
Health Sciences Doctoral Programs. We
have been undergoing so much change in
Academic staff that you would probably
not recognize us! In the past year we
welcomed five new Assistant Professors
and one Instructor onto the staff and said
goodbye to four long-time professors.
Leaving us were Janice Butcher (retired),
Kelly MacKay (Ryerson University),
Jennifer Mactavish (now Dean of the
Faculty of Graduate Studies at Ryerson
University), and Michael Campbell (now
Director of the Natural Resources Institute
at the University of Manitoba). We are
missing them!
Joining the Faculty in 2011-12
were Danielle Bouchard (Exercise
Physiology), Amanda Johnson
(Recreation Management), Moss Norman
(Sociology), LeAnne Petherick (Physical
www.umanitoba.ca/faculties/kinrec/ Education and Health), Colleen Plumton
(Recreation) and Shaelyn Strachan
(Exercise Psychology). LeAnne will also
be working with Mini-U to find ways in
which our academic program can work
with Active Living to provide experiential
opportunities for students, especially
those in the BPE. Our new staff bring
new intellectual capital to our classes,
our meetings and our strategic planning.
Our intention is to examine the curricula
to see if our degree programs need to be
tweaked now that we have a new set of
resources on which to build them.
The next few years will be a time
of ‘building’ as we literally build new
facilities (The Active Living Centre) and
figuratively build a new staff cohort. We
continue to have outstanding research,
teaching and service programs, and I hope
you will enjoy reading about these things
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Save the Date!
Dean Jane Watkinson cordially invites all Faculty
of Kinesiology and Recreation Management
alumni and their families for a tour of the new
Investors Group Field followed by games, fun and
refreshments. Experience the new facility first hand
and connect with old classmates, staff and those
who drive the mission of our faculty. We
look forward to seeing you!
Thursday, September 13, 2012 • 5:30pm-9:00pm
Meet at Plaza of Investors Group Field
(Main Entrance)
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Undergraduate
Advisory Board
Members-At-Large
Grant McManes*, Chair (BPE 1984,
BEd 1986) Healthy Living Coordinator,
Louis Riel School Division
Michelle Meade* (BPE 1978)
Manager, Chronic Disease Collaborative,
Winnipeg Regional Health Authority
Karen Beck* (BPE 1989) City of Winnipeg
Community Services Dept., Community
Development Recreation Services
Ted Bigelow* (BPE 1974) Director
Sport Programs, Sport Manitoba
Jan Schmalenberg* Physical
Activity Promotion, Winnipeg
Regional Health Authority
Nancy Militano (BRS 2002) Special
Events & Volunteer Coordinator,
Variety Children’s Charity
Mark Clarke* (BRS 1978) Travel Manitoba
Sylvain Lemelin (BPE 1992, MSc 1995)
Division Fitness & Lifestyle Advisor,
D Division Training Services, RCMP
Christian Robin (MA 2010)
Manager, Marketing, Canadian
Museum for Human Rights
Tina J. Riggs (BRMCD 2006)
Event Coordinator, University 1,
University of Manitoba
Alain Couture* (BESS 2005) Head Athletic
Therapist, Winnipeg Blue Bombers
Audrey McIlraith (BRS 1989, MSc 2000)
Community Development Specialist,
Family Services & Consumer Affairs
Wendy Stewart (BRS 1991, MSc 2000)
Department of Health, Aboriginal
& Northern Health Office
Nick Kowalchuk* Executive Director,
Gas Station Arts Centre & Winnipeg
Comedy Festival
Jennifer Wood (BRMCD 2005) Provincial
Coordinator, Communities That Care
Association Representatives
Laurel Hanna* (BPE 1978) Manitoba
Physical Education Teachers Association
Jennifer Onyskie-Marcus Manitoba
Exercise Professionals Association
Michelle Williams Manitoba Physical
Education Supervisors Association
Stephanie Trimble Program Director,
Manitoba Athletic Therapists’ Association
Student Representative (2010-11)
John Daman SAHPER Council
University of Manitoba
(* denotes returning member)
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Undergraduate Program
In 2010-11, our faculty received accreditation for our Kinesiology and
Physical Education programs from the Canadian Council of University Physical
Education and Kinesiology Administrators (CCUPEKA). Thanks to former
Associate Dean Academic (ADA) Dr. Kelly MacKay and our staff for working
through this demanding process.
In the summer of 2011, the faculty bid
farewell and good luck to ADA Dr. MacKay
and Dr. Jennifer Mactavish who went to
Ryerson University to take on the positions
as Professor at the Ted Rogers School
of Management, and Dean of the Yeates
School of Graduate Studies, respectively.
Meanwhile Dr. Gordon Giesbrecht was
appointed as the new ADA and Dr. Joannie
Halas became the new Undergraduate
Program Chair. “New” was the name of
the game as the other three members
of our “Academic Team” were also new
or returning: Patti Dickieson took on
the role of Undergraduate Program
Administrator (filling in for Karin
Nowak-Bailey’s maternity leave); Meghan
Trueman arrived for a one year term as
Academic Advisor; and Jennifer Triggs
returned from maternity leave to her roll as
Administrative Assistant.
We had a very successful year in
welcoming the following new professors:
Drs. Shaelyn Strachan, Leanne Petherick,
Moss Norman, Danielle Bouchard and
Amanda Johnson. We also wish to
congratulate Colleen Plumton for
her promotion from Instructor I to
Instructor II.
Under the leadership of Dr. Joannie
Halas, our curriculum committee is
working through a curriculum review
with academic staff spearheading each
degree program: Dr. Todd Duhamel –
Kinsiology; Dr. Russel Field – Physical
Education; Colleen Plumton – Recreation
Management and Community
Development; and Dr. Cheryl Glazebrook
– Athletic Therapy.
It will be time to look for another
ADA as Dr. Giesbrecht has been asked to
head up the fundraising efforts, with Karen
Fowler (Philanthropy Department), for
the new Active Living Centre, our new
100,000 ft2 fitness and research centre to be
built just south of the Frank Kennedy Bldg.
(expected opening in late 2014).
Congratulations to Dr. Dennis
Hryciako on his pending retirement
from the University of Manitoba effective
December 31, 2012. Dr. Hrycaiko has been
with the Faculty for 33 years and served
as our Dean for 10 years. Have a great
retirement Dennis, don’t forget us!
Finally, our faculty will make a
significant effort to build, or rebuild,
its relationship with our Alumni. We
are committed to providing the best
education experience to prepare our
graduates to make a living, and a
difference, in the real world. We hope our
Alumni will value this preparation and
think fondly of their alma mater. Please
keep up to date with us on Facebook
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Graduate Program
Dr. Dennis Hrycaiko continued as Graduate Program Chair. Thirty-two students are currently registered
in the graduate program (14 MA and 18 MSc).
2011-2012 Award Recipients
Student Master’sName of Award
Marc MorissetteNatural Sciences and Engineering Research Council Fellowship (NSERC)
Sheena GrahamManitoba Graduate Scholarship (MGS)
David KentManitoba Graduate Scholarship (MGS)
Ann MohammedManitoba Graduate Scholarship (MGS)
Scott KehlerManitoba Health Research Council (MHRC)
Jacqueline HayManitoba Health Research Council (MHRC)
Olivia DurstMITACS-Accelerate Research Internship Program
Eric GarciRuth Asper Scholarship for Physical Education, Kinesiology, and Recreation
Elizabeth Hardy
Coca Cola Bottling Scholarship
Elizabeth Hardy
Faculty of Graduate Studies Special Award
Bhupinder Sran
Faculty of Graduate Studies Special Award
Angela Come
Faculty of Graduate Studies Special Award
Doctoral
Joanne Parsons
Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR) Frederick Banting and Charles Best Canada Graduate Scholarship
Darolyn WalkerManitoba
Health Research Council (MHRC)
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Facility Development
It has been a tremendously busy year for the
faculty in developing facilities. Firstly the Recreation
Infrastructure Canada (RINC)
project has been completed
and includes the following:
• The conversion of an under-used
gymnastics area to a multipurpose
gymnasium that will attend to the
significant shortage of gym space in the
community
• The conversion of a doubles squash
court to a circuit training area primarily
for sedentary females who are not
comfortable in a large fitness area with
males and for cultural groups that
require privacy
• The conversion of an under used squash
court to a space devoted to Spinning
classes which are of great demand in the
community
• The conversion of locker rooms to
community change rooms to better
accommodate the community, families
in a gender neutral environment
• The renovation of the current
Recreation Room to the Wellness Studio
to better accommodate the Mind Body
Spirit programs for strength, flexibility
and stress reduction
• The addition of two basketball hoops to
the Gold Gym to expand the range of
potential activities.
This $740,000 project was two thirds
funded by the faculty of Kinesiology
and Recreation Management with the
remaining third coming from the Federal
Government’s Economic Diversification
Project. Thank you to all of our users
and staff that showed great patience and
resilience as all of these changes were
being created.
Secondly, as the Bomber Stadium is
under construction the Bison Football
Program staff are involved in the design of
the Bison Football locker room, strength
and conditioning room, coach’s rooms
etc. The new home of the Bison Football
Program will be the best in Canada and
continue the strong tradition of Bison
Pride with an anticipated opening of 2012.
Lastly the Active Living Centre
project is nearing the completion of
the design development stage. The
primary feature of this project is the $45
million Active Living Centre which will
replace the infamous Gritty Grotto in
the basement of Frank Kennedy Centre.
Cibinel Architects has done fabulous
work in designing a 100,000 sq. ft. facility
that will be a gateway to campus and a
beacon for Active Living for the entire
campus with a largely glass exterior. This
facility will include a 200 metre track, a
40 ft high climbing wall, all new cardio
and resistance training equipment, 3
new multi-purpose rooms, a strength
and conditioning room for Bison Varsity
Athletes(except football), the Canadian
Sport Centre and Team Canada Volleyball,
food services and a social recreation area.
Upon opening, every student on campus
will benefit and have access to the Active
Living Centre. Also worthy of note is the
Active Living Centre for Applied Research
which is contained in the Active Living
Centre. The purpose of this space is to
bring together researchers and those
disciplines that aim to support people
pursuing an active lifestyle including a full
continuum of people just getting started
to high performance athletes. Exercise
physiologist, exercise psychologists,
athletic therapist, registered dietitians,
leisure educators, nurses, physicians
may all be part of the multidisciplinary
team that helps people become healthy
and sustain a vibrant healthy lifestyle.
This facility, which was designed with a
strong partnership with the Canadian
Sport Centre, will also have a very strong
internship feature for both graduate and
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Kinesiology and Recreation Management
works towards contributing to the
prevention and treatment of chronic
disease.
For a video tour of the Active Living
Centre please visit: http://www.youtube.
com/watch?v=bQFzDzv5v7k
Also, part of this Active Living Centre
project are the following:
• A tunnel from Architecture to the Frank
Kennedy Centre (completion April
2012)
• A major renovation to the existing
locker rooms in Frank Kennedy Centre
(April 2012 to Sept 2012)
• Two artificial turf field and lights to
replace the fields that were lost to
the Bomber Stadium site (completed
August 2011)
• Six tennis courts to replace the courts
that were lost to the Bomber Stadium
site(May 2012)
• A new throwing (discus, shot put etc)
area to replace the throws area that
was lost to the Bomber Stadium site
(completed July 2011)
This entire Active Living Centre Project
will cost approximately $57 million and
we are preparing to begin our fundraising
campaign in the very near future. Twenty
two and one half million dollars has been
generously devoted to this project by the
three levels of government. Our view is
this project is a significant investment
in the future as it is expected that by the
year 2030, 80% of provincial budgets will
be devoted to health care. TD Economics
Special Report (May 2010)
Thank you to all of the staff and users
that have contributed to the design of
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Programs and Services
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e have recently completed a strategic planning
process with our Children’s Programs/Mini U
area. The overall goal is to enhance the rich 33 year
history of Children’s Programs at the University of Manitoba
by optimizing the plentiful opportunities for collaboration
between researchers, teachers and service providers in our
faculty. We currently have the largest Children’s Program
CHILDREN’S
PROGRAMS
MISSION
STATEMENT
Children’s Programs :
1.Develops educated leaders in
children/youth physical activity
2.Provides excellent and inclusive
recreation/sport and educational
experiences to young people
3.Promotes the Faculty of
Kinesiology and Recreation
Management and the University
of Manitoba as destinations for
post secondary education
4.Contributes to the creation and
dissemination of physical activity
knowledge.
CHILDREN’S
PROGRAMS
VISION
To be recognized locally and
nationally as a leader in providing
evidence-based programs while
actively collaborating in the
creation and dissemination of
physical activity knowledge.
Children’s Programs develops
excellent, innovative leaders and
provides stimulating, quality
programs for children/youth that
reflect the values of inclusiveness,
fair play and healthy development
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at any secondary institution in North America and see that
as a hothouse for research and pedagogy. Our goal is to be
the leader in Children’s Physical Activity in Canada and
significantly contribute to the creation and dissemination of
knowledge related to children’s physical activity, sedentary
lifestyles and successful teaching strategies to engage
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The Active Living area is instrumental
in delivering on the President’s Framework
related to a positive student experience.
The Active Living area currently engages
43% of the entire student body in some
way through fitness memberships,
Intramurals, Clubs, programs or
employment and leadership opportunities.
We have been successful this year in
being able to recognize many of these
student leadership opportunities on the
Co-Curricular Record for students as
indication of their experience and success
in and out of the classroom.
The Active Living area is also
instrumental in contributing to the
president’s framework on making the
University of Manitoba an Outstanding
Workplace. Evidence tells us that for every
dollar devoted to Employee Wellness
Programs there is a savings of $3.42 related
to fewer sick days, fewer Workman’s
Compensation Claims, lost productivity,
stress leaves etc. The Active Living area
contributes, through the delivery of
programs and services, to a campus that is
rich with vitality, energy and passion.
We are excited to report that we have
become involved in a research program, in
partnership with the University of Alberta,
that will look at the impact of physical
activity on recovery and reoccurrence in
people revering from cancer of the large
intestine. Our staff will work alongside
physicians to prescribe physical activity to
these cancer survivors to measure health
outcomes related to physical activity. This
is an exciting first step for our Active
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Applied Research
Russell Field, Mandy Johnson
• Oral History of the Gritty Grotto
The Active Living area is very excited
to be involved in the following research
collaboration with researchers in the
Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation
Management:
Danielle Bouchard, Gary Thompson,
Mandy Johnson
• Are active adults reaching the
Canadian Physical Activity Guideline
during recreational involvement to a
recreational facility?
Miao Sun, Tanya Angus, Moss Norman,
Joannie Halas
• Re-visioning Campus Recreation
for Chinese International Students:
A Participatory Action Photovoice
Project
Sarah Teetzel, Coleen Dufresne,
Curt Warkentin, Simon Wang,
Gary Thompson
• Shared University Physical Activity
Spaces: Establishing Best Practices to
Inform Space Allocation Decisions
Leisha Strachan, Jay Gamey
• Click! Examining Children’s Sport
Experiences through Photo Elicitation
Thank you to Dean Jane Watkinson
for the leadership and financial support
for these very important projects that
position the Faculty well as an integrated
faculty in terms of knowledge creation
and knowledge translation.
Summary: Sincere gratitude is
expressed to all of the staff in the Active
Living areas (Recreation Services,
Children’s Programs and Facilities)
who have gone above and beyond in
their efforts to provide excellence to
our customers every day while driving
the enormous changes that have been
mentioned above. The design process,
the re-design process, the re-developing
of operation al plans to support the
facility changes and the enormous
passion shown for engaging in knowledge
creation and application is exemplary.
You are true professionals who will be
the beneficiaries of your efforts when
we realize our dream of the Active
Living Centre opening in 2014.
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Awards & Accomplishments
Bison Student Athletes
• Bison athletes had another strong
year on and off the playing field in the
2011-12 season. From the 296 studentathletes, a record 86 Bison athletes
earned Canadian Interuniversity
Sport (CIS) Academic All-Canadian
status with a GPA of 3.5 or better
— the fourth consecutive season
that 70 Bison athletes have done so.
Those 86 Bison Sport student-athletes
earning CIS Academic All-Canadian
represents over 29% of all Bison
Sport student-athletes (296). The
overall percentage of Bison studentathletes named as CIS Academic AllCanadians has been at 20% or higher
over the last seven consecutive years.
• University of Manitoba Bison Women’s
Hockey athlete Chelsea Braun and
track and field athletes Meaghan Woo
and Barrett Hildebrandt finish their
Bison careers by achieving Academic
All-Canadian status in each of their
five years of eligibility. Three other
Bison athletes receive the award for the
fourth time, including men’s basketball
athlete Eric Garcia, Jesse Skelton from
men’s golf, and Jaime Lacoste from
women’s soccer.
• The annual Bison men’s volleyball –
Dr. Dale Iwanoczko Memorial
Scholarship for the 2011-12 season
named fourth year Manitoba Bison
right side player Dane Pischke as the
recipient for a second consecutive
year. The $1,500 scholarship is
awarded to an undergraduate studentathlete who is in his in the third,
fourth, or fifth year with the Bison
men’s volleyball program.
Bison Sport
• Bison Men’s Volleyball Team
captured the Bronze Medal at the CIS
National Championships on March
4th defeating the 5th place Queen’s
Gaels 3-1. In 26 CIS Championship
appearances Manitoba now holds a
61-20 record (75.3% winning
percentage) and are still tied for the
most CIS Championship titles with
Winnipeg at ten.
• ‘Meaghan Giesbrecht and Mark
Loughery, two athletes on the
University of Manitoba cheerleading
squad have been selected to represent
Canada at the International Cheer
Union World Championships in
April. They are the first Manitobans
to ever be selected for Canada’s
National Team.
Bison Active Living
• Four University of Manitoba students
and a professor wrestled for a spot
in the 2012 Olympics. University
of Manitoba students Youcef Soufi,
James Eyde-Rowne, Marc Lavallee
and Wilson Le, along with professor
Frank Deer, Faculty of Education, are
all part of the university’s wrestling
club. They took part in 2010 London
Olympic trials which ran through
December 19, 2011 in Winnipeg.
While none of the U of M
participants made the cut, Soufi said
the experience is what counts.”We
are very happy to have had this
opportunity,” said Soufi. “The U of M
Recreation Services offers everything
we need for training.”
Research
• Congratulations to Dr. Phillip
Gardiner, Director of the HLHPRI,
on his appointment as Interim
Scientific Director of the Canadian
Institute for Health Research’s (CIHR)
Institute of Musculoskeletal Health
& Arthritis (IMHA). Dr. Gardiner
joined the IMHA team effective
July 1, 2011.
• FKRM’s Dr. Christine Van Winkle,
on the receipt of $37,000 in funding
from the Keystone Agricultural
Producers through the Manitoba
Rural Adaptation Council’s Canadian
Agricultural Program and the Faculty
of Agriculture. Dr. Van Winkle’s
project, entitled “Strategies to improve
communication with the general
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issues,” will involve research into
public interpretation programs at the
Faculty of Agriculture’s new Farm
and Food Discovery Centre.
• FKRM’s Dr. Todd Duhamel and
his team received a Challenge
Grant award of $80,000 over two
years from the Heart and Stroke
Foundation of Manitoba. This project,
entitled ENCOURAGE, will place a
kinesiologist within a primary care
clinic to develop a physical activity
promotion and prescription model
for Manitoba.
See page 7 for more Research news
In Memoriam
Pat Gill
The University of Manitoba
mourned the loss of Pat Gill,
manager of Bison Football for 44
years. Mr. Gill was not only part
of the Bison football program but
worked in the Faculty of Kinesiology
and Recreation Management for 32 years.
He started his career at the U of M as he was
first appointed in 1966 as rink assistant for
Bison Gardens. He was also appointed as
Head of Facilities during his 32 year tenure
with the Faculty.
Following his retirement in 1998, Mr.
Gill continued to show his Bison pride as
he volunteered his time as manager of the
football club.
“Pat was so committed and loyal
to Bison Football,” said Bison Football
head coach Brian Dobie. “He stayed in
the program and worked as a volunteer
until his passing. He was a well-respected
member of the Bisons and truly dedicated
his life to our football program.”
With Bison Football over the years,
Mr. Gill had been instrumental in assisting
players with equipment needs and setting
up the locker rooms. He is survived by
daughter, Denise, and grandson, Evan.
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Bison Sports:
A Year in Review
• Bison men’s volleyball head coach
Garth Pischke accomplished another
milestone with his 1200th career
coaching victory in his 31st year at
the helm of the Bison Men’s Volleyball
Team. At the time of this achievement,
his overall coaching record stood at
1207-325 making him the winningest
coach in CIS Volleyball head coach
history.
• Several Manitoba Bison athletes
represented Canada at the 2011
Summer Universiade (the 26th edition
of the World University Summer
Games) in Shenzhen, China from
August 12-23, 2011, Bison Women’s
Volleyball middle hitter Tricia Mayba
and left side hitter Kristi Hunter
were selected to the 12 member
women’s volleyball squad, Bison Men’s
Volleyballer Chris Voth represented
Team Canada on the 14 member
Canadian squad, while Claude Berube
was Team Canada’s of track and field
team head coach. Coleen Dufresne,
U of M Athletic Director was in
China as a FISU representative for
eligibility and Chris Zuk, Bison Sport
Information Officer, was a part of
Team Canada’s mission staff involved
in sports information during the
Games in China.
• Manitoba Bisons women’s soccer
assistant coach and former Bison
Desiree Scott has been named to the
Team Canada roster that qualified for
the 2012 Olympics in London. Scott,
24, started and played all minutes in
the semi-final match that qualified the
team. Scott joined the Manitoba Bisons
women’s soccer team as an assistant
coach in 2011. The Winnipeg native
started 2011 as part of the Canadian
National Women’s Soccer team winner
of the 2011 Cyprus Women’s Cup in
March 2011 and is the first Manitobatrained player to participate in a FIFA
Women’s World Cup.
• Manitoba Bison rookie running back
Anthony Coombs accomplishments
are now being seen and read in North
America’s leading sports publication.
Coombs became the first University
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of Manitoba student-athlete to
be included in the 56 year history
of Faces in the Crowd section of
Sports Illustrated in the February 27,
2012 issue. Coombs headshot and
write-up in the Faces in the Crowd
(a section in Sports Illustrated that
honors talented amateur athletes and
their accomplishments) highlights
his recent MVP performance at the
International Bowl. The 19 year old
accumulated a game-high 147 rushing
yards on 14 carries and also scored
two touchdowns as the International
Federation of American Football
(IFAF) World Team defeated the U.S.
Under-19 National Team by a 35-29
score in USA Football’s third annual
International Bowl on February 1 in
Austin, TX.
• Starting in February 2006, Bison
Sports, in conjunction with University
of Manitoba Athletes Council
(UMAC), embarked on an antibullying campaign called “Bisons
Against Bullying”. The successful
program continues into a seventh
season and has been delivered by
Manitoba Bisons student-athletes to
over 130 schools. Over 7500 students
have been part of program throughout
the last seven editions.
• The 21st annual Duckworth Challenge
ended with a split of volleyball matches
(women’s: Winnipeg won 3-0 [2511, 25-22, 25-18]. On the men’s side,
Manitoba won 3-0 [25-20, 25-18,
25-23]. Despite the 2-2 results from
2011-12 results of the University of
Manitoba versus the University of
Winnipeg Wesmen in volleyball and
basketball varsity competition, the
Manitoba Bisons capture the 21st
annual Duckworth Challenge because
of a new tie-breaker system. This is the
third consecutive year that Manitoba
has won the Challenge.
• The University of Manitoba Bisons
Track and Field program hosted the
2012 CIS Championships from March
8-10 at the Max Bell Fieldhouse (U of
Manitoba campus). This was be the
first time that the Bison Track and
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Field team have hosted this event since
the 2004-05 season. Manitoba has
hosted this prestigious event for the
sixth time as the Bisons also hosted a
CIS Track and Field Championship in
1988, 1990, 1992, 1995 and recently in
2005.
In golf, at the 2011 Augsburg College
Fall Invitational two-day tournament
at Majestic Oaks Golf Course in Ham
Lake, MN, from Sept. 10-11 Bison Josh
Wytinck won his second consecutive
individual title of the 2011 golf season
after firing a 141 score (73-68) for -3
final result and a two stroke victory.
Wytinck had previously captured his
first title of the season at the 2011
Concordia Invitational from Sept. 2-3.
The Manitoba Bison men’s volleyball
team captured the Canada West
Silver Medal after placing second
at the 2012 Canada West Final
Four. The following week, the
heard brought home the Bronze
medal from the 2012 CIS National
Championships. Congratulations!
The No. 3 ranked Manitoba Bisons
men’s hockey team clinched Canada
West first place in conference regular
season standings for the first time since
the 1970-71 season. Manitoba finished
the 2011-12 conference regular season
with a 20-5-3 record for 43 points.
Bison men’s hockey forward Blair
Macaulay and defenceman Jeremy
Schappert were selected as 2011-12
Canada West First Team All-Star while
Dane Crowley was named Second
Team All-Star.
Bison women’s hockey defenceman/
forward Addie Miles and forward
Nellie Minshull were named as a
2011-12 Canada West Second Team
All-Stars. This is the fourth consecutive
conference all-star honour for Miles
while the first all-star selection for
Minshull. Miles capped her five years
Bison career in style by converting
from the forward to defenceman
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position to earn this conference
recognition. Minshull completed her
fourth year at Manitoba and had her
best season on offence to earn her first
conference selection.
• Bison women’s volleyball left side hitter
Kristi Hunter was selected as 2011-12
Canada West Second Team All-Star.
Hunter completed her fifth year of
eligibility and final season at Manitoba
with her first conference selection.
• Bison men’s volleyball right side Dane
Pischke and left side Chris Voth were
both selected as 2011-12 Canada West
First Team All-Stars. Pischke earns his
first conference honour in his fourth
season at Manitoba. Chris Voth earned
his second consecutive conference allstar selection (2009-10 Canada West
Second Team All-Star) in his fourth
year at Manitoba career.
• The last regular season Bison football
home game was played on Saturday,
October 29 against the Regina Rams.
This was the last game played by the
Bisons at University Stadium (U of
Manitoba campus). Fall, 2012, the
University of Manitoba team will
move into the Investor’s Group Field
being completed on campus that will
house both the Bisons and the CFL’s
Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
• The Manitoba Bisons football team
finished the 2011 season out of the
playoffs after a 3-5 Canada West
record. Despite no post-season
action this season, the Bisons were
recognized with five Bisons named to
the conference All-Star team and now
have three of the players selected as a
CIS Football All-Canadians.
• Running back Anthony Coombs and
safety Teague Sherman were named as
CIS Football First Team All-Canadians
while kick returner Nic Demski was
selected as Second Team All-Canadian.
This is the most Bisons named as CIS
All-Canadians since the 2007 Vanier
Cup Championship team.
• Six of our FRKM faculty members
received University Research Grants
Program (URGP) awards:
• Dr. Danielle Bouchard $7493
“Since when are you obese madam?”
• Dr. Cheryl Glazebrook $6150
“Can sounds benefit movement
performance?”
• Dr. Moss Norman $6070 “Weighing
the poles of health: obesity, anorexia
and a relational analysis of weight
pathologies.”
• Dr. LeAnne Petherick $7360
“Making connections and linking
community actions: A critical
examination of the Health School
Initiative in Manitoba.”
• Dr. Shaelyn Strachan $6560
“Examining the process of
physical activity identification: A
longitudinal investigation of the
Physical Activity Self-Definiti on
Model.”
• Dr. Sarah Teetzel $3360 “Athletic
directors’ negotiation of doping rule
violations.”
• FKRM’s Dr. Michael Campbell was
the winner of a 2011 Sustainable
Development in Tourism Award
for his community tourism work in
Uganda. The award was presented
by Skål International’s Association
of Travel and Tourism Professionals,
during the 72nd Skål World Congress
in Turku, Finland, on September 19,
2011.
• FKRM’s Dr. Gordon Giesbrecht and
his colleague Ted Rankine (of Playsafe
Productions) received an Award of
Excellence for Education and Training
from the National Search & Rescue
Secretariat of Canada, on October
30, 2011 in Winnipeg at an honour
banquet held during Sarscene 2011Canada’s national search and rescue
conference.
• FKRM’s Dr. Christine Van Winkle
was awarded the 2012-2013 HLHPRI
Fellowship Award which provides
a release from other duties to focus
on several aspects of her research
program such as examining how
technology impacts the Festival
Experience and continuing research
with the Faculty of Agriculture’s Farm
and Food Discovery Centre
• FKRM’s Dr. Danielle Bouchard
received the 2012-2013 Centre on
Aging Research Fellowship that will
allow her to pursue her research
program on aging and physical
activity.
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• FKRM’s Dr. Cheryl Glazebrook was
awarded a Manitoba Health Research
Centre Establishment Grant worth
$99,997 over three years. The grant
will fund a project entitled “Two are
better than one: multisensory-motor
integration,” which aims to develop
principles that therapists can use to
maximize the efficiency of motor skill
learning and re-learning, in particular
among those affected by neurological
disease or brain injury.
• FKRM’s Dr. Sarah Teetzel received
5,700 Swiss Francs from the Olympic
Studies Centre for her project entitled,
“A philosophic analysis of Olympic
entourages: Views from the perspectives
of fairness, justice, and Olympism.”
• FKRM’s Dr. Shaelyn Strachan
received $20,000 from the Manitoba
Medical Services Foundation for her
project entitled, “Imagining oneself as
a physically active person as a means of
increasing current physical activity selfview and physical activity behaviour.”
• FKRM’s Dr. Cheryl Glazebrook
received $20,000 from the Manitoba
Medical Services Foundation for
her project entitled, “Optimizing
movement performance with altered
sensation: An examination of
multisensory inputs.”
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Go Bombers! Go Bisons!
It’s a very exciting time at the University of Manitoba.
The new Investors Group Field – home to the University of Manitoba Bison Football Team and Winnipeg Blue Bombers Football
Club – will bring many visitors and fans to campus and we’re thrilled to welcome them here.
What This Means to You
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orking in partnership, the University of Manitoba,
City of Winnipeg and Winnipeg Blue Bombers
have developed an Event Day plan to help direct
visitors to campus and alleviate some of the traffic congestion
that is expected on event days.
Access will be limited to the Fort Garry Campus 1.5
hours prior to a Bomber event. Only vehicles with a valid
University of Manitoba or Winnipeg Blue Bomber season
ticket parking pass will have access to the campus at these
times. All other visitors will have to enter the campus using
public transportation (transit bus), or active transportation
(walk, run, bike, roller-blade). These changes will likely affect
only 3 or 4 days throughout the summer, but it is important
that our patrons are aware and well informed. The full Bomber
Schedule is available at: http://bluebombers.com/schedule/
year/2012/5
Please visit the Game Day website:
www.investorsgroupfield.ca for more information. u
FKRM in the Media:
Are you an Aboriginal alum?
iving up to our standards, FKRM
faculty and researchers were
widely quoted in the media
through local, national and even world
media outlets for their work in their
respective fields. The list indcludes:
If so, we’d love to hear from you.
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Dr. Moss Norman
Dr. Sarah Teetzel
Dr. Leisha Strachan
Dr. Gordon Giesbrecht
Dr. Todd Duhamel
Dr. Michelle Porter
Dr. Danielle Bouchard
Dr. Russell Field
With more and more Aboriginal students graduating from FKRM each
year, it’s important that we stay connected to members of the larger Aboriginal
community. FKRM is currently in the process of setting up an Aboriginal
alumni group, composed of past graduates and Faculty allies (both Aboriginal
and non-) who can offer insight as we shape curriculum, explore research
opportunities and ensure our programming is both respectful and inclusive.
“We believe the University can play a positive role in contributing to the
success of the Aboriginal community and its students,” says FKRM alum Bruce
Miller, past president of the U of M’s Alumni Association and past chair of
the Undergraduate Advisory Board. “Through these opportunities – and our
support of both students and alumni – we really are paving the path for future
generations.”
If you’d like to join the conversation, contact us at [email protected]
Interested in our graduate programs?
To learn more, see our website at
www.umanitoba.ca/faculties/kinrec/grad_programs/
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