The Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management Spring 2011

Our new staff value the opportunities to work closely with our community, including our own Bison Sport and Active Living. Our new ethicist,

Dr. Sarah Teetzel, for instance, will be studying issues involved with drug testing of student-athletes, through an award she has won from the University’s Centre for Professional and Applied Ethics. Our historian, Dr. Russell Field, has established a new sport film program that brings us into the downtown community. Dr. Leisha Strachan is working with Sport Manitoba to involve sport psychology graduate students in the training of Manitoba athletes. Dr. Todd Duhamel, whose lab is in the Cardiovascular Research Institute in St. Boniface, has been funded to study the relationship of physical activity and cardiovascular tissue, especially in people with Type 2 diabetes. These new members of the Faculty are contributing to knowledge discovery and knowledge translation through their research, leading to very real changes in the lives of our students and our community. By January 2012 we will have five more new Faculty

members on campus, each contributing to our academic and research programs in their own areas of study. Dr Cheryl Glazebrook, formerly of McMaster University, is already with us. She studies motor control and has a special interest in children with autism. We believe in the societal importance of our mission, and are working hard to expand our expertise in vital areas of physical education, kinesiology and recreation management.

We are also taking action to establish the role of kinesiologists and recreation professionals in the health field through the University’s Interprofessional Education initiative. A few of our students will be placed in settings in which they will work side-by-side with students from Medicine, Pharmacy, Human Ecology, Nursing, Social Work and Dentistry. Dr. Elizabeth Ready has taken a leadership role at the University in planning these collaborative learning opportunities.

Our positive contributions to the well-being of the University of Manitoba’s staff and students are increasingly recognized as central to campus life, leading to significant progress towards a new Active Living Centre. We have held Open Houses for students on campus, and we hope you will take the time to visit our website (www.umanitoba.ca/kinrec/activelivingcentre) which allows you to take a brief ‘flight’ through the planned facility. This new Centre will enhance

the life of the University, and will also provide us with a vehicle through which we can turn our knowledge discoveries into applications to improve the well-being of staff and students at the U of M.

These are only a few of the exciting things that are happening in the Faculty. I hope you will enjoy reading about more of them in the following report! u

The faculty of kinesiology and recreation management has had a very exciting year of progress towards our vision of being recognized locally, nationally and internationally for advancing knowledge of — and practice in — human movement, sport and leisure. We have expanded our ‘thinking capital’ through the hiring of new Faculty members, establishing a larger cohort of professors to reflect the importance of our mission. In doing so, we have tried to achieve a balance of academics in the biological, psychological and sociocultural bases of sport, leisure and physical activity.

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Dr. Jane WatkinsonDean, Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management

MESSAGE FROM THE DEAN

SAVE THE DATE!Dr. Jane Watkinson cordially invites all FKRM alumni to the Faculty’s 2011 Homecoming Reception.Thursday, Sept. 15, 2011 5:30 p.m. – 9 p.m., Location TBAPlease RSVP to: Agnes Gagne (204) 474-6953 or gagneama@ms.umanitoba.ca

A rendering of FKRM’s planned Active Living Centre, courtesy Cibinel Architects Ltd.

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UNDERGRADUATE ADVISORY BOARD Members-At-LargeGrant McManes*, Chair (BPE 1984, BEd 1986) Healthy Living Coordinator, Louis Riel School DivisionMichelle Meade* (BPE 1978) Manager, Chronic Disease Collaborative, Winnipeg Regional Health AuthorityKaren Beck* (BPE 1989) City of Winnipeg Community Services Dept., Community Development Recreation ServicesTed Bigelow* (BPE 1974) Director Sport Programs, Sport ManitobaJan Schmalenberg* Physical Activity Promotion, Winnipeg Regional Health AuthorityNancy Militano (BRS 2002) Special Events & Volunteer Coordinator, Variety Children’s CharityMark Clarke* (BRS 1978) Travel ManitobaSylvain Lemelin (BPE 1992, MSc 1995) Division Fitness & Lifestyle Advisor, D Division Training Services, RCMPChristian Robin (MA 2010) Manager, Marketing, Canadian Museum for Human RightsTina J. Riggs (BRMCD 2006) Event Coordinator, University 1, University of ManitobaAlain Couture* (BESS 2005) Head Athletic Therapist, Winnipeg Blue BombersAudrey McIlraith (BRS 1989, MSc 2000) Community Development Specialist, Family Services & Consumer AffairsWendy Stewart (BRS 1991, MSc 2000) Department of Health, Aboriginal & Northern Health OfficeNick Kowalchuk* Executive Director, Gas Station Arts Centre & Winnipeg Comedy Festival

Association RepresentativesLaurel Hanna* (BPE 1978) Manitoba Physical Education Teachers AssociationJennifer Onyskie-Marcus Manitoba Exercise Professionals AssociationJeanne Zwiep Recreation Connections ManitobaMichelle Williams Manitoba Physical Education Supervisors Association

Student Representative (2010-11)Melissa Smith (President, SAHPER Council)(* denotes returning member)

UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMIn 2009-10, our faculty underwent the University-required 10-Year Undergraduate Program Review, to assess both the quality and relevance of our academic programming. Results of the review were favourable — indicating we deliver quality programs with limited resources — but they also highlighted areas that will require attention if we’re to sustain a quality undergraduate program, especially in light of our continued growth. (In the past decade, we’ve increased our enrollment numbers by over 100 students, or 33%.) Given our ongoing commitment to curricular excellence, several course changes were approved to refine and expand our offerings: Of note is the addition of two new courses on Coaching High Performance Athletes, and two on the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity. As well, we offered the new Wilderness Adventures experiential learning course for the first time last summer, with FKRM alum Mick Lautt (BRS 1996) serving as instructor.

FKRM recently applied to the Canadian Council of University Physical Education and Kinesiology Administrators (CCUPEKA,) for accreditation of our Kinesiology and Physical Education programs, so we expect good news by Summer 2011! On a related note, the Bachelor of Kinesiology — Athletic Therapy program received re-accreditation from the Canadian Athletic Therapist Association (CATA) for 2010-2014.

Also, the membership of our

Undergraduate Advisory Board (which features representation from a number of FKRM alumni) changed in 2011. Our thanks to those members who completed their terms: Firstly to former chair Bruce Miller (BRS 1999) who ably and enthusiastically led the group since 2007, and to Jo-Anne Weir, Jaymi Derrett, Jim Hamilton, Rachel Cooley (BRMCD, MA 2005), Nick Dyck, Paul Huntington and Jennifer Westwood. And of course, a warm welcome to our new and returning members (see sidebar for names; returning members are denoted by an asterisk.) The Advisory Board advises on matters involving FKRM’s degree programs — particularly as they relate to relevance in the field – and provide a link to professional networks and other alumni as advocates for those degrees. If you’re interested in becoming a future member of the board, please contact Dr. Kelly MacKay, Associate Dean (Academic) at (204) 474-7058. u

GRADUATE PROGRAMOur sincere thanks to Dr. Michelle

Porter, outgoing Graduate Program Chair, and a warm welcome to

incoming Chair Dr. Dennis Hrycaiko. Twenty-eight students are currently in the graduate program (14 MA and 14 MSc), with almost half coming through one of FKRM’s undergraduate degrees. The Masters degree designations recently changed to MA or MSc in Kinesiology and Recreation. See Page 5 for more info on awards won by our graduate students. u

CONGRATULATIONS to Dr. Janice Butcher on her pending retirement from the University of Manitoba, effective July 1, 2011.

A former FKRM grad (BPE 1970), Dr. Butcher has been with the Faculty for 32 years. We wish her the best in her future endeavors!

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• Theconversionofanunderusedgymnasticsarea to a multipurpose gymnasium that will help address the significant shortage of gym space in the community.

• Theconversionofadoublessquash court to a circuit training area primarily for women who aren’t comfortable in a co-ed fitness area, and for cultural groups that require privacy.

• Theconversionofanunderused squash court to a space devoted to Spinning classes.

• Theconversionoflockerrooms to family change rooms.

• TherenovationofthecurrentRecreationRoom to better accommodate Mind Body Spirit programs for strength, flexibility and stress reduction.

• Theadditionoftwobasketball hoops to the Gold Gym to expand the range of potential activities.

Two thirds of the RInC project was funded by FKRM, with the remainder coming from the federal government’s Economic Diversification Project. Thank you to all users and staff for showing such patience and resilience as these changes were being implemented.

Elsewhere on campus, FKRM’s Bison Football program staff are involved in designing various components of the new Winnipeg Blue Bomber Stadium, including the locker room, the strength and conditioning room, and the coaches quarters. We’re confident the new stadium, which will also be home to the Bison Football program, will be the best in Canada, and will continue the strong tradition of Bison pride following its anticipated opening in 2012

Finally, the Active Living Centre project is nearing 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, with a largely glass exterior, that will serve as a gateway to the campus and a beacon for Active Living.

This facility will include a 200-m track, a 40-ft-high climbing wall, all new cardio and resistance training equipment, two new multipurpose rooms, a strength and conditioning room for Bison Varsity Athletes, the Canadian Sport Centre and Team Canada Volleyball, food services, and a social recreation area designed to be a major destination for students. It’ll also feature a tunnel from FKC to the Architecture building, newly-renovated locker rooms in FKC, and two artificial turf fields, six tennis courts and a new throwing area (discus, shot put, etc.) to replace those lost to site of the new stadium.

Also of note is the Faculty’s plans for dedicated research space to be located within 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 — from those just getting started to high performance athletes. Exercise physiologists, exercise psychologists, athletic therapists, registered dietitians, leisure educators, nurses and physicians may all be part of the multidisciplinary team that helps people become healthy and sustain a vibrant lifestyle. The facility, which was designed via a partnership with the Canadian Sport Centre, will also have a strong internship feature for both graduate and undergraduate students as FKRM works towards contributing to the prevention and treatment of chronic disease.

(For a video tour of the Active Living Centre please visit: www.umanitoba.ca/kinrec/activelivingcentre)

It’s anticipated the entire Active Living Centre project will cost approximately $57 million, so naturally we’re preparing to launch a fundraising campaign in the very near future. Already, $22.5 million in funding has been generously donated by the three levels of government. It’s our view the new Active Living Centre will represent a significant investment in the future, especially in light of recent statistics suggesting that by 2030, a whopping 80% of all provincial budgets will be devoted to health care costs. u

It’s been a very busy year for the Faculty in terms of developing new facilities. Firstly, we began work on the Recreation Infrastructure Canada (RInC) project, a $740,000 upgrade to the Frank Kennedy Centre (FKC) that includes:

FACILITY DEVELOPMENT

We’re currently involved in a strategic planning process with our Children’s Programs/Mini U area, the goal of which is to enhance the rich

33-year history of Children’s Programs by optimizing opportunities for collaboration between researchers, teachers and service providers in FKRM.

We currently have the largest Children’s Program at any secondary institution in North America, and see that as a treasure trove of research and pedagogical opportunities. Our goal is to be the leader in children’s physical activity in Canada, and to significantly contribute to the creation and dissemination

of knowledge relating to children’s physical activity, sedentary lifestyles and successful teaching strategies to engage children.

We are excited to report that we have become involved in a research program — in partnership with the University of Alberta — that will study the impact of physical activity on recovery and reoccurrence in people recovering from colon cancer. Our staff will work alongside physicians to prescribe physical activity to these survivors, and to measure health outcomes related to same. This is an exciting first step for our Active Living staff to become further involved in the treatment of chronic disease. u

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AWARDS & ACCOMPLISHMENTSBison Student Athletes• In2010,forthesecondtimeinarow,

Bison football player (and fourth-year FKRM student) Thomas Hall won the Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) Russ Jackson Award — a prestigious national honour recognizing the CIS athlete who best exemplifies academic achievement, football skill and citizenship. Hall also earned his second consecutive CIS Academic All-Canadian status (in his second year of academic eligibility, with a GPA of 4.14), and was selected as a CIS Desjardins Top 8 Academic All-Canadian for the 2009-10 season.

• Twenty-sevenmembersof Bison teams received Canada West All-Star recognition; six were named All-Canadian.

• Seventy-nineBisonathletes (25% of total) achieved Academic All-Canadian status by earning a GPA of 3.5 or better.

FKRM Staff• InJune2010,FKRM’sDr.Jennifer

Mactavish was awarded the Dr. & Mrs. Ralph Campbell Outreach Award, presented annually to a U of M staff member who has shared their professional and scholarly experience

through years of community service. Dr. Mactavish was also appointed to another five-year term with the International Paralympic Committee’s Sport Science Committee.

• AlsoinJune2010,Dr.HenryJanzen,FKRM’s former Dean (1978-1997) was honoured with a Dean Emeritus designation from the U of M.

• Lastfall,FKRM’sDr.GordonGiesbrecht (known in some corners as “Professor Popsicle”), appeared on CBC’s The Mercer Report and Discovery Channel’s Daily Planet, demonstrating the proper way to exit a sinking vehicle. Also, in December 2009, Giesbrecht’s tips were featured in O, the Oprah Winfrey Magazine!

• Dr.PhillipGardiner—FKRM’sAssociate Dean (Research) and

Director of the Health, Leisure & Human Performance Research Institute (HLHPRI) — was appointed Chair of the Advisory Board for the Institute of Musculoskeletal Health and Arthritis (IMHA), one of the 13 institutes of the Canadian

Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).• DrToddDuhamelFKRMAssistant

Professor, was appointed to the Canadian Association of Cardiac Rehabilitation Committee.

• BrendaKulik-Macaulay,afitnessstaff member with Bison Recreation Services, received the Manitoba Fitness Council’s Fitness Leader of the Year Award in October 2010. Fellow BRS staff member Sharon Couldwell

received a Certificate of Honorable Mention from the Manitoba Council on Aging for her work on Actively Aging programs.

Research• InJuly2010,FKRM’sDr.Phillip

Gardiner was part of a research team awarded a CIHR grant worth $2.5 million over the next five years. Led by Dr. Kevin Shoemaker (University of Western Ontario), the team is investigating the effects of vascular disease on the health of nerves that control muscle function.

• FKRM’sDr.ToddDuhamelreceived a CIHR grant worth $400,000 over the next four years to study how exercise improves the health of diabetic patients.

• FKRM’sDr.JenniferMactavish,in collaboration with Dr. Melanie Gregg (Department of Kinesiology and Applied Health, University of Winnipeg), was awarded a Manitoba Health Research Council Establishment Grant worth $90,000 over the next three years to study sport psychology and athletes with intellectual disabilities.

• FKRM’sDr.ElizabethReadyandPh.D. candidate Michelle Nelson helped draw attention to the need for increased primary prevention initiatives in Manitoba through the release of a report — dubbed The Cost of Apathy — that places a $4.7-billion value on the long term cost of smoking, obesity and physical inactivity.

• Dr.ReadyandFKRM’sDr.LeishaStrachan secured 12 months of support for a new research program entitled “Evidence-based kernels to promote healthy diet, activity, and weight in children from birth through age 12 at a population level: The Lifestyle Triple P - Positive Parenting Program”. Funded by the

The CBC’s Rick Mercer removes himself from a sinking car,

while shooting a segment with FKRM’s Dr. Gordon Giesbrecht.

Third-year Bisons linebacker Thomas Hall (Centre) receives the CIS Football Russ Jackson award from CFL Hall of Famer Russ Jackson (right)

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ARE YOU AN ABORIGINAL ALUM?If so, we’d love to hear from you.

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 kinrec@cc.umanitoba.ca

Dean of FKRM, Dr. Jane Watkinson (centre), with Dean Emeritus Dr. Henry Janzen and Campbell Outreach Award winner Dr. Jennifer Mactavish.

Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC), the program is a health-promotion strategy that assists families of children with obesity.

• FKRM’sDr.SarahTeetzelreceived the 2011-12 Ethics Research Fellowship from the U of M’s Centre for Professional and Applied Ethics, an award that will allow her to pursue her research program examining the moral acceptability and implications of imposing mandatory drug tests on student-athletes.

• Dr.JoannieHalas,FKRMProfessor,and Dr. Jon McGavock, HLHPRI affiliate, received $151,000 in PHAC funding as part of a project entitled “Getting Better Together: Application of peer-based models for achieving healthy weights in Northern Aboriginal Communities.” The objective is to help Aboriginal children and adults living in remote communities to achieve a healthy body weight.

Bison Active Living• InApril2010,FKRM’sChildren’s

Programs took home a Reh-Fit Foundation Healthy Living Award (Organization Category).

• FKRM’sBisonRecreationServicesreceived $10,000 in funding from the federal government’s New Horizons for Seniors Program, to be put towards equipment for its Actively Aging programs.

• BisonRecreationServiceswas also awarded an automated external defibrillator (AED) from the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, and received

$2,520 in funding for Workplaces in motion activities at the William Norrie Centre.

Graduate Students• MarcMorissette(MSc,Kinesiology)

and Diana King (MA, Recreation Studies) were both awarded Manitoba

Graduate Scholarships worth $15,000.• DanaKolach,PavithraRajanandJuhi

Sinha (all MSc, Kinesiology) were awarded Manitoba Health Research Council (MHRC) Studentship renewals worth $17,850 each.

• JoanneParsonsandDarolynWalker(PhD, Applied Health Sciences) were also awarded MHRC renewals, while Kristen Klassen (PhD, Applied Health Sciences) and Jennifer Chen (MSc, Kinesiology) were awarded U of M Graduate Fellowship renewals.

• ScottKehler(MSc,Kinesiology)wasawarded a $9,450 studentship from the St. Boniface Research Centre’s Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences.

Academic Programs• TheCanadianAthleticTherapists

Association (CATA) accreditation for FKRM’s Bachelor of Kinesiology – Athletic Therapy program was renewed for a four-year period, (Sept. 1, 2010 to Aug. 31, 2014).

FKRM’s Faculty members were again widely quoted by a number of national and local media outlets, including:• Dr.ToddDuhamel,onthesafety

of energy drinks and physical activity and heart disease.

• Dr.RussellField,onfunding for Olympic athletes and the Canadian Sport Film Festival.

• Dr.GordGiesbrecht,oncold water safety, the proper way to exit a submerged vehicle and the CIA’s use of Canadian research for interrogation techniques on suspected terrorists.

• Dr.MichellePorter,ontheCandriveproject and older-adult driver safety.

• Dr.ElizabethReady,onthe cost of physical inactivity on the health care system and the role of kinesiologists in health care.

• Dr.SarahTeetzel,ondopingat the Olympics and (with Dr. Field) the appeal of illegal “fight clubs.”

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Most notably, women’s soccer and track and field star Jennifer Campbell ended her Bison career by scoring the prestigious honours five years running, while six other Bisons earned the status for their fourth consecutive year.

The Bisons’ winning streak extended to athletic pursuits, as well. In Football, third-year linebacker Thomas Hall was honoured with the 2010 CIS Russ Jackson Award for best exemplifying academic achievement, football skill and citizenship. The impact of the Bison program could also be felt throughout the CFL, where 11 former Bisons suited up for the 2010 campaign. Eddie Steele’s third-round (22nd overall) draft pick by Hamilton accounts for the second-highest Bison selection of a defensive lineman in seven years, while the Bisons now account for the most players (27) drafted during the last 11 years.

In Men’s Hockey, the Bisons made their way to the CIS University Cup for the first time since 2004-05, seeding fifth and defeating McGill 5-4 in overtime before losing to eventual champs Saint Mary’s and tying for third overall. Goaltender Steve Christie was named inaugural CIS Men’s Goaltender of the Year, as well as CIS First Team All-Canadian and Canada West Second Team All-Star (the latter, alongside defenceman Stephane Lenoski). As well, head Coach Mike Sirant won Canada West Coach of the Year, and the team won its first Fair Play Trophy (for fewest team penalty minutes) since 1993-94.

Women’s Hockey defenceman Caitlin MacDonald was named CIS and Canada West Rookie of the Year, and earned CIS First Team All-Canadian, CIS All-Rookie, and Canada West First Team status (marking the first year a Bison women’s player has been earned CIS Rookie of the Year and First Team All-Canadian honours in the program’s 13-year history.) MacDonald was also part of Team Canada’s gold medal win over USA at the 2010 IIHF World Women’s U-18 Championships in Chicago — the first time since the 2008 inaugural that Canada

has taken top prize — while teammate Addie Miles helped Canada defend their title with a 7-0 record at the 2011 Winter Universiade in Turkey. (An injury prevented MacDonald from attending). Goaltender Stacey Corfield was named CIS Second Team All-Canadian (the first time a Bison has been named twice to a CIS All-Canadian team), while Head Coach Jon Rempel was named Team Manitoba’s Head Coach at the U-18 Nationals, plus Camp Coach at the 2010 Hockey Canada’s U-22 Selection Camp in Toronto.

The Women’s Volleyball team fell one match short of a CIS National Championships victory, finishing second (with a 3-1 loss to UBC) for the sixth time in the team’s history. Ashley Voth and Tricia Mayba were named Tournament All-Stars, and the Bisons now have a Championship record of 40-16 in 19 appearances since 1982, and rank second in wins and first in winning percentage (71.4%). In May 2010, following selection camps at the U of M’s Team Canada Volleyball Centre, three current Bisons and one alum were appointed to Volleyball Canada’s Senior Women’s Indoor A and B National Teams: Mayba and Tammy Mahon (A Team), Voth (A/B), Sam Loewen (B), and Head Coach Ken Bentley (named Head Coach for the B Team training group). On the Men’s side, Bison second-year player Dane Pischke won the Manitoba Volleyball Association’s Mark Tennant Award (Male Player of the Year, 21-U category). And both the Men’s and Women’s teams were victors at the 20th annual Duckworth Challenge, with the women’s team sweeping the Winnipeg Wesmen 3-0, and the men clinching the challenge with a 3-1 win in the nightcap.

In Men’s Basketball, the team completed its first season under Head Coach Kirby Schepp in 2009-10, and are currently battling for a playoff spot as the 2010-11 season draws to an end. Schepp was also named Assistant Coach of the inaugural Team Canada Cadet National Basketball team at the 2010 FIBA U17 World Championship last July, where

Canada went 5-3 against Lithuania for a bronze medal win. On the Women’s side, fifth-year guard Michele Hynes took home the 2009-10 CIS Sylvia Sweeney Award, marking the second time a Bison has received this honour, recognizing outstanding achievement in basketball, athletics and community involvement.

Two former Women’s Soccer players excelled at the national level: Both Desiree Scott and Caley Miskimmin were part of the Canadian National Women’s Soccer team’s win at the 2010 Cyprus Women’s Cup. Scott continued to impress in five matches for the same team during the CONCACAF Women’s World Cup Qualifier in Mexico.

In Swimming, second-year Riley Pickerl built on the winning streak he established as a rookie, establishing four new Bison records at this year’s CIS Championships while earning a Bison top placing of fifth in the 1500m freestyle. In that race, Pickerl swam to a new Bison record of 15:39.89, breaking his own record by almost eight seconds; he also smashed a 20-year Bison record in the 200m backstroke, broke a nine-year record in the 200m freestyle, and beat his own record in the 400m freestyle at the same event, and earned a silver medal in the 1500m free (breaking an eight-year Bison record) with a time of 15:47.63. This season, Pickerl was joined in the pool by former Bison Braeden Taylor, who returned following a year-long absence for his fifth and final year. At the Prairie Winter Invitational in December 2010, Taylor established a new provincial short course record in the men’s 100m breaststroke — with a first-place finish of 1:01.89 — and teamed with Alex Johnson, Dillon Perron and Artur Kroitor to set a new provincial record of 1:43.23 in the 200m medley relay.

The Track and Field teams finished the 2009-10 season at the CIS Championships in Windsor, where fifth-year Garth Suppes earned a silver medal in the weight toss with a throw of 17.36 metres, and became CIS Second Team All-Canadian for the first time. Josh Gundrum and Cale Miskimmin just missed bronze medals (in men’s triple jump and women’s 60m dash, respectively), while Justin Carrier scored fifth in the men’s weight toss with a 16.49m throw.

It was a big year for Bison alum Israel “Izzy” Idonije. The Chicago Bears lineman was named a Global Ambassador by the Jack Brewer Foundation in recognition of his continued volunteer work in Nigeria, where he again conducted sports camps while distributing shoes and medical aid.

As they do every year, Bison athletes exhibited great strength on the playing field in 2010-11. But they also proved their prowess in the classroom: Of 306 student-athletes, 74 earned Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) Academic All-Canadian status with a GPA of 3.5 or better — the third season in a row more than 70 Bisons have done so.

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It’s been an exciting year for members and affiliates of the Health, Leisure & Human Performance Research Institute

(HLHPRI). For one thing, FKRM has hired two new Faculty members (Dr. Amanda Johnson, University of Waterloo; and Dr. Ted Norman, Memorial University) and discussions are underway concerning future hires in research areas to complement those already in the Institute and the Faculty. As well, Dr. Cheryl Glazebrook (McMaster University) has joined us a contingent research professor, and we’ve welcomed Nicole Dunn as the Institute’s new Associate Director (Administration). Nicole replaces Maureen Rodrigue, outgoing Assistant to the Director, who retired in April 2010, after 18 years with the Institute.

Some of the Institute’s most exciting news concerns the recognition of our affiliates’ work by sources outside the University. For example, Dr. Gordon Giesbrecht (currently serving as the Institute’s Director while Dr. Phillip Gardiner is on research leave) continues to educate the public about car accidents involving ice and water — in September 2010, he appeared on Discovery Channel’s Daily Planet and CBC’s The Mercer Report, demonstrating the proper way to exit a submerged vehicle. Also in September, Dr. Elizabeth Ready appeared in a number of local and national media reports, discussing the benefits of integrating physical activity into the health care system, and the potential role of kinesiologists in moving this strategy forward. At the end of September, Dr. Russell Field returned to Toronto to host the Canadian Sport Film Festival in 2007, and in November launched the inaugural Winnipeg offshoot at the Manitoba Museum.

Earlier in 2010, Dr. Todd Duhamel was appointed to the Canadian Association of Cardiac Rehabilitation Committee, and was awarded grants from Heart and Stroke Manitoba and the Manitoba Health Research Council (MHRC). Dr. Michelle Porter’s (recently-renamed) Mobility

and Aging Lab became the lead site for collection of driving data in the nation-wide Candrive project, a five-year longitudinal study that seeks to provide physicians with the tools to determine whether older adult drivers are still fit for the road. And Dr. Leisha Strachan appeared on both CJOB and CBC Radio, discussing her research on children’s experiences in FKRM’s Mini-U day camps.

It was a good year for Dr. Jennifer Mactavish, who in June 2010 received the Dr. & Mrs. Ralph Campbell Outreach Award, for sharing her professional and scholarly experience through years of community service. Dr. Mactavish also paired with Dr. Melanie Gregg (Department of Kinesiology and Applied Health, University of Winnipeg) to successfully apply for an MHRC grant worth $90,000 over the next three years. And of course, congratulations are due Dr. Mactavish on her appointment as Associate Dean of the Faculty of Graduate Studies.

It was also a good year for Dr. Phillip Gardiner, who was part of a research team from the University of Western Ontario awarded a $2.5-million Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) grant to study neural health and physical activity, and

was also appointed to the Chair of the Advisory Board for the CIHR’s Institute of Musculoskeletal Health and Arthritis (IMHA), one of the 13 institutes of the CIHR. And our students fared well, with a number of them winning awards for their presentations at conferences, including Dana Kolach (MSc student, advisor Dr. Michelle Porter), Riley Epp (a trainee in Dr. Todd Duhamel’s research program) and Lindsey Woodrow (MSc student, advisor Dr. Phillip Gardiner). u

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In 2010, staff members from FKRM’s Bison Athletic Therapy Centre (BATC) attended their first National Athletic Trainers’ Association conference in Philadelphia. The conference featured speakers from all over the world, providing

staff with a wealth of new information they’ve since incorporated into their treatments.As well, Byron Bahniuk (Certified Athletic Therapist and Registered Massage

Therapist) partnered with the U of M’s Physical Plant department to present a series of 10 workshops on Preventing Spinal Injury in the Workplace — a well-received initiative that was later repeated for Manitoba Hydro employees as part of a Wellness Expo hosted by Bison Recreation Services.

BATC staff also raised the profile of the clinic — and the profession in general — through a variety of other means, including Take Your Kids to Work Day and partnerships with Career Trek and the U of M’s Parents Program.

The BATC is now open for appointments from 7:30 a.m. – 5 p.m., Monday to Friday, with Massage Therapy available from 1 p.m. – 6 p.m., on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. For more info, see www.umanitoba/faculties/kinrec/bsal/therapy. u

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He also received the NFL’s Ed Block Courage Award for commitment to sportsmanship and courage, and was one of three community-minded players named Super Bowl week finalists for the Walter Payton Man of the Year Award.

As always, current student-athletes had an impact in the community, as well, continuing their Bisons Against Bullying program for its sixth year. Athletes also raised money and awareness through a wide range of initiatives: The Women’s

Basketball team designated the Shoot for the Cure Garbonzo’s Invitational tourney to benefit the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation — and continued their outreach work with the Skownan First Nation via a skills camp and retreat — while Men’s Hockey players staged a Movember game to raise funds for prostate cancer research, and Track and Field /Cross-country athlete Adam Penner launched Running for Erica, a fundraiser for diabetes research. u

Dr. Phillip Gardiner (left) with federal Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq and Dr. Kevin Shoemaker.

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DONORS

$500 - $999Leslie & Patricia AllenElaine Andrew & Keith WasylikButch BarkwellNancy BarkwellJack BasseyAndre & Pauline BoscLarry BumsteadCanadian Sport Centre Manitoba Inc.Jason Caners & Jennifer HowKenneth ChartrandGlenn ClarkIan & Darlene CockerillGloria & Reynold De SpiegelaereColin DorrianHarry Ethans & Margot HaigDarren & Wanda FachDan & Cheryl FlickLouis FurlanStewart Heaton & Darlene RonaldJames HedleyHill Sokalski Vincent Walsh TrippierJames Horne & Sharon KreutzerLorne & Margurite HowLinda & Gary KlassenStanley KowalskiBeverly Laping (& Nicholas Laping, est.)Robert & Jill LeeDonald MacDonaldJane & Randy MacDonaldGordon & Jennifer MilesRonald MinionDonald & Linda MurrayNational Leasing Group Inc.Richard NeillJohn & Margaret-Ann NelsonLloyd Orris

Paramount Windows Inc.Jack & Wendy PetersPiston Ring ServicePita PitNeil & Catherine RobinsonKathryn & Brent SchwartzMorley SilvermanJames SmyrlRobert SokalskiW.E. & Arlene TatarchukTo-Le-Do FoodserviceRobert & Barbara TownUnited Way of the Lower MainlandJake UnrauC.H. Lloyd & Valorie VothWESCON Enterprises Inc.WHMA - AAA CouncilPeter Woods

$1,000 - $4,999Alumni Association Inc.B.A. Robinson Group Co. Ltd.Wilma Baker YoungBeaver Bus Lines LimitedGill BramwellJohn Brown Jr.Canad CorporationCascades Boxboard Inc.Albert & M.D. ClearwaterCreswin Properties Ltd.Carole & Clifford CorneliusDakota Plains SchoolDaremax Foundation Inc.Hymie FoxG & G RoofingGoodman & Company Ltd.Gordon & Ruth Howard

Investors GroupHugh and Joan MaginnisGail McIvor & Peter RempelJ. Michael McKernanJ. Michael McKernan Family TrustManitoba Hockey Hall of Fame & Museum IncDavid MillsEdward & Catherine NierodaPhoenix Soccer IncSport Manitoba IncSwim / Natation ManitobaValerie StephensTD Asset ManagementJeffrey TrainValley Experience Inc.Brenda & Ross WedlakeWinnipeg Football ClubWinnipeg RiflesKaren & Kent Woloschuk

$5,000 - $9,999John & Nancy EmbryFabris - Milano Group Ltd.Junior Bison Boys BasketballJohn LoewenManitoba Amateur Football Association IncManitoba Foundation for Sports Inc

$10,000 - $24,999Ad In Advertising Inc.Great-West Life Assurance CompanyJohnston Group IncBurton & Geraldine Robinson (estate)University of Manitoba Students’ Union

$25,000 - $49,000Bison Football Alumni and Friends Inc.

• Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management – Active Living Fund: This unrestricted fund provides critical flexibility, enabling the Faculty to meet its most pressing needs. The underlying purpose of the Active Living Fund is to support physical activity research and initiatives on campus. Research and improved active living facilities will benefit the health of our campus and external communities.

• Bison Sports – Scholarships and General Program Needs: With the generous contributions of our supporters, Bison Sports can continue its commitment to excellence and turn today’s student-athletes into the leaders of tomorrow. Your support of scholarships or general program needs allows our student athletes to excel athletically and academically, as well as continue their outreach in the community.

As always, FKRM is deeply indebted to the many generous donors whose continued support makes it possible for us to maintain such high standards in the fields of academics, athletics, research and community programming. We’ve highlighted two of our general campaigns below; for more information on how to make the most of your gift — including how to specify which of the aforementioned pillars you’d like to support — contact the U of M’s Development and Advancement Services office at (204) 474-9195, or see www.umanitoba.ca/admin/dev_adv.

INTERESTED IN OUR GRADUATE PROGRAMS?To learn more, see our website at

www.umanitoba.ca/faculties/kinrec/grad_programs/