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Beauchamp

Mark

Human Kinetics

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Psychology, Sports

Sport and exercise psychology, leadership, group processes, self-confidence beliefs, role perceptions and coach-athlete relationships

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Berg

Stephen

Education

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Children, Education, Olympics, Sports, Teaching

Physical Education, Health Education, Play, Children's Physical Activity, Pre-Service Teacher Education, Action Research, Olympic Education

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Blair

Robert

Medicine

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Aboriginal Issues, Addictions, Adolescence, Aging, Alternative Medicine, Brain, Cancer, Children, Depression, Disabled Persons, Education, Exercise, Health Care, Medicine, Mental Health, Orthopedics, Physiology, Psychiatry, Psychology, Schizophrenia, Sex/Sexuality, Sports, Stress, Suicide, Young Offenders

Yoga. Addiction, Posture, Meditation

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Boshier

Roger

Education

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China, Continuing Education, Culture, Education, Fisheries, Internet, New Zealand, Politics, Sports

Lifelong learning; adult education; learning in China; New Zealand; fishing vessel accidents; America's Cup Sailing; marine search and rescue; prevention education

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Brewer

Jess H.

Science

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Aging, Cancer, Computers, Computers in Education, Fisheries, Internet, Nuclear Physics, Physics, Science, Smoking, Sports, Statistics, Technology, United States

muons, magnetism, semiconductors, superconductors, materials, spin, relaxation, resonance, angling, poetry

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Burr

Jamie

Education

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Exercise, Heart Disease, Physiology, Sports

cardiovascular physiology, adventure sports, elite athletics, diabetes, chronic disease

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Clement

Doug

Human Kinetics

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Olympics, Sports, Medicine, Physiology

sports medicine, coaching, Olympic experience, participated in nine Games

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Crocker

Peter

Human Kinetics

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Adolescence, Exercise, Sports, Stress

self-esteem and spirit/exercise; body image; stress and coping in sport and exercise; health related behaviour (dieting, smoking, physical activity) related to the construction of the physical self in adolescent girls

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Forster

Bruce

Medicine

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Anatomy, Health Care, Medicine, Orthopedics, Sports, Women's Issues

MRI, sports medicine, musculoskeletal imaging, breast MRI, coronary artery calcification and risk assessment, coronary artery CT angiography, CT of coronary arteries

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Franks

Ian

Human Kinetics

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Computers in Education, Human Behavior, Psychology, Sports, Technology

human motor control; motor skill learning; computer-aided analysis of sport; coaching behaviors; soccer analysis

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Frisby

Wendy

Education

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Olympics, Management, Sports

sport and leisure management

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Hodges

Nicola

Human Kinetics

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Education, Human Behavior, Psychology, Sports

practice, expert performance, motor learning, motor control, expertise, learning and coordination, instructions, feedback, observational practice and learning, self-directed practice.

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Hoens

Alison

Rehabilitation Sciences

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Aging, Exercise, Health Care, Orthopedics, Sports

Health Care, Exercise, Orthopaedics,Sports Knowledge Translation, LASER, Therapeutic ultrasound, TENS,

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Hume

Fred

Athletics and Recreation

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History, Sports, Olympics

Athletics, History, Profiles, Research,Records,Statistics,Events,Teams,Builders,Hall of Fame.

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Huynh

Hanh

Medicine

vietnamese and some french

Allergies, Cancer, Exercise, Heart Disease, Medicine, Science, Sports, Sustainability, Teaching

prevention of chronic diseases, diabetes, overweight, obesity, immunology, cell structure and function, healthy life style, lifestyle modification, cancer

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Kang

Shimi

Medicine

Punjabi, Hindi

Abortion, Addictions, Adolescence, Asian Affairs, Brain, Communications, Depression, Education, Families, Health Care, Human Behavior, Human Rights, Immigration, India, Media, Medicine, Mental Health, Multiculturalism, Psychiatry, Psychology, Racism/Race Relations, Schizophrenia, Sex/Sexuality, Smoking, Sports, Stress, Students, Suicide, Teaching, Television, Women's Issues

Mental health, addictions, substance use, motivation, culture, women's health, youth health, diversity, psychiatry,

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Khan

Karim

Medicine

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Medicine, Orthopedics, Sports

Bone Health, Osteoporosis; Sports Medicine, Orthopaedics; especially tendon injuries tendinitis; sports injuries; role of physical activity for health, falls prevention

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Koehle

Michael

Human Kinetics

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Environment, Exercise, Medicine, Olympics, Orthopedics, Physiology, Pollution, Research and Development, Sports

exercise science

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McCormack

Robert

Medicine

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Health Care, Olympics, Sports

Sport Medicine, Cartilage repair and transplantation, Knee injuries, Shoulder injuries; Medical issues related to Canadian athletes; Dept of Orthopedics; Olympic Team Canada Chief Medical Officer

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McKaig

Terry

Athletics

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Sports

athletics, baseball, recruiting, fundraising, alumni relations

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McKenzie

Don

Medicine

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Cancer, Exercise, Medicine, Sports

exercise, Cancer, elite athletes

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Naidu

Paromita

Nursing

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Culture, Exercise, Health Care, India, Multiculturalism, Racism/Race Relations, Research and Development, Sports, Women's Issues

Women's Health, South Asian women, qualitative research, women's issues, Indian women, sport and physical activity, dance, narrative research, feminist research, social science research, India, Bengal, multiculturalism

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Nembhard

Nadine

Physical Therapy, Athletics Canada

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Olympics, Sports, Anatomy, Physiology

Physiotherapy and sports related injuries

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Philip

Bob

Athletics and Recreation

French

Sports

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Reid

Andrea

Medicine

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Anatomy, Medicine, Olympics, Orthopedics, Sports

Rehabilitation, Physiotherapy, Physical Therapy, Sports Medicine, Sports Injury Rehabilitation, Orthopedics

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Rupert

Jim

Human Kinetics

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Ethics, Olympics, Sports

high-altitude adaptation, doping, sports ethics, genetics of physical performance

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Shadgan

Babak

Medicine

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Olympics, Sports, Physiology, Anatomy, Medicine

Olympic injury surveillance project, Sports Injuries, Sports Medicine, Physiology

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Sparks

Bob

Human Kinetics

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Olympics, Sports, Sustainability, Economics, Environment, Sociology, Communications, Media

Olympic Games impact Research Project, Leisure and sport management

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Stocco

Leo

Applied Science

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Computers, Engineering, Orthopedics, Robots, Sports, Teaching

robotics, medical robotics, haptic interfaces, human computer interfaces, tennis

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Tate

Jude

Education

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Culture, Education, Gay and Lesbian Issues, Human Rights, Racism/Race Relations, Sex/Sexuality, Sports, Students

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Higher Education, Sexual and Gender Diversity in Post-Secondary settings, Student Experience, Employee Experience in Post-Secondary Institutions

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Taunton

Jack

Medicine

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Sports, Medicine, Olympics

sports medicine; exercise management; stress fracture; exercise and the elderly; 2010 medical programs, doping, emergency, care and sports medicine, Chief Medical Officer for 2010

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VanWynsberghe

Robert

Education

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Education, Environment, Sociology, Sports, Sustainability, Teaching, Olympics

Sustainability, Social Movements, 2010 Olympics, Education for Sustainability, Social Institutions, Community Service-Learning

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Vertinsky

Patricia

Education

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Olympics, Health Care, Sociology, Exercise, Sports

social and cultural history of the body, gender, race, aging and disability, gender relations, health, sport and exercise, social history of women and health, social/cultural aspects of sport and physical activity, health education, promotion and policy

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Wilson

Gail

Human Kinetics

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Education, Sports

games education/physical education; instruction, specifically the presentation of developmentally appropriate games for youth sport and physical education

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Wilson

David

Medicine

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Arthritis, Engineering, Orthopedics, Sports

spine, knee, hip, orthopaedics, sports medicine, osteoarthritis, joint, pain, fracture

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