Speakers
Keynote
Physical Activity and Sport during Pregnancy
Dr. Kristi Adamo
Full Professor, School of Human Kinetics
University of Ottawa
Dr. Kristi Adamo, recently profiled as one of the Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology’s (CSEP) most notable women, leads a diverse, interdisciplinary research program focusing on optimizing women’s health throughout the reproductive years, with an emphasis on pregnant individuals — a group an article co-authored by Dr. Adamo indicates has historically been excluded from physiological research. Consequently, our understanding of the remarkable biological adaptations required to support fetal development and the ways various exposures might result in changes to placenta biology and downstream newborn health has fallen short.
Panelists
knowledge mobilization
Dr. Shane Sweet
Associate Professor, Department of Kinesiology & Physical Education
McGill University
The overarching goal of Prof. Sweet’s research is to develop a deeper understanding of programs and interventions to assist people with a physical disability to participate in daily and social activities. To achieve these goals, Prof. Sweet focused on two streams: (1) adapted physical activity and (2) spinal cord injury (SCI) peer support. The focus of the adapted physical activity stream is to build an understanding of the process to help people with a physical disability engage in physical activity while identifying and testing solutions to overcome important physical activity barriers. For the spinal cord peer support stream, Dr. Sweet leads a pan-Canadian community-university partnership that unites students, researchers, and community-based organizations that are inspired to better understand, promote, and optimize spinal cord injury peer support programs and services.
Dr. Bonnie Swaine
Full Professor, School of Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal
Dr. Bonnie Swaine is a full professor in the physiotherapy program at the Université de Montréal and Scientific Co-Director of the Centre de recherche interdisciplinaire en réadaptation (CRIR). Dr. Swaine's research interests include the epidemiological study of people who have suffered a traumatic brain injury (TBI) and their risk of suffering a second TBI, their risk of suicide, the measurement of the physical and psychosocial consequences of TBI, and the evaluation of rehabilitation services offered by TBI programs, including the perceived quality of these services.
Dr. Christophe Alarie
Project Manager, Society & Culture, Axelys
As a Project Manager in Society & Culture, Dr. Alarie aims to increase the use and to maximize the impact of public research. He works on projects with respect to social sciences, humanities, arts and literature and other research sectors that have come up with innovative solutions to well-defined social problems. He specializes in the valorization of health and education research.
Invited lecture series
Coaching and Psychological Perspectives in Parasport Invited Lectures
Dr. Tiago Duarte
Part-time Professor, Mental Performance Consultant, School of Human Kinetics
University of Ottawa
Dr. Tiago Duarte's work focuses on leveraging the potential of individuals, teams, and organizations thanks to strategies related to social learning, mental performance, and organizational and team culture. I have dedicated the past 15 years to learning about optimizing human learning, performance, and well-being, as well as making use of effective knowledge translation strategies to help equip my clients with the understandings and skills required to achieve their goals.
Peter Carpenter
Men's and Women's Swim Coach, McGill University
Peter Carpenter just won his 5th-straight RSEQ championship banner with the McGill Swimming team. He is a two-time recipient of the U SPORTS Fox 40 men's coach-of-the-year award, winning in 2018 and 2020. Has has also merited similar honours four times at the RSEQ conference, winning the women's category after league titles in in 2012 and 2020, along with the men's award for conference crowns achieved in 2018 and 2020. A recipient of Petro-Canada coaching excellence awards in 2010 and 2012, Carpenter was also honoured by the Club de la médaille d'or in October, 2012 and was named coach of the month for September 2012 by the Institut national du sport du Quebec, for his work with McGill swimmer Valérie Grand'Maison, who captured one gold medal and two silvers at the 2012 Paralympic Games in London. Carpenter, who holds a Level 3 license from the National Coaching Certification Program, also counts Canadian Olympian Tobias Oriwol and McGill star Steven Bielby among the young swimmers that he helped develop.