2016/2017 Graduate Student Award Recipients
2016 Graduate Student Teaching Awards
Congratulations to our 2016 Graduate Student Teaching Award winners! This award recognizes their excellence as a graduate student teaching assistant.Shintaro Kono, PhD (Supervisor: Gordon Walker)
Pony Meyer, PhD (Supervisor: Lisa McDermott)
Christine Smyth, MCoach (Supervisor: Nick Holt)
Master's:
Emily Ainsley, MSc (Supervisor: David Collins): Queen Elizabeth II Graduate Scholarship. Research topic: Contraction fatigue and motor unit overlap in the tibialis anterior during different intensities of interleaved electrical stimulationJennifer Bertrand, MSc (Supervisor: Craig Chapman): Alberta Gambling Research Institute Graduate Level Scholarship; Alberta Graduate Student Scholarship. Research Topic: Visually-induced biases: how they might extend to perceptual judgments and even further to value based, or risky, judgments
Stephen Busch, MSc (Supervisor: Craig Steinback): Alberta Graduate Student Scholarship; International Graduate Student Award. Research Topic: Integrative cardiovascular physiology
Maegan Ciesielski, MA (Supervisor: Donna Goodwin): Queen Elizabeth II Graduate Scholarship; Alberta Graduate Student Scholarship. Research Topic: The role of recreation therapists in stroke rehabilitation
Heather Crowe, MA (Supervisor: Nancy Spencer - Cavaliere): AABRD Graduate Scholarship; Dr. Gary McPherson Leadership Scholarship. Research Topic: Segregation, integration and inclusion of people with intellectual impairments in recreation.
Rachelle Davies, MSc (Supervisor: Michael Kennedy): University of Alberta Education Abroad Individual Award (UAI); Edmonton 2001 World Championships in Athletics Sport Performance Graduate Scholarship; Alberta Graduate Student Scholarship. Research Topic: Effect of training load and training stress on lung health of competitive youth swimmers
Amanda Ebert, MA (Supervisor: Donna Goodwin): Tim and Nancy Muzyka Graduate Award. Research Topic: Initiate change in the sport and recreation sector by finding ways to trigger critical thinking and reflection of professionals through knowledge translation and dissemination
Sarah Evans, MA (Supersivor: Tanya Berry): Alberta Graduate Student Scholarship. Research Topic: Strengthening Automatic Associations to Pictures vs. Words: The case for promoting fruit and vegetable intake
Kelsey Hurley, MSc (Supervisor: Wendy Rodgers): Alberta Graduate Student Scholarship. Research Topic: Comparing physical activity between supervised and unsupervised exercise in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Cameron Ehnes, MSc (Supervisor: Stewart Petersen): Queen Elizabeth II Graduate Scholarship. Research Topic: The cardio-pulmonary response to very heavy infantry-specific thoracic loading
Liane Jean, MSc (Supervisor: Loren Chiu): Best Poster Presentation Award - Gait & Clinical Movement Analysis Society (GCMAS) Annual Conference; Master's Student Podium Presentation Award - National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) National Conference. Research Topic: The effects of training the quadriceps muscles using two variations of squat exercise in persons with anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury
Victor Karosan, MCoach (Supervisor: Ian Reade): Golden Bears Soccer Alumni Award. Coaching area: Soccer
Nathan Kindrachuk, MA (Supervisor: Jim Denison): Alberta Graduate Student Scholarship. Research Topic: Socio-cultural perspectives of effective coaching practices in Para swimming
Ewen Lavoie, MSc (Supervisor: Craig Chapman): Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarship (NSERC); Walter H John's Fellowship; Alberta Graduate Student Scholarship. Research Topic: Establishing normative eye movement patterns during upper-limb functional tasks
Rebecca Marsh, MA (Supervisor: Donna Goodwin): Queen Elizabeth II Graduate Scholarship; Alberta Graduate Student Scholarship; Dr. Gary McPherson Leadership Scholarship. Research Topic: Experiences of community service learning in adapted physical activity
Wade Michaelchuk, MSc (Supervisor: Michael Stickland): Queen Elizabeth II Graduate Scholarship; Alberta Graduate Student Scholarship. Research Topic: The effect of dopamine on diffusing capacity, pulmonary circulation, and exercise tolerance
Shannon Pynn, MA (Supervisor: Nicholas Holt): Alberta Graduate Student Scholarship. Research Topic: Aspects of exemplary parenting in youth sport
Jordan Rees, MSc (Supervisor: Normand Boulé): Frederick Banting and Charles Best Canada Graduate Scholarship (CIHR); Walter H John's Fellowship. Research Topic: Effects of aerobic exercise on metformin pharmacokinetics in type 2 diabetes
Sydney Schmidt, MSc (Supervisor: Loren Chiu): Queen Elizabeth II Graduate Scholarship; Alberta Graduate Student Scholarship. Research Topic: Development of a formal classification system for both the structural and functional foot arch types
Doctoral:
Aisulu Abdykadyrova (Supervisor: Tom Hinch): University of Alberta Doctoral Recruitment Scholarship (renewal). Research Topic: Rhythmic gymnastics supporters (often parents) who travel with the young competitors.
Kelsie Acton (Supervisor: Donna Goodwin): SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship; President's Doctoral Prize of Distinction. Research Topic: Integrated dancers' practices of time
Scott Adams (Supervisor: Kerry Courneya): Queen Elizabeth II Graduate Scholarship. Research Topic: Cancer Rehabilitation
Kimberley Curtin (Supervisor: Tanya Berry): Joseph-Armand Bombardier (SSHRC) CGS Doctoral Scholarship (renewal); President's Doctoral Prize of Distinction; Chinese Graduates Association of Alberta Graduate Scholarship. Research Topic: Physical activity of South Asian immigrants to Canada
Colin Deal (Supervisor: Nick Holt): SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship; SSHRC Sport Participation Research Initiative; President's Doctoral Prize of Distinction. Research Topic: Coaching for community: Development and evaluation of a PYD informed coach education program
Michael Dubnewick (Supervisor: Karen Fox): SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship (renewal); President's Doctoral Prize of Distinction. Research Topic: Seed stories: a narrative inquiry alongside the lived experiences of urban Aboriginal peoples food practices
Lindsay Eales (Supervisor: Donna Goodwin): Andrew Stewart Memorial Graduate Prize; Ewen Nelson Memorial Graduate Scholarship in Adapted Physical Activity; Queen Elizabeth II Graduate Scholarship. Research Topic: Dance and Mental Illness
Torstein Erikson Dæhlin (Supervisor: Loren Chiu): UofA PhD Recruitment Scholarship; Dr. Art Quinney Graduate Scholarship. Research Topic: How we can improve landing mechanics could potentially reduce injury occurrences and, thus, reduce the health care cost related to injuries sustained during landing.
Stephen Hunter (Supervisor: Valerie Carson): UofA PhD Recruitment Scholarship; Women and Children's Health Research Institute (WCHRI) Graduate Studentship; Best Student Oral Presentation: International Society of Behavioural Nutrition and Physical Activity (ISBNPA). Research Topic: An ecological perspective of factors contributing to youth physical activity
Jane Hurley (Supervisor: Howie Harshaw): UofA PhD Recruitment Scholarship. Research Topic: The impact of nature-based leisure, in a gradient of settings, on refugees' sense of belonging in Canada.
Rylan Kafara (Supervisor: Jay Scherer, Judy Davidson): Dr. Gary McPherson Leadership Scholarship. Research Topic: Real Revitalization: Poverty, urban development, and homelessness in Edmonton
Shintaro Kono (Supervisor: Gordon Walker): 2016 National Recreation and Parks Association (NRPA) Research Sessions Best Student Paper; International Graduate Scholarship in Leisure Studies. Research Topic: Theorizing linkages between leisure and Japanese well-being.
Pony Meyer (Supervisors: Lisa McDermott, Piet Defraeye [Department of Drama]): University of Alberta Images of Research; International Graduate Student Award; Alberta Graduate Citizenship Award. Research Topic: King Me: Exploring drag kinging in the lives of transgender and gender queer drag kings.
Maxine Myre (Supervisor: Tanya Berry): Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship; President's Doctoral Prize of Distinction. Research Topic: Fitness and fatness bias
Kacey Neely (Supervisor: Nick Holt): Izaak Walton Killam Scholarship (renewal). Research Topic: Deselection in competitive youth sport
Devin Phillips (Supervisor: Michael Stickland): Lung Association Alberta/NWT Studentship Award. Research Topic: Cardiovascular risk in patients with chronic obsrructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
Kyle Pushkarenko (Supervisor: Janice Causegrove Dunn): Barbara Rowswell-Sykes Graduate Award in Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation. Research Topic: Exploring physical literacy in the context of disability: Perspectives of parents and adapted physical activity program leaders
Rachel Skow (Supervisors: Margie Davenport, Craig Steinback): Frederick Banting and Charles Best (CIHR) CGS Doctoral Research Award; President's Doctoral Prize of Distinction; Women and Children's Health Research Institute (WCHRI) Graduate Studentship (renewal). Research Topic: Role of the sympathetic nervous system in disordered pregnancy
Jodie Stearns (Supervisor: John Spence): Barbara Rowswell-Sykes Graduate Award in Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation. Research Topic: Friendships and youth sedentary behavior.
James Vallerand (Supervisor: Kerry Courneya): Frederick Banting and Charles Best (CIHR) CGS Doctoral Research Award (renewal); President's Doctoral Prize of Distinction. Research Topic: Improving hematologic cancer survivors' health through physical activity: Translating intentions into exercise