Contact EPHE
Address
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School of Exercise Science, Physical and Health Education
University of Victoria
Room 120, McKinnon Building
3800 Finnerty Road
Victoria, BC V8P 5C2
Canada
Maps, buildings and directions
School of Exercise Science, Physical and Health Education
University of Victoria
PO Box 1700 STN CSC
Victoria, BC V8W 2Y2
Canada
Primary contacts
Director
Dr. Sandra Hundza
Phone: 250-721-8382
Email: ephe.director@uvic.ca
Assistant to the Director
Rebecca Zammit
Phone: 250-721-8373
Email: epheadminasst@uvic.ca
Undergraduate Academic Adviser
Dr. Brad Temple
Phone: 250-721-6554
Email: epheadv@uvic.ca
Kinesiology Program Leader
Dr. Kirstin Lane
Phone: 250-721-7833
Email: lanek@uvic.ca
Physical Education Teacher Education Programs Leader
Jenn Gruno
Phone: 250-472-5064
Email: jgruno@uvic.ca
Recreation and Health Education Program Leader
Dr. Nevin Harper
Phone:
Email: njharper@uvic.ca
Graduate Adviser
Dr. Viviene Temple
Phone: 250-721-7846
Email: vtemple@uvic.ca
Graduate and Undergraduate Program Assistant
Grace-Ann Wynter
Phone: 250-721-6682
Fax: 250-721-6601
Email: epheprogasst@uvic.ca
Co-operative Education Coordinator
Natalie Haddow
Phone: 250-472-4690
Email: epheco@uvic.ca
Co-operative Education Assistant
Tammy Doyle
Phone: 250-721-8390
Email: ephecoop@uvic.ca
Other contacts
Faculty
| Name | Area | Contact |
Assistant Professor | Gender inclusive physical activity, recreational physical activity, health promotion |
Office: MCK 134 |
Emeritus Professor | Exercise physiology; pediatric sport performance; women and exercise; health benefits of exercise in cancer patients; occupational physiology; fitness and testing | |
Professor | Girl-friendly physical education; team building in physical education; authentic assessment in physical educations |
Office: MCK 131 |
Assistant Teaching Professor | Physical and Health Education, nature-based physical activity. |
Office: MCK 128 |
Professor; Recreation and Health Education Program Leader | Outdoor recreation, Adventure education, Experiential group facilitation, Eco-health & wellness initiatives, Leadership, Outdoor risky play |
Office: MCK 195b |
Professor | School integrated teaching education; teacher games for understanding and electronic portfolios; action research and qualitative research genres; social constructivism and complexity theories |
Office: MCK 127 |
Associate professor; Director | Neural control of human movement and motor rehabilitation with aging and after injury and disease (e.g., stroke or Parkinson’s disease); neural control of balance during walking and coordination of limbs and trunk during rhythmic movement; assistive devices and technologies related to mobility and mobility measurement |
Office: MCK 122 |
Assistant Professor School of Exercise Science, Physical and Health Education | Neurophysiology; perception and how it affects movement and function; sensory feedback in neurological conditions (in particular stroke and multiple sclerosis) and in healthy populations; pain perception and its physiological and behavioural drivers. |
Office: McK 124 |
Associate professor | Biomechanics and motor control of human movement in sport; exercise and rehabilitation |
Office: MCK 135 |
Professor | Neuroeconomics, learning, decision-making, motor learning and control |
Office: MCK 187 |
Assistant Teaching Professor; Kinesiology program leader | Effects of exercise on health and disease outcomes in cancer patients; exercise assessment and prescription; clinical exercise physiology |
Office: MCK 135 |
Associate professor | Teacher wellness; college and university student health and wellness; worklife balance; leadership |
Office: MCK 126 |
Associate Professor | Chronic disease prevention and management; eHealth/mHealth; big data and health surveillance; physical activity; health promotion |
Office: MCK 192 |
Assistant professor | Management, marketing, and service quality; understanding human relationships and the attachment to people, places and activities in a health, leisure, sport or community context |
Office: MCK 0024D |
Emeritus Professor and Scientist | Socio-ecological and setting-based approaches to health promotion; obesity and chronic disease prevention; dissemination, knowledge translation/exchange; implementation and organizational capacity | |
Professor | Psychology of physical activity and sedentary behaviour; health promotion during life transitions (e.g., early-stage family development, retirement); application of technology to health behaviour change; bridging the intention-behaviour gap; the role of affect in health behaviour; self-regulation of behaviour; physical activity habit and identity formation. |
Office: MCK 189 |
Associate Professor | Exercise and environmental mechanisms that influence cerebral and cardiovascular health. |
Office: MCK 130 |
Associate Professor | Exercise hematology and immunology; occupational physiology; development of pre-employment physical abilities tests; children and exercise; exercise prescription |
Office: MCK 132 |
Professor; Graduate Advisor | Physical activity among individuals with special needs and young children; motor skills |
Office: MCK 133 |
Professor, Special Advisor to the Vice-President Indigenous (July 1st, 2024 - June 30th, 2026) | Indigenous community health and development with a focus on the social and cultural determinants associated with resilience, sport, leisure, education, wellbeing and healing. |
Office: MCK 188 |
Professor | Neural control of rhythmic human movement; co-ordination of the arms and legs during locomotion; neuromuscular plasticity and motor recovery after stroke |
Office: MCK 191 |
Staff
| Name | Area | Contact |
Vera Atavina Administrative officer | School administration; budgets; undergrad program planning |
Office: MCK 123 |
Rebecca Zammit Assistant to Director | Assistant to director; faculty support; undergrad course assistance |
Office: MCK 120 |
Melissa Clarke Senior laboratory instructor | Anatomy lab coordination and instruction |
Office: MCK 166a |
Drew Commandeur Senior laboratory instructor | Human movement, biomechanics and physiology - lab coordination and instruction |
Office: MCK 090 |
Tammy Doyle Co-op assistant | BSc Kinesiology and BA Recreation and Health Education co-op assistant |
Office: MCK 112 |
Adam Cornett Practicum Coordinator - Kinesiology |
Office: MCK 180 | |
Natalie Haddow Cooperative education co-ordinator | BSc Kinesiology and BA Recreation and Health Education co-op co-ordinator |
Office: MCK 113 |
Greg Mulligan Senior laboratory instructor | Human movement, biomechanics and physiology - lab coordination and instruction |
Office: MCK 171a |
Veronica Planella Senior laboratory instructor | Motor learning and psychology of physical activity - lab coordination and instruction |
Office: MCK 0024B |
Grace-Ann Wynter Graduate and undergraduate program assistant | Graduate student support; undergrad registration assistance; graduate and undergraduate admission |
Office: MCK 120 |
Brad Temple Undergraduate adviser; sessional lecturer | BSc Kinesiology and BA Recreation and Health Education academic adviser |
Office: MCK 115 |
Sessional lecturers and limited term faculty
| Name | Area | Contact |
Carol Brennan Sessional lecturer | ||
John Buxcey Sessional lecturer | ||
Melissa Clarke Sessional lecturer | ||
Drew Commandeur Sessional lecturer | ||
Sharan Gopalan Sessional lecturer | ||
Carissa Hart Sessional lecturer | ||
Joshua Hotchin Sessional lecturer | ||
Grace Leigh Sessional lecturer | ||
Alyssa Manankil-Lakusta Sessional lecturer | ||
Kimberly McQueen Sessional lecturer | ||
Steven Meikle Sessional Lecturer | ||
Lynn Montgomery Sessional lecturer | ||
Greg Mulligan Sessional lecturer and senior lab instructor |
Office: MCK 171a | |
Joanne Pady Sessional lecturer | ||
Veronica Planella Sessional lecturer | ||
Brad Rudner Sessional lecturer | ||
Mahbubeh Shafiee Sessional lecturer | ||
Maryam Sheikhi Sessional lecturer | ||
Markus von Hacht Sessional lecturer | ||
Chris Wright Sessional lecturer |
Adjunct, emeritus and visiting faculty
| Name | Area | Contact |
Nick Clarke Adjunct assistant professor | Strength & Conditioning | |
Steven E. Martin Adjunct associate professor | Medical science and kinesiology | |
Patti-Jean (PJ) Naylor Adjunct professor EPHE | socio-ecological and setting-based approaches to health promotion; obesity and chronic disease prevention; dissemination, knowledge translation/exchange; implementation and organizational capacity. | |
Jeremy Sheppard Adjunct assistant professor | High performance sport | |
Trent Stellingwerff Adjunct assistant professor | Sport performance innovation and research and exercise physiology | |
Christine Voss Adjunct assistant professor | Physical activity and health promotion in youth |