HK - University of Windsor

HK 

newsletter 

Summer 2012 

SPECIAL POINTS OF INTEREST 

• Dr. Dick Moriarty: 60 years 

at the University of Windsor 

• Farewell to Dr. Marge Holman 

• Celebration of Excellence 

in Research, Scholarship 

and Creative Activity 

INSIDE THIS ISSUE: 

Editorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 

Dean’s Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 

Kinesiology Update . . . . . . . . . . . .3 

2011 and 2012 Graduates . . . . . .4 

Kinesiology News . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 

ARS Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 

Research Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14 

Faculty News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 

Alumni Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . .25


Editorial 

W 

elcome to the 2012 Summer 

edition of the HK Newsletter! 

A special welcome is 

extended to our graduating classes in the 

fall of 2011 and spring of 2012, creating 

our newest cohort of HK Alumni. We hope 

that you enjoy the latest edition, and encourage 

you to send us updates on your 

successes to include in future editions. 

This Summer edition of the HK Newsletter 

is especially exciting, as this is the inaugural 

year of the electronic version. From this 

point forward alumni will receive their HK 

Newsletter via email. It will also be available 

on the Human Kinetics Website and 

on the University of Windsor Kinesiology 

Facebook page, so please share this information 

with any HK Alumni who we may 

not have current email addresses for. 

Thank you once again to Ms. Diane Du- 

Dean’s Message 

A 

fter spending 12 wonderful 

years in North Wales, it is certainly 

an uplifting experience 

to see the blue skies and smiling faces of 

Windsor. 

My first year as Dean of Human Kinetics 

has been filled with excitement that 

surpasses my expectations. As we were 

finding our way around Windsor during our 

first week in the city, it became very apparent 

how highly regarded and popular 

Human Kinetics is in the community. The 

principle by which we integrate activities 

puis, Ms. Pat McTaggart, and Ms. Cathy 

Greenwell—the HK Secretaries whose hard 

work and dedication make this Newsletter 

possible. Throughout the Newsletter you 

will have the chance to read about our current 

Faculty, Alumni and Students. Special 

features in this edition congratulate Dr. 

Marge Holman on her upcoming retirement 

and Dr. Dick Moriarty on his 60th year at the 

University of Windsor. Additionally, we celebrate 

the recent successes within the Department 

at the Celebration of Excellence 

in Research, Scholarship and Creative 

in research, teaching and community service 

in an environment that is enjoyable to 

work and study is clearly the hallmark of 

our outstanding reputation. The success 

of our athletics teams and campus recreation 

programs is staggering and is receiv- 

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Activity; where we had winners in three 

categories: Outstanding Undergraduate 

Student (Renee Meloche-Sarah Woodruff 

(Advisor)); Outstanding Graduate Student 

(Timothy Burkhart-David Andrews (Advisor)); 

and Outstanding Staff (Don Clarke). 

This year we also welcomed Dr. Michael 

Khan to the Faculty of Human Kinetics in 

the position of Dean. You will have the 

chance to learn about some of the new 

initiatives that he has created, as well as 

some of the most loved HK events that 

he has maintained. Students, Faculty and 

Staff continue to reap the benefits of the 

new facilities. If you still have yet to tour 

our new building, labs, and classrooms, we 

welcome you to stop in for a visit, or join us 

during the HK Alumni Weekend this fall. 

Sincerely, 

Adriana Duquette 

duquette@uwindsor.ca 

ing increased recognition at national levels 

and on the international stage. 

As the new Dean of HK, I look forward 

to building on the success nurtured by Dr. 

Bob Boucher as we continue to merge the 

talents and resources in Kinesiology and 

Athletics and Recreation Services. Most 

importantly, the quality of our graduates 

and their ability to pursue successful careers 

is our number one priority. 

It has been a pleasure meeting many of 

you in my first year and I look forward to 

exciting times ahead during my tenure as 

Dean. 

Michael Khan

Kinesiology Update 

Greetings once again from the Department 

of Kinesiology. I think 

this is the fourteenth or fifteenth 

time I have had the pleasure of up-dating 

you on departmental activities and I always 

look forward to writing about what I consider 

to be the best Kinesiology program 

in Canada. Over the past several years, I 

have met with hundreds or even thousands 

of prospective students and their parents. 

During these meetings I always brag about 

our faculty and student accomplishments 

and quite often name specific graduates 

who are now in productive, interesting, and 

important careers. I tell all of them how Kinesiology 

has led the University of Windsor 

in many ways and how the Windsor “Kinesiology 

Family” has grown and prospered. 

Our program reviews have resulted in A+ 

ratings, our undergraduate and graduate 

programs are at all-time highs in terms of 

enrolment and we are about to launch a 

PhD program within the next few months. 

As I have said many times, it is easy to sell 

Windsor Kinesiology. I just point to our faculty, 

our students, and our graduates. We 

know the impact we have on our students 

and seeing them succeed is the most important 

reward a faculty member can earn. 

More recently, as I complete my 35th 

year in Human Kinetics, I have been thinking 

about the larger picture and about the 

impact that Windsor Kinesiology has had 

on our field both nationally and worldwide. 

In the early days, our faculty members 

were instrumental in the formation 

of important organizations like CCUPEKA 

and the Canadian Association of Sport Sciences. 

Over the years we have had several 

faculty members serve as founding 

members of various sub-disciplinary organizations, 

presidents, board members, 

journal editors, and scientific committee 

members. Beyond those contributions, 

many former faculty members, undergraduate 

students and graduate students have 

gone on to success in senior administrative 

positions in various universities and 

colleges both in Canada and around the 

world. Dr. Bob Boucher and I came up with 

a list, which we know is only partial, that 

included 35 names of people who have left 

Windsor and gone on to become leaders in 

our field at universities like, Alberta, Manitoba, 

Saskatchewan, McMaster, Queens, 

Western, Waterloo, York, Ottawa, Toronto, 

Brock, Laurentian, Winnipeg, Lethbridge, 

Concordia, Dalhousie, and several others. 

There is no doubt that Windsor’s Human 

Kinetics Faculty has been instrumental in 

the development of Kinesiology as a recognized 

field of higher education, not only on 

our own campus but well beyond. 

As we move forward into the future, I am 

confident that our outstanding faculty and 

staff, our current programs and our new 

PhD program will keep us at the forefront 

of our field. We will continue to value our 

alumni and will count on your support to 

spread the word far and wide that Kinesiology 

at the University of Windsor is a terrific 

program. There is no doubt that there will 

be significant challenges due primarily to 

budget realignments but, as with challenges 

in the past, the “Kinesiology Family” will 

deal with them and continue to move forward. 

Our hallmark has always been student 

centred education based on a foundation 

of cutting edge research and teaching 

excellence. The department will continue 

to strive for success in both of those important 

areas. As always, I wish all of you 

continued success in your careers and personal 

lives. Please come and see us any 

time you are in the area and please make a 

special effort to visit at Alumni Weekend. 

All the best, 

Wayne Marino 

Professor and Department Head 

of Kinesiology 

wmarino@uwindsor.ca 

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EDITOR 


duquette@uwindsor.ca 

LAYOUT 

Diane Dupuis 

ddupuis@uwindsor.ca 

& Curtis JK Printing 

NEWS ITEMS 

Alumni News 

hk@uwindsor.ca 

Kinesiology News–Cathy Greenwell 

cathyg@uwindsor.ca 

PHOTOGRAPHY 

Sylvia Jimenez 

jimenez@uwindsor.ca 

PHONE 

(519) 253-3000, ext. 2429 

FAX 

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KINESIOLOGY WEB PAGE: 

www.uwindsor.ca/kinesiology 

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www.windsorlancers.ca 

HK ALUMNI WEEKEND: 

www.uwindsor.ca/hk (under 

HK Alumni/Anniversaries/Weekend) 

U of W ALUMNI WEB PAGE: 

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PHOTOS ON COVER 

Dr. Richard Moriarty 

Kin One Team Leaders at Welcome Week 

Orientation 2011 

Back row (L-R): Michael Ayotte, Andrew 

McManus, Zach Nickels, Anthony Menei, Shawn 

McDonald, Shane Freeman, Kyle Bendell, Adam 

McMahon, Nico Ringeling, Rama Mustafa, Deirion 

Sookram, Vincenzo Liburdi 

Middle Row (L-R): Prof. Tiffany (Quinn) Martindale 

(BHK ’05, MHK ’07), Andrew Patterson, Chelsea 

Paterson, Brianna DeSantis, Samantha Langan, 

Bridget Jeffray, Stephanie LeBlanc, Melissa 

Leffelhoc, Katie Giahatzis, Melanie Hicks, Daina 

Sablinskas, Carly Meyer, Bianca Civerio, Angel 

Renaud 

Front Row L-R: Amanda Martinello, Shannon 

Mueller, Teresa Lohonyai, Jessica Bukovac, 

Carleigh Lalonge 

Missing: Kamar Anglin, Pam Mailloux, Chelsea 

Wade


2011/12 Faculty of Human Kinetics’ Graduates 

October 2011 

MASTER OF HUMAN 

KINETICS 

Michael Angelidis 

Tara Diesbourg 

Martina Kovacevic 

Sergio Perciballi 

Daryl Stephenson 

Lindsay Walsh 

Philip Wick 

BACHELOR OF HUMAN 

KINETICS 

HONOURS LEISURE AND 

SPORT MANAGEMENT 

Cory Fernandes 

Marc Jean 

Adam Powell 

HONOURS MOvEMENT 

SCIENCE 

Marina Glavas 

Lemar Green 

Bridgit Hindermeier 

Eric Jackson 

Cecilia MacDonald 

Dana Pizzo 


SCIENCE 

CO-OPERATIvE EDUCATION 

Danielle Beaudet 

HONOURS SPORT 

MANAGEMENT 

Neil Pettit 

June 2012 

BOARD OF GOvERNORS 

MEDAL 

Renee Meloche 

MASTER OF HUMAN 

KINETICS 

Alison Divine 

Michelle Dotzert 

Brandon Finn 

Kalin Shepherd Gawinski 

Seanne Goodfellow 

Matthew Kanters 

Srdjan Lemez 

Jacqueline Liffiton 

Paul Little 

Kyle Nishizaki 

Ian Osei Owusu 

Samantha Pang 

Svein Piene 

Hannah Roukema 

Celina Shirazipour 

Sabrina Slama 

Kristy Smith 

Can Wu 

BACHELOR OF HUMAN 

KINETICS 

HONOURS LEISURE AND 

SPORT MANAGEMENT 

Marshall Bondy 

Stephanie Dixon 

Jimmy El-Turk 

Joshua McFadden 

Laura Mullins 

David Pinard 

Ryan Tatar 


SCIENCE 

Jeffrey Ackersviller 

Michael Ayotte 

Melanie Azevedo 

Glen Baker 

Ryan Banerd 

Curtis Bannon 

Michael Baran 

Brittany Becker 

Marybeth Beechey 

Francois Bernatchez 

Amy Blencowe 

J. Tyler Briffa 

Mitchell Broser 

Lewis Bryant 

Jessicaukovac 

Kyle Busch 

Mathew Charron 

Shu Anne Chen 

Amber Cooper 

Christopher Corrente 

Emma Coulombe 

Ryan Crouch 

Anthony Dandie 

Amanda Decaire 

Matthew Dennis 

Mackenzie Devin 

Danielle DeVries 

Christopher Di Lorenzo 

Milan Dobric 

Natasha Gasparin 

Katie Giahatzis 

David Haradyn 

J. Craig Harwood 

Melanie Hicks 

Megan Houlahan 

Mary Houle 

Deborah Ivey 

Richard Johnston 

Christopher Johnstone 

Charles Kahelin 

Piotr Karas 

John Korkees 

Sara Kox 

Randy Kuefler 

Maja Kujundzic 

Elizabeth Lamers 

Samantha Langan 

Samantha Langstaff 

Peter Lanni 

Stephanie LeBlanc 

Melissa Leffelhoc 

Tanya Lefrancois 

Adam Linka 

Mackenzie Liska 

Selma Ljeti 

Adam Ludolph 

Stephen Lussier 

Wilson Ly 

Aaron Karl Ma 

Kevin Mageto 

Samuel Malian 

Garrison Matte 

Adam McMahon 

Morgan McNaughton 

Heather McNeely 

Kevin McRae 

June 2012 Convocation, BHK Grads (L-R) Melissa Lefelhoc, Michael Ayotte, 

Vincenzo Liburdi, Morgan McNaughton, Teresa Lohonyai, and Nico Ringeling. 

Renee Meloche 

Katherine Mitchell 

Shannon Mueller 

Rama Mustafa 

John Nickels 

Adam Norman 

Leo Obeid 

Keenan O’Brien 

Kevin Overholt 

Andrew Patterson 

Jessica Perissinotti 

Nicholas Peters 

Stefan Puchnatyj 

Nico Ringeling 

Daina Sablinskas 

Saeed Serbeh 

Vanessa Seu 

Matthew Shafer 

Christopher Shaw 

Julia Snihurowycz 

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Jennifer Tomayer 

Dejana Trninic 

Tina Vagnini 

Ana Vrcelj 

Cassandra Wilbur 

Ashely Wirth 

Justin Woods 

Hai Chuan Yu 

Debora Zegrean 

Alaina Zvric 


SCIENCE 

CO-OPERATIvE EDUCATION 

Jeremy Cousineau 

Roberto Di Natale Jr. 

Beau Dubois 

Lyla Ellens 

Teresa Lohonyai 

Eric Skene 

HONOURS SPORT 

MANAGEMENT 

Andrew Boyes 

Brett Bulmer 

Kelsey Connor 

Rene Dewachter 

James Donoghue 

Ivo Frankovich 

Lisa Headley 

Mark Hebert 

Christopher Jones 

Kaitlyn Koning 

Jenna LaMantia 

Vincenzo Liburdi 

Milana McNamee 

Sarah McPhail 

Kevin Moran 

Hayley Ostrowski 

Alicia Phillips 

Andrew Rawlinko 

Britton Stanbury 

Alexandra Thomas 

HONOURS SPORT STUDIES 

Kamar Anglin 

Sucipto Buchan 

Jason Gander 

Sophie Gartner-Manzon 

Bridget Jeffray 

Heather Kurpe 

Amanda Martinello 

Collin Morton 

Ashley Noel 

Kasandra Peeters 

Daniel Sutton

Kinesiology News 

Among the Best in the World 

Recent rankings have proven what those 

who work in the Master of Human Kinetics 

program in sport management have quietly 

known all along: their’s is among the best 

in the world. 

Mike Thompson stands in the players’ bench at the 

Air Canada Centre. A graduate of the MHK program in 

sport management, he’s now the coordinator of fan 

services for Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment. 

The program, with six faculty members 

and an average of about 15 to 20 graduate 

students a year, was recently ranked 

in third place worldwide by the SportBusiness 

International 2012 Postgraduate 

Sports Course Guide. 

Kinesiology professor Jess Dixon said 

considering that 

UWindsor is on the 

same list as firstplace 

Ohio University 

and the University 

of Massachusetts 

at Amherst—which 

he says are two of 

the most highlyregarded 

schools in 

the world for post 

graduate sports management programs— 

his department, and the entire campus, 

should be extremely honoured. 

“To be in the company of those two 

schools alone is very impressive,” said Dr. 

Dixon, who earned his own PhD at U-Mass. 

“I’m very proud of these rankings.” 

Jess said a major contributing factor to 

scoring so high on that list was the fact 

that 85 percent of the program’s grads find 

jobs in their field. 

Mike Thompson, who graduated from 

the program in 2010, landed the job of 

his dreams as coordinator of fan services 

for Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment, 

owners of the Toronto Maple Leafs, the Toronto 

Raptors, the Toronto Marlies and the 

Toronto F.C. soccer team. Also a graduate 

of the Odette School of Business, he said 

he was thrilled to hear about the award, 

but not necessarily surprised. 

“It’s a department that really cares 

about its students and what they do when 

they graduate,” said Mike, who oversees a 

staff of 25 people devoted to ensuring fans 

have a top-notch experience when they attend 

any of the company’s venues, which 

include the Air Canada Centre, BMO Field 

and the Ricoh Coliseum. 

An Oshawa native, Mike scored a placement 

working with the communications 

department for the Toronto Blue Jays while 

still a student under Jess’ tutelage. He supported 

baseball writers in the press box, 

providing them with creative games notes, 

lineups and other team information. 

“When I was working with the Blue Jays 

it never felt like work and it still doesn’t 

now that I’m here at Maple Leaf Sports,” 

he said. 

However, professional sports teams 

aren’t the only places the program’s grads 

can find employment, Jess said. They’ve 

found success in such diverse areas as in 

municipal parks, recreation, culture and 

tourism programs; the sporting goods and 

apparel industry; international, national 

and provincial sport governing bodies; 

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2011 Community Inclusion Award Community Living Essex County 

The Community Living Essex 

County hosted their 50th annual 

general meeting on June 21, 2011 

in McGregor, Ontario. The Community 

Inclusion Award was presented 

to the Department of Kinesiology for 

their role in implementing a fitness 

program and an adapted physical 

activity manual for participants of the 

Community Living Program. 

Accepting the award on behalf of the department was Chad Sutherland, Applied Learning 

Coordinator; Deborah Wolf, BHK candidate; and Dr. Wayne Marino, Department Head of Kinesiology 

sport media; athletic facilities and venues; 

management and marketing agencies; intercollegiate 

athletics; campus recreation; 

and public and private sport and recreation 

camps and resorts. 

Human Kinetics dean Michael Khan 

said the program’s success can be directly 

attributed to a collective effort from all the 

faculty and staff who work there. 

“We’ve got a tremendous team here and 

everyone is devoted to ensuring that our 

students get everything they need to help 

them succeed,” said Dr. Khan. “There’s a 

great tradition here of student centred excellence 

in which we integrate activities in 

research, teaching and community service 

and these rankings are a validation of all 

our efforts.” 

HK Students Win CIS Awards 

(L-R): Future HK grad student Jessica Clemencon 

being honored as a first team CIS All-Canadian; 

kinesiology student Laura Mullins (BHK ’10) captured 

the CIS Tracy MacLeod Award for her determination 

and perseverance; and Miah-Marie Langlois 

was honored as a first team CIS All-Canadian.


Outstanding 

undergrad 

among research 

honourees 

Renee Meloche, left, straps a skin surface temperature 

monitor on to the arm of volleyball player 

Paige MacDowell. 

Volleyball players like Paige McDowell 

have a little more spring in their step 

out on the court these days thanks to the 

award-winning research of undergraduate 

Renee Meloche. 

“It was great to do a study that was really 

practical that could help the girls to 

perform better,” said Renee, a fourth-year 

kinesiology major who received one of two 

outstanding undergraduate student awards 

at the Celebration of Excellence in Research, 

Scholarship and Creative Activity. 

Under the supervision of assistant professor 

Sarah Woodruff, Renee conducted a 

week-long study last year with the Lancer 

women’s volleyball team. Using the department’s 

recently-acquired Bod-Pod, 

she measured each player’s body composition. 

Then, for the entire week, players 

wore a device that constantly records skin 

surface temperature—directly related to 

caloric energy output—and kept a log of 

everything they ate and drank. At the end 

of the week, their body composition was 

recorded again. 

According to her results, the players 

weren’t consuming nearly enough calories for 

the amount of energy they were expending. 

“Overall the girls were expending significantly 

more calories than they were 

taking in, so they had a negative energy 

balance,” said Renee, who noted that on 

game days they were burning an average 

of 4,000 calories. 

After the study was complete, the players 

received an individualized record of 

their data and nutrition counselling. 

Renee had her work ranked as the highest 

abstract when it was presented at the 

Western Society for Kinesiology and Wellness 

conference in Las Vegas last fall. 

Kinesiology Health and Wellness 

students joined CBC Windsor 

Walking Group 

Dr. Woodruff’s first year Health and 

Wellness class joined Susan Pedler, news- 

Thumbs up 

Enthusiastic well wishers from 

the University community cheer as 

kinesiology student and captain of 

the Lancer golf team, Michael Aylotte 

(far right) passes the medal 

to the next runner, Rita Jacques, in 

the foyer of Lambton Tower. 

Michael is involved in a number 

of community initiatives to support 

services to individuals with epilepsy 

and is involved in the care of a 

sibling with a disability. He is an Ontario Scholar who has served as co-chair of the 

Leadership Camp Committee at R.S.McLaughlin Collegiate and Vocational Institute; is 

a member of the Heart and Stroke Foundation’s STARK Ambassador Program in the 

Faculty of Human Kinetics; and is an executive committee member of the KIN 1 Program 

in the Faculty of Human Kinetics. 

The two were among 7,000 runners who recreated the Canadian segment of Rick 

Hansen’s 1986 Man in Motion tour between Aug. 24, 2011 and May 22, 2012. This 

journey of more than 12,000 kilometres visited over 6000 communities and celebrated 

the achievements of everyday heroes. 

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Adriana Duquette, 

kinesiology 

laboratory 

coordinator, 

demonstrates a 

speed stacking 

exercise to a group 

of students attending 

Academie Ste. Cecile 

on exchange from 

Columbia that were 

on campus in July 

2011. 

caster for CBC News, on her daily walk at 

the riverfront on January 19th. The class 

also got to meet Dr. Kimmerle, who walks 

regularly with Susan.

Amsterdam experience helps 

student researcher learn the 

value of relationships 

HK graduate 

student Samantha 

Pang spent her entire 

summer working 

in the Netherlands 

researching how to 

build a marketing 

strategy to increase 

the number of visits 

sport enthusiasts 

and tourists make 

to the Olympic Experience, an attraction at 

the Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam. 

The stadium where Pang spent her summer 

was built for the 1928 Games and the 

city is currently preparing a bid to host 

them again in 2028 to mark the facility’s 

100th anniversary. The building is now 

mostly a monument but it is still used for 

various activities, from national sporting 

events to music festivals, Pang said. A bid 

for the Games would have to include upgrades 

and expansion, she added. 

Her summer research project, done under 

the direction of professor Jess Dixon, 

will aid in future marketing strategies for 

the Olympic Experience. 

HK Book Award recipient Natalie Ethier (centre) 

accepts congratulations from Anna Marano (BHK 

’10) of Human Kinetics Publishers and UWindsor 

kinesiology professor Scott Martyn, an editor of 

Tarnished Rings: The International Olympic Committee 

and the Salt Lake City Bid Scandal. Natalie 

plans to study kinesiology at the University of 

Windsor in September and said she can’t wait. 

2012 HK Book Award winners: 

• Sarah Wong, Academie Ste. Cecile 

International School 

• Steven Kulesza, Assumption College 

School 

• Johny Krahn, Belle River District High 

School 

• Jordan Deneau, F.J. Brennan High School 

• Katrina Paty, Cardinal Carter Catholic 

Secondary School 

• Jenna Diamante, Catholic Cental High 

School 

• Jessika Veigli, Essex District High School 

• Natalie Ethier, École Secondaire L’Essor 

• Christina Mo, J.L. Forster Secondary 

School 

• Michael Mallender, General Amherst 

High School 

• Jenna Wright, Harrow District High 

School 

• Brandon McBride, W.F. Herman 


• Christian Ieraci, Holy Names High School 

• Travis Durocher, Kennedy Collegiate 

Institute 

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Golf Championship 


A member of the Lancer golf team, 

Kinesiology student Kaella McLellan got 

a chance to learn how the professionals 

play when she caddied during the 

Canadian Tour Championship, August 

25 to 28, 2011 at Windsor’s Ambassador 

Golf Club. Prior to the tournament, she 

was the co-chair for the event’s volunteer 

committee, which gave her practical 

experience to complement her studies in 

leisure and sport management. 

(L–R): Kaella McLellan, Dan Haldorson, 

Deputy Executive Director Canadian Golf 

Tour, Shayne Whiting 

• Caitlyn Longmuir, Kingsville District High 

School 

• Nicholas Marentette, École Secondaire 

E.J. Lajeunesse 

• Danielle Vandervecht, Leamington 

District Secondary School 

• Kevin Victor, Maranatha Christian 

Academy 

• Alexandra Moore, Vincent Massey 


• Britney Hawkins, Riverside Secondary 

School 

• Anthony Valeri, St. Anne High School 

• Derek Murphy, St. Joseph’s Catholic 

High School 

• John Travo, St. Thomas of Villanova 


• Jordyn Severin, Sandwich Secondary 

School 

• Nadia Green, Walkerville Collegiate 

Institute 

The awards recognize students who 

have maintained outstanding academic 

performance and have made exceptional 

contributions to their schools and communities 

through athletics, leadership and 

volunteer activities. 

Each honoree received a sports- or 

health-related book to keep, and their 

school libraries will receive a copy of Tarnished 

Rings: The International Olympic 

Committee and the Salt Lake City Bid Scandal, 

with a book plate acknowledging the 

honoured students. UWindsor kinesiology 

professor Scott Martyn is one of the book’s 

editors.


“Wii-Habilitation” 

Jeremy Butler is a 4th year BHK student 

on internship placement at Hotel Dieu Hospital 

and proud creator of the “Wii-Habilitation” 

program at Hotel-Dieu Grace Hospital 

in conjuction with Thom Morris. The 

average age of participants in the program 

were between 80 and 90 years old. After 

the initial leaning curve, they caught on 

to the games quickly with loads of enthusiasm 

and laughter. The games (bowling, 

golf, Wheel of Fortune) proved so popular 

(and effective) the hospital administration 

has developed the pilot into a full time 

program. 

Triathlon fuels athletic dreams 

Morgan McNaughton can’t imagine having 

a childhood without sports. 

The University of Windsor Human Kinetics 

Society president said that’s why a 

program for low-income families called AS- 

SIST - Putting Kids in Sports, was selected 

to receive the contributions from the society’s 

annual Tri-For-Life Triathlon. 

Morgan McNaughton (BHK ’12), president of the 

Human Kinetics Society at the 7th Annual Tri-for-Life 

Triathlon, St Denis Centre, Sunday, April 1, 2012. 

Grad Students/Faculty & Staff Christmas Bowling 2011 

Dr. Paraschak’s Annual HK Current & Former Staff 

Christmas Luncheon 

(L-R) Vicky Paraschak, Pat McTaggart, Diane Dupuis, Elisa Mitton, Sheila Daudlin, Anne Dawson, Shari 

Turcotte, Cathy Greenwell, Sylvia Jimenez 

The all-day event at the St. Denis Centre, 

now in its seventh year, consisted of 

multiple 15-minute races in the pool, on 

stationary bikes and running on land. 

“Sports play a key role in a child’s and 

adolescent’s development, not only with 

their motor skills, but social circles,” said 

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McNaughton, 22, who grew up playing soccer, 

football, badminton and volleyball. 

ASSIST president Mike Dugal and public 

relations officer Stephen Fields said the 

program has helped more than 100 families 

since it began in 2007.

Not everyone gets to be an Olympian, 

but thanks to a trip to Montreal and Lake 

Placid, New York, in April 2012, students 

in Dr. Scott Martyn’s graduate course on 

“Crises, Politics, and Commercialism in 

the Modern Olympic Movement,” got to 

feel like world-class athletes for a couple 

of days. 

In Montreal, the students met with 

Dick Pound, a former president of the Canadian 

Olympic Committee and the World 

Anti Doping Agency, who said the inspirational 

and international nature of the 

modern Olympics ensures their continued 

popularity: “New heroes emerge at every 

Olympic Games.” 

During a tour of the facilities that 

hosted the 1976 Montreal Olympics, the 

Windsor delegation saw the ski jumping, 

speed skating and sliding venues, as well 

as the US Olympic training facility, where 

they lunched with luge and bobsleigh athletes, 

and members of the women’s national 

hockey team. 

2011-12 HK Society members 

Front Row L-R: Teresa Lohonyai, Pam Mailloux, 

Morgan Mcnaughton, Kyle Bendell, Doug Koomson 

Back Row L-R: Melissa Leffelhoc, Evan Bett, Ben 

Phalavong, Alex Corken, Vincenzo Liburdi, Mike 

Ayotte, Nico Ringeling, Sam Khanafer, Megan 

Contini, Prof. Tiffany (Quinn) Martindale (BHK ’05, 

MHK ’07). 

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The Kinesiology Co-Operative 

Education Program 


The Kinesiology Co-operative Education Program offers students the opportunity to combine 

their classroom experiences with related work experiences. The Program is based on the 

principle that the professional preparation of undergraduate students can be enhanced by 

blending career-related work experiences with a quality curriculum. The experience gained 

while participating in these structured and supervised work placements is viewed as an integral 

component of the student’s educational program. 

Students interested in obtaining a marketable degree and career related experience should 

seriously consider this program. Supporters of the co-operative education concept suggest 

that co-op graduates are better prepared to meet the demands of a competitive job market. 

Furthermore, studies have determined that graduates of co-operative education programs 

secure entry positions that have more challenging job responsibilities and higher salaries. 

For further information: 

Mr. Chad Sutherland, Applied Learning Co-ordinator 

Department of Kinesiology, University of Windsor 

Windsor, ON N9B 3P4 

Phone: (519) 253-3000, Ext. 4050, Fax: (519) 973-7056 

Please see below for experiential profiles of two Human Kinetics students who were supervised 

by Mr. Chad Sutherland in the Co-operative Education and/or Internship Programs. 

Movement Science Co-operative Education Student: Carly Meyer 

Carly is a third year Human Kinetics Co-op student with a major in 

Movement Science. After testing out Physical Therapy and Chiropractic 

through Co-operative Education placements, she contacted Renee 

Hopes in the Occupational Therapy Department at the Windsor Regional 

Tayfour Campus. The placement turned out to be the right fit 

for Carly, as she loves helping people and this gave her the chance to 

see first-hand how Occupational Therapy can improve a person’s life. 

The hands-on experience was invaluable. Carly worked with individual 

patients but she also learned how to integrate service into the community. 

She was assigned specific patients who had impairments ranging 

from cognitive or motor skill difficulties to issues involving daily challenges 

in maintaining a moderate level of independence. Using exercises 

like arm bikes, dexterity clips, counting methods and dressing 

techniques, patients started gaining back independence. Carly stated that she couldn’t think 

of a better place than Windsor Regional Hospital Tayfour Campus to be placed at. The staff 

welcomed her, trained her thoroughly and she felt like part of the team. Carly now plans on 

pursuing her Masters in Occupational Therapy; and in the meantime continuing to volunteer 

to help patients in our community. 

Sport Management Co-operative Education Student: Brock Martin 

Brock Martin is currently in his third year of studies in Human Kinetics with a major in 

Sports Management and a minor in Business. Brock just completed his second Co-op placement 

at the University of Windsor as a Sports Manager. During his Co-op placement Brock 

helped run, officiate and organize many different intramural leagues at the University. He was 

also awarded rookie official of the year at the Intramural banquet. His placement included 

helping with the set-up of athletic events and banquets. Brock’s Sport 

Management courses provided him prior knowledge to accomplish 

these tasks efficiently. This was Brock’s second placement; his first 

being with the Chatham-Kent Health Alliance. Brock plans to continue 

down the Sport Management path, rather than Physiotherapy, after 

having a very positive experience with his last placement. Brock stated 

that this is an example of the effectiveness of the Co-op program, 

by providing him with the first-hand experience needed to pursue his 

future ambitions.


Dr. Richard (Dick) Moriarty 

arrived at the University 

of Windsor, then 

Assumption College, as a 

student in 1952. A small 

campus at the time, Dick 

became involved in university 

politics immediately. One of his major contributions was in the 

administration of the athletic department which eventually parlayed 

into a long and illustrious career. Dick’s involvement became a selfless 

commitment to a life for the benefit of others. 

Upon graduation, Dick officially began his career. He was a professor 

and Athletic Director in the School of Physical and Health Education. 

The connection of the two roles was critical in his philosophy that 

the athletic experience must have an academic grounding. Dick the 

educator, has always been open to those who needed assistance at 

any time. He communicated incessant confidence in, and encouragement 

to others. While he had high expectations of those around him, 

he was always positive, exuding optimism that was contagious. With 

this successful man conveying a message that a goal, task, or project 

could be accomplished, individuals left his presence with all doubts 

eradicated, energized to continue. 

During Dick’s years as a Lancer administrator (1957-1985), he 

was immersed in the operation of Ontario university athletics (OUAA 

& OWIAA) and the National interuniversity athletic association (CIAU). 

His most significant contributions may be associated with his leadership 

in the development and ongoing guidance of organizational constitutions, 

bylaws and operational procedures. He also was known as 

the league historian, maintaining records for many years. As women’s 

sport grew in the late 60s and early 70s, Dick was a leader in advocating 

for equity in programs based upon sex. He was vocal in standing up 

for what he believed was right, regardless of the anticipated response 

from others. His values, strength of conviction, and integrity are to be 

admired. His work ethic and his passion for his work and for people are 

evident in everything that he does. 

Dick’s most significant community work has been in founding the 

Bulimia and Anorexia Nervosa Association here in Windsor in 1983 

along with his wife Mary. After the tragic death of his daughter Erin, he 

converted his sorrow in a positive way by deciding that he would do 

everything in his power to prevent families from having to go through 

the grief that his family experienced with the loss of a loved one. He 

recruited the right people, developed a structure, pursued its incorporation, 

and solicited funding to accomplish the organizational goals. 

Today’s existing Association is testament to Dick’s success of creating a 

Dr. Richard Moriarty: 

Congratulations on 60 Years 


dream and converting it to a reality. Even today in his retirement, Dick 

continues to lecture about the prevalence of eating disorders and the 

critical role that sport and physical activity can have in prevention. 

His commitment, dedication and energy are second to none. 

Dick has seen enormous change during his 60 year presence 

on our campus and has been a major contributor to many of these 

changes. His influence will be felt throughout the history of the institution 

as it continues to unfold for years to come. 

Submitted by 

Dr. Margery Holman 

Associate Professor 

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Dick Moriarty 1957

Dr. Margery Holman Retires 

With the arrival of September 2012, incoming Kinesiology students 

will face a future that hasn’t been seen for 42 years—a university 

experience without the benefit of one or more classes from 

Dr. Margery Holman, who will be officially retiring on August 31st. 

Marge holds the unique distinction of being a student in this university’s 

first graduating class in Physical & Health Education. She 

then went on to teach in that program for her entire University career 

in a variety of courses, such as Principles of Coaching, Ethics, 

and graduate and undergraduate Sport and Law. She created and 

began teaching a landmark course on Gender in Sport and Physical 

Activity in 1988. Marge’s love of sport and her commitment to 

excellence and equity have thus been stamped on each Kinesiology 

alumni since 1970. The Faculty Association and University 

administration have benefitted from her talents, including a threeyear 

secondment by the University President to have Marge create 

the first Employment Equity office on campus, including the task 

of developing the University’s first Sexual Harassment Policy. 

Her work has extended beyond our walls to benefit sport across 

campus and externally from the local to the international level. 

She served as the first Director of Women’s Sport at the University 

of Windsor for 18 years. Volleyball has remained a constant in her 

life – coaching the University women’s team, establishing the first 

women’s volleyball league and travel team in Windsor, serving as 

juror at the World Student Games, and being president of the CIAU 

Women’s Volleyball Association for years. She exemplifies an active 

personal life with weekly activities that include squash, dragon 

boat racing, golf, roller blading and multiple walks daily with 

her dog, Princess. Appropriately, she is a CAAWS facilitator for 

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their Women 55-70 & Physical Activity Initiative. Her wide-ranging 

efforts to increase equity and to decrease harassment and abuse 

in sport have made her a go-to person on these issues in academics, 

in athletics and in the media. A few of her recent awards include 

the Windsor Woman of the Year, the WESPY Builders Award 

(2010), and the Mary Lou Dietz Equity Leadership Award (2011). 

Faculty members in the Department of Kinesiology have decided 

to create the Margery Holman Legacy Award for Gender in Sport 

as a retirement tribute to ensure that her legacy of caring endures. 

This annual award will honour a Kinesiology student who excels 

in the study of gender. If you wish to honour Marge’s outstanding 

efforts in creating a sport world that is positive and accessible to 

all, please donate to this Legacy Award by following the donation 

link (http://www.uwindsor.ca/hk/tribute-to-dr-margery-holman). 

A charitable tax receipt will be issued to all donations over $10. 

We also hope you can join us at the Penalty Box for an open house 

luncheon/retirement party/fundraiser on Sunday, September 9th, 

anytime between 1-5pm ($25 ticket price, with proceeds going to 

the Legacy Award). You can contact me (parasch@uwindsor.ca) if 

you wish to buy a ticket and/or provide a comment by email that we 

will share with Marge at this event. Let’s make this Legacy Award 

a reality and ensure that Dr. Margery Holman will retire knowing 

that her work has made a difference in our lives, and that we will 

continue to support her efforts to improve sport in the future. 

Submitted by 

Dr. Vicky Paraschak, 

Department of Kinesiology 

Wednesday, May 17, 2012: Dr. Margery 

Holman was presented with a gift at her 

last Academic Standing Meeting. 

Front row (L-R): Dr. Kevin Milne, Adriana 

Duquette, Pat McTaggart, Dr. Cheri 

McGowan, Dr. Margery Holman, Dr. Dick 

Moriarty, Dr. Marijke Taks, Sylvia Jimenez 

Back row (L-R): Dr. Sarah Woodruff, Dr. 

Wayne Marino, Dr. Vicky Paraschak, Dr. 

Nancy McNevin, Dr. Kenji Kenno, Diane 

Dupuis, Linda Barson, Dr. Jess Dixon, Dr. 

Krista Chandler, Dr. Dave Andrews, Dr. 

Todd Loughead, Tiffany Martindale, Dr. 

Sean Horton, Dr. Alan Metcalfe, Don Clarke


ARS Update 

Lancers Capture Two CIS 

National Titles in 2011-12 

The Lancer women’s basketball team 

captured a second straight Bronze Baby 

Trophy at the 2012 CIS women’s basketball 

champions this past March thanks to 

a 69-53 gold medal win over the No. 2 UBC 

Thunderbirds at the University of Calgary’s 

Jack Simpson Gymnasium. 

The Lancer women’s track & field team 

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took home their fourth straight CIS women’s 

national championship title this past 

March in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The Windsor 

women extended its CIS record for the 

most team championships to 11 women’s 

titles in 32 years of the championships.

Coaching News... 

The 2011-2012 Lancer season saw 

many coaching hires and awards in the Department 

of Athletics: 

Joe D’Amore was named the new head 

coach of the Lancer Football program. In 

2011-12, he served as the interim head 

coach leading the Lancers to a 5-3 record 

and back into the playoffs for the first time 

since 2006. Joe was named the Tuffy Knight 

Award winner as the OUA Football Coach of 

the Year and he was a finalist for the CIS 

Football National Coach of the Year. 

Lucas Hodgson was 

hired as the Director of 

Volleyball Operations 

of the Windsor Lancers, 

where he will oversee 

the day to day operations 

of both the men’s 

and women’s volleyball 

programs, in addition 

to his head coaching 

duties for the Women’s 

Volleyball team. 

Track & Field head 

coach Dennis Fairall 

was named the CIS Women’s Track & Field 

coach of the year. Coach Fairall led the 

Lancer women to their fourth consecutive 

national title after heading into the championships 

as the third ranked team overall. 

Coach Fairall was also named the men’s & 

women’s OUA Track & Field coach of the 

year leading the Lancer men to their 14th 

consecutive OUA title, and the women to 

their third straight banner (and seventh in 

eight years). 

For the third time in the past four seasons, 

head coach Chantal Vallée was 

named the OUA West women’s basketball 

coach of the year. Vallée’s Lancers finished 

atop the west standings for the fourth consecutive 

year and had been ranked No. 2 in 

the country for 11 of 13 weeks. 

Lancer basketball coaches Chris Oliver 

and Chantal Vallée have once again made 

Lancer history. In just six and a half years, 

each of them has won 100 regular season 

games with the Lancers as the head coach 

of their respective programs - and they did 

it just one game apart! The milestone victories 

came on January 7th in the Lancers 

70-59 win over the Guelph Gryphons for 

Coach Oliver and in Windsor’s 91-41 win 

over Guelph on January 11th for Coach 

Vallée. 

In Other Lancer & Kinesiology 

News... 

The Canadian Intramural Recreation Association 

awarded the University of Windsor 

with the 2011-12 CIRA Award for Outstanding 

Intramural Achievement. 

Josh Leeman (BHK ’04), Intramural Coordinator 

The following Kinesiology students were 

honoured by the Department with Student 

Staff Awards at the annual luncheon this 

past March: 

Athletics & Recreation Services Student 

Employee of the Year 

– Mark Hebert 

St. Denis Centre Employee of the Year 

– Zack Nickels 

Intramurals Employee of the Year 

– Mike Naraine 

Forge Fitness Centre Employee of the Year 

– Scott Van Hende 

Outstanding Customer Service Award 

– Danielle Carter 

Instructional Fitness Award 

– Tabitha Hudson 

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2011-12 Evening of 

Excellence Award Winners 

Olympic Shield (Male 

Athlete of the Year) 

– Matt Walters (Cross Country/ 

Track & Field) 

Banner Shield (Female 

Athlete of the Year) 

– Miah-Marie Langlois 

(Women’s Basketball) 

DeMarco Award 

– Steve Ferry (Men’s Hockey)/ 

Nicole Sassine (Track & Field) 

Gino Fracas Coach of the 

Year 

– Joe D’Amore (Football) 

Rookie of the Year 

– Evan Stibbard (Men’s Hockey)/ 

Sarah Swain (Track & Field) 

Leadership & Development 

Award 

– Matt McCready (Men’s Hockey)/ 

Sara Kox (Women’s Soccer) 

Super Sophomore Award 

– Austin Kennedy (Football)/ 

Korissa Williams (Women’s 

Basketball) 

Dr. Moriarty Academic Team 

of the Year 

– Women’s Track & Field 

Dave West Student Manager of the Year 

– Richard Johnston 

(Cross Country/Track & Field) 

Bill Mitchell Student Therapist of the Year 

– Kaitlyn Swartz 

Lancer Leader Award 

– Jay Gander, Wilson Ly, Sam Malian


Research Notes 

Kinesiology Research: Looking to the 

Future 

We just received word that our PhD program 

proposal was accepted by the Ontario Universities 

Council on Quality Assurance. This wonderful 

news comes right on the heels of our 

recent successes at the Celebration of Excellence 

in Research, Scholarship and Creative 

Activity on campus in February. At this event, 

Kinesiology was very well represented with 

research award winners in three categories: 

Outstanding Undergraduate Student 

(Renee Meloche-Sarah Woodruff 

(Advisor)); Outstanding Graduate Student 

(Timothy Burkhart-David Andrews (Advisor)); 

and Outstanding Staff (Don Clarke). The success 

of our PhD program proposal and these 

research awards provide confirmation that all 

the hard work of the past at all levels within 

the department is paying off. The foundation 

of research culture and support that we have 

developed and nurtured within the department 

is firmly and broadly laid, which allows 

us to build and plan for the future. 

Continuing and 

enhancing our research 

success as 

we move forward 

requires us to be 

strategic with our 

resources in all areas 

and consider 

new ways of generating 

revenue for 

the department and 

university, while maintaining our strong commitment 

to the student learning experience. 

There are increasing pressures to contribute 

to the university through the development of 

unique programming and services in order to 

increase enrolment. Our PhD program helps 

in that regard, as its focus on the community 

will undoubtedly attract students that are 

interested in applying knowledge to help 

others; an underlying guiding principle for us 

in Kinesiology and the University of Windsor. 

Pressures also exist on all researchers to continue 

to apply for external funding in order to 

attract students, support them during their degrees, 

and provide equipment, supplies and 

research support that are critical for healthy 

and growing research programs. Members of 

Kinesiology are meeting this challenge head 

on by submitting to and planning applications 

for all three Tri-Council funding agencies 

(Social Sciences and Humanities Research 

Council (SSHRC), the Canadian Institutes 

of Health Research (CIHR), and the Natural 

Sciences and Engineering Research Council 

(NSERC)), foundations, and other government, 

private and corporate sources. 

Internal and external funding has also been 

targeted in order to develop infrastructure that 

aligns with the strategic priorities of the University 

of Windsor and generate additional 

funds on an ongoing basis to support our research 

and community endeavours. Human 

Kinetics was recently successful in obtaining 

a University of Windsor Strategic Priority Fund 

grant of over $100,000 to establish a Centre 

for Human Performance and Health (CHPH), 

that will, as one of its primary objectives, 

provide the framework for research driven 

Don Clarke: Departmental 

“go-to guy” 

Don Clarke, left, helps master’s student Evan 

Brydges, standing, harness master’s student 

Danielle MacIntyre into an elaborate piece 

of research machinery he built to better 

understand how tissues absorb shock impact 

when people slip and fall. 

Sit in Don Clarke’s office for any length of time and it won’t take long to see why he’s 

considered kinesiology’s “go-to guy.” 

The department’s lone research technician, he can program computer software, make 

sensors for a wide variety of ergonomic measurement applications and build or repair 

elaborate pieces of equipment for all manner of projects. Don was the first-ever recipient of 

the university’s inaugural outstanding staff researcher award at the Celebration of Excellence 

in Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity which was held on February 6th. “He can fix 

anything and he can build anything, and he’s so friendly” stated a colleague. 

“I can honestly say that none of the research 

labs in our building would have been developed 

or would be operating at the level they are without 

Don’s expertise, dedication and infectious 

enthusiasm about research and helping us achieve 

our goals,” Dave Andrews, the faculty’s Research 

Leadership Chair said. “He is irreplaceable.” 

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community initiatives and experiential learning 

opportunities for students. Through the 

CHPH, performance and health focused initiatives 

will be developed, supported and promoted 

around three key strengths of staff and 

faculty within the Faculty of Human Kinetics: 

sport performance, active and healthy living, 

and workplace training and injury prevention. 

It is our intent that the CHPH will eventually be 

able to operate on a cost-recovery basis (minimally), 

and that any revenues beyond this 

level will be reinvested into Human Kinetics 

to grow and further enhance the student and 

community experience through program and 

facility advancement. 

The examples highlighted above provide a 

glimpse of a few key initiatives and directions 

that we are headed in as we move forward 

with our research. Our newly founded Kinesiology 

Research Group is tasked with providing 

strategic directions for our individual and collaborative 

research activities, and supporting 

and fostering research excellence in the faculty. 

Given all of our recent successes, we have 

never looked to the future with more optimism 

and excitement. 

Yours in research, 

David Andrews 

Dr. Alan Wildeman congratulates Don at the 

Celebration of Excellence in Research, Scholarship 

and Creative Activity reception.

Faculty News 

Dave Andrews 

Dave had a memorable fall term with 

the first year Functional Anatomy class. 

Students achieved the highest grades ever 

in his class, and Dave remembered the 

names of all 220 students in attendance 

on the last day. He also helped raise over 

$800 with another faculty member on 

campus during Movember. The response 

was mixed about the moustache, but Dave 

plans to raise more next year. Dave’s first 

PhD student, Tim Burkhart, successfully 

defended his dissertation in December 

and is now doing a post doctoral fellowship 

at Western University. Recent news 

of success with his NSERC Discovery and 

RTI grants has set Dave up for another 5 

years of funded research related to upper 

and lower extremity impacts. Dave’s 

Research Leadership Chair position was 

also renewed at the senior level in 2011, 

and will continue to support and foster 

student, staff and faculty research initiatives 

for another three years. At home, 

the bathroom renovation is now complete, 

but the plaster work in the stairwells continues. 

Additional plans to convert the remaining 

grass in the back yard to gardens 

is percolating, given how well things went 

in the front yard last year. No more grass 

to cut … sounds like a great plan to Dave! 

Trish and the kids are doing very well and 

continue to be busy with supply teaching, 

school work and athletic activities. Dave’s 

eldest, Rachel, is now learning to drive and 

is starting to consider university programs 

for fall 2013. Hard to believe! 

Nadia Azar 

Another year has come and gone! Summer 

2011 ended with two grad students 

moving on from Nadia’s lab, and one new 

graduate student beginning his program 

(co-supervised by Dr. Sean Horton). The 

2011-2012 academic year was spent getting 

back into the swing of teaching (after 

nearly 18 months out of the classroom), 

attending conferences and applying for 

grants. The Stapp Car Crash Conference 

was particularly exciting for Nadia, as the 

The Great Name Game 

Dr. Dave Andrews certainly isn’t trying to create a bar-like atmosphere 

in his classroom, but there is a line in the theme song from 

the old television show Cheers that probably resonates with the kinesiology 

professor: “You want to go where everybody knows your 

name.” 

Wanting to dispel the notion planted in many high school students’ 

heads that they’ll be just another number when they go to 

university, Dr. Andrews sets out to memorize the names of each and 

every one of the more than 200 students in his first-year anatomy 

class by the end of the semester. 

“One of the things we pride ourselves on here is that it is a family and we will get to 

know you,” Andrews said. “It makes them feel pretty good and if that’s a little thing that I 

can do to keep them coming back here and enjoying the program, then I’m glad to do it.” 

At the beginning of the semester, Andrews creates a master list of all his students and 

keeps meticulous notes on such details about them as their height, whether they wear 

glasses or specific articles of clothing. He takes the list home and studies it and then 

during the final class of the semester, quizzes himself by going through the entire class, 

rattling off each student’s name and explaining to them how he remembered them. 

“I try to link every person I can with something to help me remember and then I just do 

it over and over again,” he said. “It’s a lot of work but I’m trying to get them to memorize 

a ton of information in anatomy so this is like my way of showing them that I can do the 

same thing.” 

This year he scored 100%, correctly naming each of the 220 students who attended 

the final class. Andrews began the “The Great Name Game” initiative a few years ago 

because he wanted to improve on the interaction with his students in a large class. 

“The Faculty of Mo” 

study she presented there (from her PhD 

research) was awarded first prize in the 

Student Paper competition. Also exciting 

was the news of a successful grant application, 

spearheaded by grad students Phill 

McKeen and Kelly Carr and co-supervised 

with Dr. Sean Horton and Mr. Chad Sutherland. 

Nadia enjoyed her first trip to Vancouver 

this June, to present at the Canadian 

Society for Biomechanics Conference. The 

rest of the summer was spent wrapping up 

several research projects, writing grant applications, 

and preparing for the arrival of 

two new graduate students in September. 

On the home front, Ellis is now 5 years old, 

and Juno is 2; and both are healthy, happy, 

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They called themselves the Faculty of Mo. Dave 

Andrews and Phil Graniero (Associate Professor, 

Earth and Environmental Sciences) teamed up to 

raise funds for prostate cancer research by growing 

their moustaches during the month of “Movember”. 

Funds from the event went to Prostate Cancer 

Canada which provides support resources for men 

and their families, and strives to improve patient 

care and develop a national research strategy. 

incredible kids (they’re pretty cute, too!). 

Nadia has joined her first running clinic, 

and is hoping to run in her first 5K event 

soon. Ellis was excited to play soccer this 

summer, and wants to start running with 

Mom. Dory is planning to run the half-marathon 

in the Detroit Free-Press Marathon 

again this fall. With a couple of family trips 

(most notably, to Italy in May!), the family 

had a fun (and run…and sun)-filled summer.


Krista Chandler 

Krista had a busy 2011 Fall semester 

teaching the 240 first year students in 95- 

211, while also preparing for a new course 

entitled “The Effects of Imagery on Performance”. 

In addition to examining imagery 

use in sport and exercise, the course tackled 

some new domains for Krista- imagery 

use in rehabilitation, music, surgery and 

academics. Also in the Fall, Krista and her 

four graduate students travelled to Winnipeg 

for the SCAPPS conference, hosted 

by one of her former graduate students, 

Dr. Leisha Strachan. In addition, the Sport 

and Exercise Psychology Lab had a strong 

showing at the annual NASPSPA conference 

held in Hawaii in June. Krista continues 

to collaborate with Craig Hall on her 

SSHRC funded research examining children’s 

use of imagery during active play. 

In February, Krista, Bryce and Mera 

vacationed in Orlando. Meeting Cinderella, 

Snow White and Sleeping Beauty was 

memorable and certainly a highlight of the 

trip for Mera. Krista continues to consult 

with businesses and athletes. This past 

year has been especially busy as the athletes 

prepared for London 2012. Krista 

continues her work with Olympic and Paralympic 

athletes, helping them mentally 

prepare for the Games. 

Joel Cort 

Joel continues his research in the area 

of Biomechanics with his goal to reduce 

workplace injuries. At the undergraduate 

level, Joel resumed his teaching of 

Ergonomics while at the graduate level, 

he conveyed his knowledge in the area of 

Instrumentation and Biomechanical Modeling. 

At home, Joel enjoys spending time 

with his wife, Christina, their 2 year-old 

Shea Cort 

daughter, Leah, and their newest addition, 

baby boy Shea. 

Jess Dixon 

The past year has been another exciting 

one for Jess. In September, Jess welcomed 

a new graduate student into the HK 

Family (Amanda Morrison) and saw three 

graduate students (Ian Flaxey, Paul Little, 

& Samantha Pang) convocate in June. He 

wishes them all the very best in their future 

endeavours and knows that they will serve 

as tremendous ambassadors of the M.H.K. 

program! 

In addition to his regular teaching duties 

within the Department of Kinesiology, 

Jess ventured over to Amsterdam for 

a third time to lecture at the Johan Cruyff 

University (JCU) in September and brought 

two students back with him to study on 

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Kinesiology professor Jess Dixon (centre) bids a fond 

farewell to exchange students Tom Turley and Alle 

Koperdraad. 

“Dr. Dixon gave two lectures in the Netherlands 

last year, and they were very interesting,” said 

Koperdraad, a sports marketing student at 

Amsterdam’s Johan Cruyff Institute. “I was looking 

for a new experience, and learned we had an 

exchange agreement with the University of Windsor.” 

exchange during the Winter semester (Alle 

Koperdraad & Bart Van der Voort). By all 

accounts, they had a great time studying 

HK research could spell pain 

relief for truck drivers, 

earth-mover operators 

Anyone who’s ever driven a truck, a bus or a bulldozer 

for a long period of time might have considered 

what kind of long-term damage the constant rumbling 

and bumping of those massive machines under them 

might be doing to their bodies. 

A pair of researchers in Kinesiology are using 

movie and video-game grade technology paired with 

robotics to get the answer. Master’s student Danielle MacIntyre and Dr. Joel Cort, her 

professor and academic supervisor, are studying the effects of constant vibration and 

sudden movements on people’s muscles. 

“Our muscles were never designed to go through these constant vibrations so they 

become less optimal at responding to sudden movements,” explained Dr. Cort. 

Dr. Cort’s hypothesis is that muscle spindles — the sensory receptors that detect changes 

in the length of muscles, as well as the rate of that change, and send that information 

to the central nervous system — become damaged if they’ve been exposed to chronic vibration 

for long periods of time. That damage impairs the ability for those muscles to react 

the way they normally would to protect the body from abrupt disturbances, heightening 

the likelihood of further, more serious muscle and joint injuries, he believes. 

In their second-floor lab in the Human Kinetics Building, they secure research participants 

to a car seat perched atop a six-legged hexapod robot. Those not in the control 

group experience vibration levels similar to those in an earth-mover or a tractor-trailer. 

After 10 minutes they suddenly “perturb” the subjects with a slight jerking movement to 

the left or right, or front to back. 

Electrodes strapped to the participants’ body record the bursts of electrical activity 

that come from the muscles as they respond to the mechanical disturbances. Using motion 

capture technology, the researchers strap reflective silver balls to the subject so the 

video cameras situated around the room can record digital images, providing a complete 

picture of how the skeleton and muscles are reacting and interacting. 

“We want to know why there’s such a higher rate of back injuries for those who drive 

trucks, buses, large earth movers and that kind of equipment and to see if anything can 

be done to prevent them,” Dr. Cort said.

LAWS – Organization gets boost to promote 

female athletes as tomorrow’s leaders 

LAWS Trillium Thank You Luncheon, Aug. 

2011, Project Coordinator Elaine Weeks reads 

the plaque presented by Pam Fenchak (second 

from right) of the Ontario Trillium Foundation 

to founder Dr. Marge Holman (second from 

left) as former MPP Sandra Pupatello looks on. 

Dr. Marge Holman was awarded a 

$110,000 grant provided through the Trillium 

Foundation to Leadership Advancement 

for Women in Sport, an organization 

she helped found over ten years ago. LAWS 

was created to address barriers facing girls 

at the University of Windsor (see attached 

photo). Jess looks forward to lecturing in the 

Netherlands again in September in hopes of 

further building this relationship. 

Other noteworthy highlights from the 

2011-2012 academic year include: being 

awarded tenure at the University of Windsor, 

claiming the 2012 Winter Indoor Golf 

League championship with his partner, Dr. 

Sarah Woodruff, and seeing his brother’s 

Florida Panthers finally claw their way back 

into the NHL playoffs for the first time in 

more than a decade. 


The Undergraduate Laboratories are 

fully functional and running smoothly (the 

majority of the time!). This year saw the first 

group of students complete the new laboratory 

course in Motor Learning and the 

Psychology of Physical Activity (Fall 2011) 

and a second group of students complete 

the laboratory course in Human & Exercise 

Physiology (Winter 2012). The Biomechan- 

and women in sport and fitness and to empower 

them by sharing opportunities, resources, 

right to play info, and leadership 

mentoring. 

Dr. Holman said the funding allowed 

the organization to hire a full-time project 

coordinator, Elaine Weeks, a University of 

Windsor alumnus and two-time best female 

athlete Banner Shield recipient. Since May 

2011, Elaine has been raising the profile 

of LAWS by developing promotional materials 

such as a web site, www.leadingwomeninsport.com, 

a Facebook group, a 

Twitter presence and a Flickr photo site of 

local females in sports and physical activities. 

In addition, various networking and 

outreach events have been held. 

To ensure the sustainability of the organization, 

the second year will see a greater 

push to recruit volunteers who can help 

develop and implement goal-based initiatives. 

There will also be additional focus 

on partnering with local sport and recreation 

organizations. Alumni are welcome 

to join LAWS and to serve on the board 

of directors. For details, please go to the 

LAWS website. 

ics & Ergonomics laboratory course will 

be offered this coming Fall. On a personal 

note, Adriana is still enjoying her home in 

Lasalle, although she wishes she had more 

time to spend there! 

Marge Holman 

This year Marge made the tough decision 

to officially retire in August. However, 

it is expected that she will maintain her 

university and community connections to 

continue much of the work that does not 

have academic boundaries. For example, 

her project with Ontario Trillium Foundation 

funding is entering its second year so 

she will continue this work to ensure LAWS 

- Leadership Advancement for Women in 

Sport, will have an impact in the community. 

She will also continue assisting with 

Sandwich Secondary School’s volleyball 

program for another year. More leisure 

time will be a welcomed change to enjoy 

neglected pleasures. 

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Sean Horton 

The Motor Learning and Control labs 

continue to flourish, with a number of 

students on the verge of completing their 

master’s degrees, and a number of others 

working diligently ahead on their respective 

projects. We said goodbye to 

Chantelle Lachance, who is heading to 

Simon Fraser University for her PhD. Good 

luck Chantelle! 

In a collaborative effort with Chad 

Sutherland, Nadia Azar, and graduate students 

Phillip Mckeen and Kelly Carr, we 

managed to secure funding to run a program 

this coming fall that will provide fitness 

and motor skill training to adults with 

Autism and an Intellectual Disability. 

On a personal note, knee surgery over 

the Christmas holidays has taken a toll on 

Sean’s squash game. His surgeon has actually 

recommended he give up the game, 

although Sean probably isn’t smart enough 

to do that. He is, however, reluctantly on 

the sidelines for now. 

Kenji Kenno 

The Kenno family: after graduating from 

the concurrent education/ECE program 

at Windsor last year, Kristen completed 

her Honours degree this year and may be 

teaching overseas next year with her significant 

other, Paul. Staci is working on her 

PhD dissertation at Queen’s in Kingston 

and hopes to finish in the next year or so 

and find an academic position at a university 

teaching managerial accounting. She 

is planning on returning home later this 

summer to complete her PhD writing and 

be able to see her significant other, Adam, 

and her dog, Sarge, on a more regular basis. 

Sara is also completing her Ph.D. in 

Civil Engineering at Windsor and was happily 

married on New Year’s Eve to Ryan 

Grondin with a reception at Ambassador 

Golf course (a good time was had by all!). 

Sara and Ryan have purchased a home in 

LaSalle and are enjoying the challenges of 

being new home owners! Claire has moved 

to Queen Victoria Public School as the 

school librarian and is enjoying her new 

position and the challenges of being at a


new school. Suki, the Kenno’s cockapoo 

dog, is doing well and has trained all of the 

Kenno’s to her wants/needs for a comfortable 

lifestyle. Kenji finally broke 90 in golf 

and hopes this year to be more consistent 

at the game (ha ha). He is considering new 

golf grips, enjoying his teaching as always, 

and looking forward to the upcoming year 

with new graduate students. 

Michael Khan 

The last year has certainly been an exciting 

adventure for the Khan family. Michael, 

wife Martha, their two girls Michaela 

and Madison, and three rabbits made the 

big move across the Atlantic from Bangor, 

North Wales to Windsor. While it was sad 

leaving their friends and home for twelve 

years, they have enjoyed the warm welcome 

from the friendly people of Windsor. 

The girls’ Welsh accents were a big hit in 

their schools and they keep up their Welsh 

language skills at home whenever they do 

not want mom and dad to know what they 

are saying. Although Michael’s competitive 

days on the squash court are over, he 

spends his spare time coaching the girls 

and other juniors at the Windsor Squash 

and Fitness Club. Martha spends her time 

sorting out their new home and hopes to 

finally unpack some of the boxes that were 

never unpacked when they moved to Wales 

12 years ago. Since last year was busy with 

the move to Canada, the Khan’s had two 

major trips this summer. The first was to 

Trinidad to see Grandpa who turned eighty 

this year. The second was back to the U.K. 

to see the Olympics and visit friends in 

Wales who owed them a meal but missed 

out prior to their departure last year. 

Todd Loughead 

“Life is more fun if you play games”- 

Roald Dahl. This quote summarizes the 

fun that Todd experienced over the last 12 

months. This past year Todd had fun teaching 

his group dynamics and applied sport 

psychology courses. In these courses the 

students kept Todd on his toes with great 

questions and thoughtful insights. This fun 

carried over into the research side of things 

Keeping Olympic venues ad-free key to preserving 

purity of games, researcher says 

With the amount of money it takes to stage the Olympics, it 

might be natural to assume that commercial advertising would be 

increasingly more apparent at the games as a source of revenue 

to help sustain them. 

And while corporate sponsorship was highly visible at this 

summer’s London Olympics – which cost more than $12 billion 

to stage – keeping overt signs of advertisements out of the actual 

athletic venues is one way the International Olympic Commission strives to maintain 

the purity of the games, according to an Olympics researcher. 

Dr. Scott Martyn (has attended 14 Olympics), said the IOC allows plenty of corporate 

sponsorship outside the venues but does a good job of making sure it’s far less 

visible inside. 

“Thus far, the relationship seems to be balanced,” said Scott, who has already 

traveled to London three times to scope out the Olympic facilities and plans to travel 

back now that the games are finished. 

(L-R): Current grad students Justin Bacchus, Matt 

Hoffmann, Michelle Peters, Todd, and Anthony 

Vander Laan in front of Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall 

in Taipei, Taiwan. 

with the addition of Matt Hoffmann from 

Laurentian University and Michelle Peters 

from our program. In addition, both Anthony 

Vander Laan and Justin Bacchus are 

in the home stretch of their thesis work. It 

has been fun working on various research 

projects with these four talented graduate 

students. However, the most fun is sharing 

great moments with these people. Todd, 

along with Anthony, Justin, Matt, and Michelle, 

had the opportunity to attend several 

conferences including the Asia South 

Pacific Association for Sport Psychology 

conference in Taiwan. It was fun sharing 

the lab’s research with those from Asian 

sport psychology programs and it was incredible 

hearing about the research that is 

being conducted in this region. Todd and 

the lab will welcome two new students in 

September: Ashley Duguay from Virginia 

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Commonwealth University and Geoff Hackett 

from the University of Victoria. On the 

home front, Todd finished up coaching 

hockey and has started coaching with his 

wife Krista their son Travis’ soccer team. 

Lastly, Todd is looking forward to another 

summer of playing baseball with members 

of the faculty—Go Master Batters Go!! 

HK Baseball Team at 

Kirincic-Leighton 

Wedding, Sept. 2011 

Front row (L-R): Jody Crawford, Mark Atkinson, 

Sarah Woodruff, Steve Kirincic, Heather Leighton, 

Adriana Duquette, Elizabeth Dixon 

Middle row: John Rossi, Patti Weir, Trish Andrews, 

Dave Andrews, Jason Codling, Jess Dixon 

Back Row: Tim Campbell, Todd Loughead

Wayne Marino 

Wayne is just completing his 35th year 

of teaching, research and administration 

in the Faculty of Human Kinetics with no 

end in sight. Although he thoroughly enjoys 

his role as Department Head of Kinesiology, 

the favourite parts of the day for 

him are still, and will always be, in the 

classroom teaching biomechanics and statistics. 

He will tell you that the very best 

thing about his job is seeing many of his 

students go on to great success in a wide 

variety of professions and Kinesiology related 

careers. Wayne’s research activities 

have decreased significantly over the past 

few years due to administrative responsibilities 

but he did manage to spend a bit of 

time last summer with Dr. Blaine Hoshizaki 

in the Neuro-trauma Impact Lab at the University 

of Ottawa assisting with the testing 

of various types of protective helmets. 

Highlights of the year on the home front 

were another family trip to New York for 

a couple of Yankee games and two outstanding 

Broadway musicals; and a quick 

trip to Collingwood during Reading Week 

for a couple of days of non-stop, top to 

bottom skiing. For those who have seen 

the pictures in his office, the 35th Annual 

Hermiston-Marino fishing trip occurred in 

June. Wayne, Ray Hermiston (former Dean), 

and Dennis Hastings (former HK staff and 

University Director of Facilities) have never 

missed the trip. Other names from the past 

who regularly attend are: Paul Taylor (Kinesiology 

and Biology), Kenji Kenno (Kinesiology), 

Peter Powell (Athletics), Earl Noble 

(former HK faculty and now Director of Kinesiology 

at Western) and Bert Taylor (former 

Dean of Health Sciences at Western). 

Tiffany Martindale 

Tiffany has had an enjoyable and busy 

second year as Undergraduate Coordinator. 

She had the pleasure of joining our group 

at the Ontario Universities Fair (Toronto) in 

the fall, meeting many great prospective 

students. This year we initiated the “Kin 

One Program” for our first year students; 

which included assigned team leaders 

(upper year kinesiology students), study 

support and workshops. It was a great first 

run of the program and she looks forward 

to more fine tuning for this September. In 

addition to recruiting and advising, Tiffany 

thoroughly enjoyed teaching Special 

Populations in Physical Activity and Human 

Performance this year. At home, the 

renovations seem to be coming to an end... 

finally! This allowed some free time to take 

a spring vacation in Portugal with her husband, 

Scott. 

Scott Martyn 

The 2011-2012 year has been a busy 

time for Scott, both personally and professionally. 

Along with the help of his wife, 

Rebecca, and the constant support of their 

son William, he has continued work on their 

new house. William, now three, is still enjoying 

his outdoor play set and spends an 

ever increasing amount of time on his new 

two wheel “Lightning McQueen” bike. 

As the Kinesiology Graduate Coordinator, 

Scott is extremely pleased to announce 

that the long awaited Ph.D. Program in 

Kinesiology was approved. We look forward 

to launching the program in September 

2013. On the conference front, Scott 

and his current graduate students have 

been busy presenting papers throughout 

North America, Europe and Asia. Speaking 

of Asia, having amassed four trips to 

China this year, he continues his role as a 

Distinguished Visiting Professor at Beijing 

Sport University. On the publication front, 

along with some exciting new initiatives, 

Scott is pleased to announce the release 

of his second book entitled “Tarnished 

Rings: The International Olympic Committee 

and the Salt Lake City Bid Scandal” 

written with colleagues and published by 

Syracuse University Press. With four new 

graduate students this September, Scott is 

looking forward to another productive, but 

enjoyable, year. 

Cheri McGowan 

Cheri just celebrated her 3rd anniversary 

in the Department of Kinesiology, and 

still very much enjoys being a member of 

the “HK Family”. Cheri welcomed two MHK 

students (Josh Seifarth and Andrew Friesen) 

and four undergraduate students from 

the Departments of Kinesiology (Shane 

Freeman) and Biology (Dan Brown, Sarah 

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Hanik, Matt Pfaff) into her lab. They, along 

with current MHK students Mike Gregory 

and Mark Badrov have kept busy perfecting 

research techniques, and conducting 

studies in healthy and clinical (pre-hypertension, 

hypertension, chronic obstructive 

pulmonary disease, and/or cardiac rehabilitation) 

populations. We have enjoyed 

the opportunity to work closely with the 

Windsor Essex Community Health Centre 

and are grateful for their continued support 

of our research and student volunteers. 

Members of the lab celebrated the graduation 

of our second MHK student (Martina), 

and also travelled to the Canadian 

Society of Exercise Physiology meeting to 

support Mark and Mike as they presented 

their research. They made the PACR Lab 

very proud! Additionally, Cheri’s former 

student, Cassandra, had her MHK thesis 

work accepted for publication (Blood Pressure 

Monitoring), while Mark published an 

invited review (Critical Reviews in Physical 

and Rehabilitation Medicine). Cheri continues 

to collaborate with colleagues at the 

University Health Network (Toronto) and 

Western University (London). Cheri also 

immensely enjoyed the opportunity this 

Winter to teach a new course that perfectly 

combined her research and teaching passions: 

Chronic Disease & Exercise Rehabilitation. 

On the family front, Cheri’s three 

year old daughter Anne, a “long-time” fan 

of the Lancer Women’s basketball team, 

still wants to grow up to play basketball for 

“her friend Chantal”! 

PACR lab (R-L): Don Clarke (lab technician), Mark 

Badrov (MHK ’12), Michael Gregory (current MHK), 

Dr. Cheri McGowan, Andrew Friesen (current MHK), 

Shane Freeman (current BHK)


Nancy McNevin 

Nancy had a busy year, culminating in 

two papers being accepted for publication, 

and a third paper in review. The collaborative 

project with Windsor Regional 

Hospital, examining attentional focus effects 

on post-stroke gait, was finally approved 

and MHK student Jecy Kunju-Kunju 

is eager to begin data collection. Over the 

winter semester, Adam Norman completed 

an undergraduate independent study that 

looked at the role ambient and central vision 

plays in a manual tracking task. A 

follow-up to this project will be carried out 

by MHK student Farbod Partow-Dezfouli, 

and a paper detailing the findings will be 

submitted by summer’s end. Finally, MHK 

students Kelly Carr and Neb Zacharias 

completed data collection for their independent 

study examining the use of feedback 

in a rehabilitation setting. This project 

was in collaboration with Dr. Patti Weir, 

and the paper documenting their findings 

is in preparation. Sadly, Nancy reports that 

Beaux, her long time furry friend and frequent 

HK visitor, passed away. She has 

since adopted a little Siamese to fill the 

gap he left, and she and Res (“Bailey”) are 

getting along well. 

Kevin Milne 

Kevin is trying to catch up on a whirlwind 

of a year. He graduated three of his Masters 

students (Kali Gawinski, Michelle Dotzert 

and Svein Piene) at the beginning of the 

summer and has a cabinet full of writing to 

catch up on and attempt to publish. As a 

pleasant surprise, he was honoured for his 

teaching by both the University of Windsor 

Undergraduate Student’s Association and 

the Ontario Undergraduate Student’s Association 

at awards banquets in Windsor 

and Toronto this past year. On the home 

front, his girls have started soccer and as 

soon as they realize that friendly discussions 

and grass picking should not happen 

during the game, he is sure they will 

be all-stars. Marcy’s Cakes has been open 

for almost one year and is getting busier 

every day, keeping his wife, Marcia, well- 

occupied. Kevin is looking forward to the 

new crop of students, both graduate and 

undergraduate, in September. However, a 

nice family ‘staycation’ this summer was at 

the top of his list. 

Vicky Paraschak 

Vicky was commissioned to write a report 

on the state of recreation on Aboriginal 

Communities in Canada (see it at www. 

lin.ca) as a foundation paper for the first 

National Recreation Conference, which 

was held in Lake Louise in October. She 

used the Strengths Perspective as a framework 

for that report. Outdoor recreation 

students are all ready for their late August 

2012 trip, after a winter term of 7:15am 

meetings! Last year’s class tried something 

new – they produced a 2012 calendar with 

photos from the trip. Vicky thought it might 

be neat to send alumni a free calendar if 

they are directing University of Windsor 

donations to the Outdoor Recreation program, 

since they’d probably appreciate 

seeing what today’s students are up to on 

our trip. Please email Vicki if you’re donating 

to the course and she’ll send you out 

a free 2013 calendar when they’re ready. 

Once again, thanks to any contributing 

Kinesiology alumni—your donations help 

keep this course running at a fee that is 

accessible to undergrad students (all 30 of 

them this August!). Vicky hopes you had a 

great summer with lots of outdoor time! 

University of Windsor Student Alliance 

Teacher of the Year Award. 

Each year, the Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance Award 

for Teaching Excellence recognizes educators who excel at unlocking 

the potential of Ontario’s young people. Successfully engaging 

individuals in the learning experience is highly dependent 

on an instructor’s ability to spark the desire to learn in students. 

We are pleased to report that Dr. Kevin Milne was presented the award by past OUSA Campus 

Coordinator Krystal Chan at a ceremony held in April. Kevin was this year’s recipient 

of the University of Windsor Student Alliance Teacher of the Year Award. 

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Chad Sutherland 

Chad has been on paternity leave since 

September and thoroughly enjoyed the 

days with his daughter Quinn Aleese (Sept 

18th, 2011). When Chad returned to the 

department in August, he picked-up from 

where he left off working with the Co-op 

and Internship programs. The Co-op program 

recruited another strong class and 

the Internship program is continuing to 

add new positions. Chad is thrilled to report 

that his work with Community Living 

just received another grant, which will 

provide funding for a second 12-week 

training study looking at motor skills and 

self-efficacy for individuals with an Intellectual 

Disability and Autism. Chad and 

Dr. Frank’s study on Whole Body Muscle 

Activation Patterns When Supporting an 

Unstable Load was accepted to the Joint 

World Congress of International Society for 

Posture and Gait Research & Gait and Mental 

Function conference in June in Norway. 

On a personal note, Chad and Rachelle 

enjoyed spending time outside with Quinn 

this summer. 

Quinn Aleese Sutherland

Marijke Taks 

New Year’s Eve 

A highlight for Marijke and family was 

their road trip to New York City during the 

Christmas break; and yes, they stood on 

46th street when the ball dropped (see 

photo). More family travel was in store, as 

all five went to Europe this summer to celebrate 

a grandma’s 80th birthday. During 

this trip, they took advantage of the family 

cottage in Ile d’Oleron (an Atlantic Ocean 

Island in the south-west of France). 

Professionally, the highlight this past 

year was the expert panel which Marijke 

organized in collaboration with research 

team members, Laura Misener, Laurence 

Chalip and Chris Green in April 2012. 

Twelve experts from academia as well as 

practitioners in the realm of marketing, 

event management, and sport development 

were brought together to help identify and 

develop strategies and tactics to leverage 

sport events for sport participation. The 

International Centre for Sport and Leisure 

Studies was used for this occasion and it 

served the purpose exceptionally well. The 

next step in this project will be action research 

where the research team plans to 

implement the findings by working in close 

collaboration with a sport event. 

More professional related travel occurred 

during the summer months, beginning 

with the NASSM conference in Seattle 

in May. In June, Marijke spent a couple of 

weeks at the University of Bayreuth in Germany, 

where the university established a 

bilateral agreement in 2008. Since then, 

the department has welcomed German 

students in our undergraduate program every 

year. From Bayreuth, Marijke also travelled 

to Bern (Switzerland) where she gave 

a keynote address at the conference of the 

European Association for Sport Sociology. 

Patti Weir 

Patti has spent the academic year as 

the Acting Dean of the Faculty of Graduate 

Studies and Office of Quality Assurance. 

This position allowed her to get “her feet 

wet” in the world of administration. Working 

on the PhD proposal at the departmental 

and university level was very rewarding. 

On the home front, Erica (11) and Julia (9) 

are involved in many clubs and sports at 

Kinesiology professor named 

Dean of Graduate Studies 

Patricia Weir (BHK ’86, MHK ’88) began a five-year 

term as dean of graduate studies on July 1, 2012. Patti 

has been acting in that capacity over the last year. 

“In her new role, Dr. Weir will continue to work on 

some of the goals identified in the review of graduate 

studies last year,” Dr. Groarke said. “I look forward to her engagement with students 

and faculty in graduate programs across campus--and her peers across the province--to 

promote programs and practices that enhance the graduate experience and 

student research opportunities that build on the University’s many academic and 

professional strengths.” 

Dr. Weir joined the UWindsor faculty in 1991. Her research interests include addressing 

motor behaviour and lifespan development, in particular patterns of engagement 

in Canadian seniors within the framework of successful aging. 

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school which keep them busy and happy. 

John, Patti and the girls travelled to Waikiki 

Beach for a conference in June 2012 and 

had a wonderful Hawaiian experience. 

Laura Wood 

After completing her PhD at the University 

of Western Ontario in June, Laura started 

her journey with the HK Faculty in August 

2011. Having completed her MHK here in 

2006 Laura felt right at home. Teaching upper 

year undergraduate courses she had 

the opportunity to get to know a number 

of students from the graduating class of 

2012. Laura taught some new courses in 

sport management this year, introducing 

the students to areas such as sport tourism 

and sport communication. In the course on 

sport communication students created a 

sport blog on a topic of their choice and 

integrated multiple forms of social media 

into the blog. During her year here Laura 

also continued with her research program 

travelling to Quebec to present at the Sport 

Canada Research Initiative Conference in 

November as a part of her doctoral funding 

from SSHRC and Sport Canada. Laura 

enjoyed her year here with the HK family 

and is excited about the opportunities that 

lie ahead. 

Additionaly, at the 2010 NASSM conference 

held in Tampa, Florida, Laura was 

awarded the NASSM Student Research 

Award. Her research into the role of social 

groups in women’s loyalty to sport participation 

earned her this award in a competition 

with doctoral students from across 

North America.


Sarah Woodruff 

Current grad students Jillian Ciccone (BHK ‘11), 

Ashley Kirby (BHK ‘10), Neil Pettit (BHK ‘11), 

Dr. Woodruff, and Brad Harrop (BHK ‘11) 

Sarah has had quite a year! In the fall, 

she (and current graduate student Ashley 

Kirby) welcomed 3 new grad students 

(Jillian Ciccone, Brad Harrop, and Neil 

Pettit) and developed two new courses including 

Health and Wellness (undergrad) 

and Nutrition and Chronic Disease (grad). 

On the research side, work is progressing 

nicely on the Kinect-Ed nutrition and cooking 

education program alongside Food 

Network Host Sandi Richard (to be rolled 

out in several GTA schools this upcoming 

year) and a two year grant was obtained 

from the Healthy Communities Fund called 

‘Zoomers in Motion’ (promoting physical 

activity among those 55+ years). Sarah 

was recently in Orlando, FL, and Austin, TX, 

this summer to present research findings. 

On a personal note, Sarah joined the 

‘Straight Shooters’ women’s hockey team 

this year. Teammates included current 

HK’ers Stephanie Bonneau, Laura Gillett, 

and Ashley Kirby; HK alumni Jessica Casey; 

former Varsity Lancers Jodilyn Brown and 

Ashley Drouillard; UWin students/alumni 

Sam Field, Kim Jee, Sarah Loebach, and 

Heather Mackenzie; and Courtney Molnar 

and Averil Parent. What a fun and exciting 

season – thanks ladies for all the laughs! 

Jules Woolf 

Jules Woolf joins us in a three-year LTA 

after having worked at the University of 

Texas in Austin and Western Illinois University. 

His research is focused on sport 

development and the ways in which sport 

impacts human development - particularly 

health outcomes. Jules has been working 

on two grants from the World Anti Doping 

Agency. He is currently leading a research 

group from John Hopkins University that is 

Local study results help health 

officials 

Sarah Woodruff, along with Kathy Fryer (Nursing), hopes 

their recent study findings on local childhood obesity rates 

will help area health officials hammer home their message 

that kids need to eat healthier and get more physical activity. 

The team surveyed more than 1,000 grade 7 students from 

26 local schools and found that 42% were either overweight or obese (compared to the national 

average of 34%). The study also found higher than average rates of blood pressure and 

measures of waist circumference; only 66% eat breakfast regularly; lower than recommended 

consumption of fruits, vegetables, and milk; lower than provincially mandated participation 

rates in daily physical activity; and high sedentary activity time. 

The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit, one of the research partners (along with BANA and 

Southwestern Ontario in motion), is currently doing a great job at offering programing to area 

schools to increase activity, promote proper nutrition, and combat obesity. However, the 

health unit can reinforce the urgency of the messaging now that it has more focussed local 

data that demonstrates the extent of the problem here. 

“We have been advocating in schools, but it’s very helpful to have local data,” said Theresa 

Marentette, former manager of the health unit’s comprehensive school health team. “So 

our population can personalize that information and say, ‘Yes, it is happening here and we 

need to act on it, we need to take this seriously and look at the state of our children and try to 

prevent the progression of chronic disease in the future’”. 

investigating anabolic steroid use in high 

school sports. In addition, he is working 

with a team from the University of New 

South Wales, Australia on another steroid 

related study. This year, some of his work 

was published in the Journal of Sport Management. 

Jules is currently developing a 

project with researchers from the University 

of Texas and Victoria University, Australia, 

that will examine the global development 

of mixed martial arts. 

Professors Emeriti 

Bob Boucher 

Bob’s first observation on retirement 

is that he is amazed at how the morning 

flies by with two newspapers and a good 

cup of coffee! He would like to thank the 

over 150 card and letter writers from all 

over Canada, U.S.A., Europe, Australia, 

New Zealand, Great Britain and Japan who 

sent best wishes on his retirement. It was 

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especially fun to hear from former students 

and what they remember about catering to 

his many idiosyncrasies. Sue and Bob are 

having a great time with the three granddaughters. 

Twins Kenley and Rylee are 

Jess Dixon, Golf Pro Phil, Kenji Kenno, and Bob 

Boucher 

based in Calgary and are on the junior ski 

circuit EVERY weekend. All this at 8 years 

old! The youngest, born last August goes 

by “Miss Molly” and may be the happiest 

baby imaginable. Bob and Sue spent four 

weeks in Florida this winter, most of it on 

Sanibel Island. 

Bob was delighted to be a Visiting Guest 

Professor at Brock University in February, 

spending time with the “Windsor Connections”: 

Cheryl Mallen, Joanne Maclean, 

Lisa Kikulis, Kirsty Spence and Phil Sullivan. 

He was also a Visiting Professor at the

Sport Management Institute in Groningen 

Holland for the 14th year in May. Sue and 

Bob took a two week Rhine River cruise 

with former VP Eric Harbottle and his wife 

Merry this summer. Finally, after months 

of searching the Bouchers are pleased to 

announce they recently got a new puppy, 

a golden retriever of course, almost pure 

white in colour, and an IQ of 120! 

Marliese Kimmerle 

Marliese is enjoying retirement and 

only visited HK briefly this semester to 

teach Practice, Theory & Analysis of Dance 

between Kayaking in Sarasota this winter, 

and a paddle board yoga trip to Northern 

Edge Algonquin this summer. 

Alan Metcalfe 

Al congratulates granddaughter Mckenna Lumley 

who completed her annual walk with the “The 

Pajama Witches” with funds raised going to the 

Brain Tumor Foundation. 

Fourteen years into retirement and Alan 

is still located in the corner office he had 

for 43 years. He still comes into the Faculty 

nearly every day and is still trying to get 

his manuscript finished. Alan must admit 

that it is getting more difficult; however, 

he does enjoy interacting with the young 

faculty members - they are a fine group of 

academics. Alan also still enjoys driving 

and last year drove to California—a great 

experience. 

Dick Moriarty 

It is almost the 50th Anniversary of the 

University of Windsor (2013) and is Dick 

Moriarty’s 60th year at the school (Assumption 

College 1952-1956, Assumption 

University of Windsor 1957-1962, and University 

of Windsor 1963-2012). He says 

he has been lucky to have known many 

faculty, staff and students during this 

time. He has fond memories of many of 

you. His remembrances of these years in 

school and sports are recorded on the Human 

Kinetics website. Included with these 

are great sections on Women’s Sports by 

Dr. Marge Holman and exciting post 1985 

years recorded by Dr. Bob Boucher during 

his years as Athletic Director and Dean. 

Dick thanks the current Dean, Dr. Michael 

Khan for authorizing this web site as well 

as Sylvia Jimenez, Richard Dumala and Diane 

Dupuis for setting up the web site with 

the assistance of work study students over 

the years including Danielle McGibbon, 

Emily Duncan and Mona Davis. If you wish 

to add some of your own interesting or historical 

facts on school and sports, send updates 

to dickm@uwindsor.ca. 

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Dr. Pat J. Galasso 

Founding Dean of Human Kinetics 

Fifteen years ago I lost a member of my family to the dreaded disease, cancer. 

That same year, another member of my family was struck by the same issue. In this 

latter case, to make a long story short, after a lumpectomy, radiation was recommended 

and rejected. Instead, a list of nutrients, obtained from Dr. Abram Hoffer, 

a practitioner in Orthomolecular Medicine, was imbibed from the point of detection 

and served to support this family member who is still alive ten years beyond the point 

when individuals are designated as survivors. 

Over the past fifteen years, I have spent thousands of hours collecting information 

dealing with health issues. I am a member of both the Canadian Society for 

Orthomolecular Medicine and the International body. What I have found is that 

there are solutions for the vast majority of health issues through nutrition, nutrients 

and lifestyle management. In simple terms, nutrients are taken to enable the 

body to heal itself. Dr. Hoffer’s books and the Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine 

are excellent sources of information. For career purposes, this approach is taught 

at the Canadian Naturopathic College in Toronto. 

For personal and professional reasons I would like to recommend that Human 

Kinetics students and graduates would be well served by conducting their own investigation 

in this area of wellness. All the very best to all of you who have shared 

a Human Kinetics experience with me. We owe it to ourselves and to others never 

to stop learning! 

Dick invites you to drop in at Room 

#119 to visit with him and new arrivals 

Bob Boucher and Marge Holman as well 

as ‘hold overs’ Cec Eaves and Marliese 

Kimmerle. 

Mike Salter 

This June saw Mike finish a five-year 

term as the Director of The Centre for Inter- 

Faculty Programs (Bachelor of Arts & Science, 

Bachelor of Environmental Studies 

and Bachelor of Forensics Science) at the 

University of Windsor. He continues in his 

position as Coordinator of The Centre for 

Educational Pathways at Lambton College 

and as a member of the Board of Directors 

with the Ontario Ministry of Health and 

Long-Term Care’s Ontario Problem Gambling 

Research Centre. 

The past year saw business trips to 

Qingdao and Beijing, China for Lambton 

College; conference participation in Havana, 

Cuba (Sport Sociology) and Gozo, 

Malta (Arts & Science); and pleasure visits 

to Australia, Grand Cayman Island and the 

Canary Island of Tenerife. And, still racing 

sail boats and practicing retirement. . . .


The Class of 1986 Reunion 

The 2011 HK Alumni weekend 

began with the 25th 

Anniversary Reception for 

the Class of 1986, which was held at 

the Dominion House on Friday Sept 

30th. Approximately 25-30 HK Alumni, 

Current Faculty/Staff and their families 

thoroughly enjoyed the stories of their 

Undergraduate experiences. On Saturday 

October 1st, during the reception, 

tour and demonstrations in the new 

research and teaching labs in the HK 

Building, the Alumni were amazed by 

the changes that have taken place over 

the past few years. Many commented 

on the wonderful new facilities and the 

vast opportunities that our current students now have available 

to them. HK Alumni, Current Faculty/Staff and their families enjoyed 

the reception and tours before braving the windy evening to 

witness the Lancer Football team defeat the Guelph Gryphons! 

A special thank you is extended to Dr. Jim Potvin, who served 

Alumni Sports Hall of Fame adds five members 

The University of Windsor Alumni Association welcomed five 

new members at the 26th annual induction ceremony. Three recipients 

were inducted into the Athlete category: Lancer track & 

field standouts Jennifer (Graham) Schutz (BHK ´95, BEd ´97, MHK 

´98) and Andy Buckstein (LLB ´83); and Lancer volleyball player, 

Jodi Beaugrand 

(BA ´93). Jennifer 

Schutz competed 

on the Lancer track 

and cross country 

teams, winning six 

Jennifer Schutz, Athlete Category, and Track & 

Field Coach, Gary Malloy 

(L-R) Joanne Mailloux (BHK ´87), Gord Olafson (former faculty), Jim Potvin, (former faculty, BHK ´86), Brenda 

Taylor (BHK ´86, MHK ´88), Dick Moriarty (Professor Emeritus), Ed Woelk (BHK ’86), Kenji Kenno (MHK ´77), 

Richard Coughlin (BHK ´86), Bruce Berriman (BHK ´86), Patti Weir (BHK ´86, MHK ´88), Kevin Milne (BHK 

´99), Pam (Seeman) McDonald (BHK ´86), Jess Dixon (MHK ´03), Adriana Duquette (BHK ´03, MHK ´05), 

Wayne Marino (MPE ´72), Joel Cort (MHK ´04), Bob Boucher (former faculty and Dean), and Michael Khan 

(Dean of Human Kinetics). 

on the HK Alumni Weekend Committee as the Liaison to the Class 

of 1986. Thank you also the Office of Alumni Affairs, the HK Society, 

and the HK Alumni Weekend Committee for their efforts in 

creating another successful and memorable Alumni Weekend! 

national titles—the most by one athlete in school history! She 

was selected five times as an all-star in track, once as an all-star 

in cross country, and three times as an all-Canadian. 

Dr. Richard Peddie (B.Comm ´70, LLD ´01) Past President and 

CEO of Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment, and proud supporter 

of the University and Lancer Athletics, was recognized in 

the Builder/Coach Category. Joe Bowen (BA ´73), the “voice of 

the Toronto Maple Leafs” was recognized with a Sport Achievement 

Award. This year’s Team Achievement Award went to the 

1975 West Division and Co-Yates Cup Champion Lancer football 

team. 

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“Meeting of four of the 

HK Deans” – The HK Four 

represented the Faculty at this year’s 

induction ceremony. 

Dr. Michael Khan (2011-present), 

Dr. Jim Weese (2000-04), 

Dr. Mike Salter (1985-97) and 

Dr. Bob Boucher (2005-11)

Alumni 

Updates 

In Memoriam 

Judith (Green) 

Sarver 

Former Faculty 

William Bond 

BPE 1976 

Daniel Lewis 

BPE 1976 

Dennis Hastings (BHK 

´74, MHK ´78), Executive 

Director of Facility Services, 

retired June 30, 2011. Dennis 

served as the Administrative 

Assistant to the Dean in the 

Faculty of Human Kinetics and 

was the Manager of the St. 

Denis Centre previous to his 

position in Facility Services. 

Don Hollerhead (BPE 

´75) was the co-recipient of 

the Father Armstrong Leadership 

in Coaching Award, 

Windsor-Essex Catholic District 

School Board. Don retired 

in September, 2011 and 

was previously the Department 

Head at St. Joseph’s 

High School, Windsor. 

Richard Shaban (BHK 

´80) was named to the 2011 

Lexpert Canadian Ranked 

Lawyers, Toronto. Richard 

practices in public infrastructure 

procurement, construction 

law and surety matters. 

Richard was called to the Ontario 

Bar in 1985. 

GUY LACHANCE (BHK ´81) is 

a certified management accountant 

for Danruss Contracting 

Inc. in Windsor. 

Lynn Hutchinson (BHK 

´82) retired from the Greater 

Essex County District School 

Board on June 30, 2011, following 

27 years of service. 

Lynn’s daughter, Ashley, completed 

her second year in kinesiology; 

her son, Matthew 

completed his MBA exchange 

at the University of Florida; 

and son Aaron graduated 

from Fanshawe College and 

is employed in London. Lynn 

aspires to travel, volunteer, 

and is considering her Masters 

degree in Human Kinetics 

in the future. 

SUE (HRYCAY) NOvOSAD 

(BHK ´82) and husband relocated 

to the beautiful Maritime 

province of Nova Scotia 

in May, 2011. Sue’s career 

with the Government of Canada 

has taken her to a new department 

and the career move 

fit perfectly into their plans for 

their retirement as they are 

now residing on the fabulous 

shores of the Bay of Fundy. 

Sue is presently employed as 

the Integrated Service Manager 

of the Atlantic Food and 

Horticulture Research Centre, 

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 

Sue continues to participate 

in the women’s acapella 

barbershop singing with the 

local group in Kentville. 

Quin Tang (MHK ´82) is 

the Assistant Director-General 

of Education at the United Nations 

Educational, Scientific 

and Cultural Organization, 

Paris, France. 

Jan (Osborne) Wilson 

(BHK ´83) is the Executive 

Director of Recreation and 

Cultural Affairs for the City 

of Windsor. Jan is responsible 

for overseeing all of the 

city’s community centres, 

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swimming pools and arenas, 

including the WFCU Centre, 

heritage centres such as Willistead 

Manor and Mackenzie 

Hall. In her “spare time”, Jan 

plays hockey with her team, 

“Chix with Stix”, and cites the 

weekly game as a great stress 

release. 

Sue Williams (BHK ´85, 

MHK ´88) is the Director of 

Corporate Services, Windsor 

Essex Community Health Centre, 

Windsor. Sue is presently 

the President of Alumni Affairs, 

University of Windsor. 

Brian Rakoczy (BHK ´90) 

is teaching at Loyola College, 

Mississauga. Brian was the 

Department Head in Physical 

Education and Athletics for 

seven years. 


Janice with volunteers (L-R): Kelly Carr (BHK ’11, current MHK), Alex 

Presello (current BHK), Janice, Stephanie LeBlanc (BHK ’12), Phil McKeen 

(BHK ’11, current MHK), Chantelle Lachance (BHK ’10, MHK ’12). 

Janice (King) Funkenhauser (BHK ´81) Recreational 

Therapist with the Active Aging Program, also known as the 

Chronic Disease Management Program, retired in April 2012. 

Janice was the head of the Cardiac Rehabilitation Program at 

the St. Denis Centre, University of Windsor, for the past 30 

years. The program initially began as an informal extension 

of health research about exercise. After funding ended, the 

20 men involved wanted to continue and a program grew from 

there. People who have worked with Janice stated she has 

inspired so many, and hope they can carry on with the same 

passion that Janice brought to the program. Immediately following 

retirement, Janice and husband, Herb, enjoyed a cruise 

to the Orient, stopping in Korea to visit their son. Janice may 

return as a volunteer or work part-time, but for now she will 

enjoy visiting family, playing squash, and catching up on 

reading. She will be missed! 

David Legg (MHK ´93) 

was recently promoted to Full 

Professor in the Department 

of Physical Education and 

Recreation Studies at Mount 

Royal University, formerly 

Mount Royal College, Calgary, 

Alberta. David is an educator, 

a researcher and a volunteer 

in sport management 

and adapted physical activity. 

David is currently President 

of the Canadian Paralympic 

Committee, a board member 

for the 2015 Pan Parapan 

American Games in Toronto, 

and a leadership team member 

of Canadian Sport for Life.


Rob Scherer (BHK ´93) 

was recently promoted to Director 

of Sales for Eastern Canada. 

Rob recently celebrated 

his 10th year anniversary with 

Stryker Canada Orthopaedics 

and his 15th year in the Medical 

Device Industry. Rob and 

his wife Andrea welcomed 

their first child, Harrison, on 

April 21, 2011. Congratulations 

Rob and Andrea! 

Brenda Mallat (BHK 

´94) married her ‘triathalon 

training’ partner Paul Dubois 

in June 2010. Brenda has 

been working for WSPS (formerly 

IAPA) for the past five 

years as an Ergonomist, providing 

ergonomic consulting 

services to employers across 

southwestern Ontario. 

Monique (Toutant) van 

Hooft (BHK ´94) is currently 

a professor at the School 

of Health Sciences, Lambton 

College, Sarnia. 

Jennifer (Graham) 

Schutz (BHK ´95, MHK 

´98) is currently teaching 

at North Surrey Secondary 

School, Surrey, British Columbia. 

Jennifer also enjoys her 

position as Assistant Coach 

for the University of British 

Columbia’s Cross Country and 

Track & Field teams. Jennifer 

was inducted into the Alumni 

Sports Hall of Fame, Athlete 

Category, this past October. 

Cherrie-Lyn (Bacon) 

verWoert (BHK ´97, 

MHK ´03) was recently recruited 

for a new position as 

a Principal Human Factors Engineer 

at the Toyota Technical 

Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan. 

Cherrie has returned to the 

Lawrence Technological University 

in the capacity of an 

Adjunct Professor teaching 

a junior level Human Factors 

class in the Transportation 

Design Department. 

Leslie Bottrell (BHK 

´98) is a general practitioner 

with Global Health Care, 

Shanghai, China. 

Derek Schroeder (BHK 

´98) is the head coach of the 

Samford University volleyball 

team, Birmingham, Alabama. 

Derek has taken the program 

to new heights, as his team 

won the Southern Conference 

Championship for the first 

time in school history, earning 

an automatic bid to the NCAA 

Championships. The Wheatley 

native began his volleyball 

career at the University of 

Windsor in 1993. 

Jean-Pierre (BHK ´99) 

and Sherri Chartrand 

(BHK ´99) were the recipients 

of the 2011 Alumni Odyssey 

Award, which recognizes 

alumni who are in the early 

years of their career path, having 

distinguished themselves 

through a significant or innovative 

achievement in their 

professional or personal life. 

Both Jean-Pierre and Sherri 

are owners of Active Body 

Physical Therapy in LaSalle 

and Lakeshore, where they 

pass their knowledge and expertise 

on to current University 

of Windsor co-op students, 

and feel that this program is 

invaluable to them as employers. 

Jean-Pierre and Sherri are 

both passionate about giving 

back to their community, and 

they especially like to support 

activities that keep people active 

through sponsorship of 

baseball, hockey and soccer 

teams, as well as the walk for 

Mental Health, the Canadian 

Cancer Society’s Relay for Life 

and health fairs. 

Duane Kemp (BHK ´99) 

is the Director of Co-operative 

Education at the District 

School Board of Niagara, 

Thorold. 

Amy Richardson (BHK 

´99) is a certified kinesiologist 

with the Ontario Kinesiology 

Association, Mississauga. 

Stephen Brown (BHK 

´00, MHK ´03) is an Assistant 

Professor in the Department 

of Human Health and 

Nutritional Sciences, University 

of Guelph. 

Scott Adams (BHK ´01) 

has been an Assistant Athletic 

Trainer with the Pittsburg 

Penguins for the past six seasons. 

He has worked in over 

500 professional games, including 

one year of East Coast 

Hockey. He has been fortunate 

to participate in two Winter 

Classics, win two Eastern 

Conference Championships 

and the Stanley Cup in 2009. 

Scott also presented for the 

University of Pittsburgh Medical 

Center and the National 

Athletic Trainers Association 

National Convention. 

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Aaron Cowan (BHK ´01) 

was formerly employed at 

Windsor Regional Hospital in 

an adult psychiatry unit, and 

decided to return to school 

in 2003 to pursue a nursing 

degree. Aaron graduated 

from Wayne State University 

in 2003 and commenced his 

nursing career in 2005 at St. 

John Hospital and Medical 

Centre, Detroit, Michigan. He 

works on the adult cardiology/telemetry 

floor, specializing 

in myocardial infarctions, 

congestive heart failure, and 

other cardiac diseases. 

Claudio Gandaio (BHK 

´01) is currently working for 

Wellness Coaches USA, based 

out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 

Dave Greig (BHK ´01, 

MHK ´06) and Teresa Skinner 

were married on October 

2, 2011 in Golden, British Columbia. 

Dave reports it was a 

great weekend celebration in 

the Rockies with families and 

friends. Congratulations Dave 

and Teresa! 

Dave Greig and Teresa Skinner 

Tony Nurse (MHK ´02) 

and Sue (Wachhaus) 

Nurse (BHK ´98, MHK 

´01) attended the HK Book 

Awards as representatives 

for their respective schools,

Kennedy Collegiate Institute 

and Kingsville High School. 

Tony and Sue are the proud 

parents of Hayden and Katie! 

Kelly (Amlin) Welsh 

(BHK 02) and Jorin Welsh, 

sister Ashlyn and brother Colton 

welcomed Brinley on April 

10th. Kelly is a dispatcher for 

the Windsor Fire Department. 

Tanya Witty (BHK ´02) 

is currently the manager of 

sponsorship & events, Rogers 

Communications, Toronto. 

Gail (Steele) Edgeworth 

(BHK ´03) married Daniel 

Edgeworth on August 13, 

2011 in Waterloo. 

Aaron Lowe (BHK ´03, 

MHK ´07) and Meghan 

Wing celebrated the arrival 

of twins, Keauna Auburn and 

Tayson Pierce on October 6, 

2011. Congratulations Aaron 

& Meghan! 

Tayson Pierce, Aaron Lowe, 

Meghan Wing, Keauna Auburn 

Daniel Sweeney (MHK 

´03) is an Assistant Professor 

at the University of Arkansas, 

Little Rock, Arkansas. 

Celeste (Courneya) 

Trepanier (BHK ´03) and 

J.P. Trepanier (BHK ´03) 

were married in August 2007 

and are very busy raising their 

two sons, Nathan and Owen. 

Celeste and J.P. are elementary 

school teachers with 

the Windsor-Essex Catholic 

School Board. 

Tim Burkhart (BHK ´04, 

MHK ´07) completed a multi- 

Tim, Hudson, and Amanda 

Burkhart 

disciplinary Ph.D. in Industrial 

and Manufacturing Systems 

Engineering under the supervision 

of Dr. David Andrews 

in December 2011. The research 

that resulted from his 

dissertation was awarded 

the University of Windsor 

Outstanding Graduate Award 

for Excellence in Research, 

Scholarship and Creative Activity. 

In January 2012, Tim’s 

work was awarded the best 

paper and presentation at the 

Symposium on Computational 

Methods in Orthopaedics and 

Biomechanics at the University 

of California, Berkeley, California. 

Tim is currently working 

as a Post-Doctoral Fellow 

at Western University in the 

Jack McBain Biomechanics 

Testing Laboratory where he 

is conducting orthopaedic 

biomechanics research. 

Beth (Hornblower) 

Evans (BHK ´04) became 

Mrs. Evans in June 2011. Beth 

is currently working as a physiotherapist 

in Ridge Meadows 

Hospital as part of the Fraser 

Health Authority. 

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vicki Gray (BHK ´04) 

completed her Ph.D. in Physiotherapy 

at the University 

of Western Ontario, London. 

Vicki will be doing a postdoctorate, 

mainly in the areas 

of biomechanics and motor 

control related to retraining of 

postural muscles following a 

stroke. 

Michelle Hebert (BHK 

´04) is a Chiropractor at Midtown 

Chiropractic Clinic in 


Warren Hindermeier 

(BHK ´04) and Kelly 

Roberts (BHK ´03) were 

(L-R) Mark Hindermeier, Bridgit 

Hindermeier (BHK ´11), Rick 

Hindermeier, Kristy Harron- 

Targachoff, Steve Roberts, Lauren 

Roberts, Kelly Roberts (BHK ´03), 

Warren Hindermeier (BHK ´04), 

Rob Duncan (BHK ´04), Andre 

Levesque, Adriana Duquette (BHK 

´03, MHK ´05), Neil Gomer (BHK 

´04), Mara Delaroche (BHK ´04). 

married at Assumption Church 

in Windsor, Ontario on July 

1, 2011. The Wedding Party 

was filled with HK Alumni. 

Congratulations Warren and 

Kelly! 

Jonathan Paul (MHK ´04) 

and Krista announced the arrival 

of their second daughter 

Grace Barbara on March 27 in 

Eaglesham, Alberta. 

Olan Scott (BHK ´04) 

began lecturing in January 

2012 in Sport Management at 

Edith Cowan University, Perth, 

Australia. 


Arjei Franklin (BHK ´05) 

visited the faculty in April with 

son Miles. Arjei is a Professional 

Slotback for the Calgary 

Stampeders, Canadian 

Football League. 

Arjei and Miles Franklin 

Anthony Meo (BHK ’05) 

recently opened the Seven 

Lakes Chiropractic & Wellness 

clinic at Seven Lakes Golf 

Course in LaSalle. Anthony 

is also the official chiropractor 

of the Windsor Stars Pro 

Soccer team. 

Katie (MacPherson) 

Misener (MHK ´05) commenced 

a position as Assistant 

Professor at the University 

of Waterloo on March 1, 2012. 

Katie teaches Sport Management 

in the Department of 

Recreation and Leisure Studies, 

Faculty of Applied Health 

Sciences. Katie and her husband 

Mike Misener welcomed 

their first child, Owen Laing 

Misener on June 6, 2011. 

Owen Misener


Greg Stewart (MHK ´05) 

is the Manager of the Athletics 

and Recreation Department, 

Wilfrid Laurier University in 

Brantford. Greg and Mary Ann 

Ceponis were married in July 

2006, and welcomed their 

daughter, Abbey, in February 

2010. In his spare time, 

Greg participates locally in 

soccer, softball and volleyball 

leagues, and is an avid 

golfer. Greg is President of 

the Brantford Co-Ed Volleyball 

team, and Head Coach for the 

Brantford Under 21 Women’s 

Soccer team. 

Dean Tapak (BHK ´05) is 

“Your In-Home Chiropractor”, 

bringing chiropractic services 

to your home or office. Dean 

graduated from the Canadian 

Chiropractic College in Toronto 

in 2009. Dean has volunteered 

chiropractic treatment 

at Street Health, a program 

of the Windsor-Essex Community 

Health Centre that 

provides care for homeless 

and low income individuals 

without health benefits. 

Dean stated he was inspired 

by his experience growing up 

in Windsor and working at the 

YMCA, and that it is a privilege 

to assist individuals living 

in discomfort with limited 

resources. 

Trevor Dinham (BHK 

´06) and Shannon Dinham 

welcomed Brooklyn on July 

24, 2011 in Windsor. Trevor 

is an Alumni Officer (Communications 

& Marketing), 

Alumni Affairs, University of 


Tom Hazell (MHK ´06) 

graduated with a doctorate in 

Kinesiology from the University 

of Western Ontario, London, 

Ontario in 2010. Tom is 

currently a Postdoctoral Fellow 

in Dietetics and Human 

Nutrition at McGill University. 

Tom acknowledged Dr. Kenji 

Kenno for his continued guidance 

and support. 

Leah (Peck) Hooft (BHK 

´06) completed her Bachelor 

of Education, University of 

Windsor in 2008. Leah married 

Ryan in 2009 and they 

reside in Tecumseh. Leah is 

currently teaching 4th year 

at École Élémentaire Pavillon 

des Jeunes, Belle River. 

Sarah Simison (BHK ´06) 

is a chiropractor at the Peak 

Health and Wellness Centre, 

Brooklin, Ontario. 

Diane valerio (BHK ´06) 

graduated from the Canadian 

Chiropractic College, Toronto 

in 2011. Dr. Valerio welcomes 

new patients at Walls 

Chiropractic, Windsor. 

Lindsay Armstrong 

(BHK ´07) graduated with 

her Masters of Science, Physician 

Assistant Studies 

from Wayne State University, 

Detroit, Michigan in 2011. 

Lindsay has accepted a position 

as a Surgical Physician’s 

Assistant, Mount Sinai Grace 

Hospital, Detroit, Michigan. 

Mark Ianni (BHK ´07) 

graduated from the University 

of Western Ontario with 

a Masters of Physical Therapy 

in 2011. Mark also achieved 

his Medical Acupuncture Certificate 

from McMaster University 

in 2011. Mark joined 

LifeMark Physiotherapy (Centric 

Health) in January 2012, 

Tecumseh. 

Jasmine (villavecer) 

Plante (BHK ´07) and 

Nicholas Plante welcomed 

son, Edward Elliot, on April 

17, 2011. 

Nikki (Nolte) Reiter 

(BHK ´07, MHK ´11) mar- 

Nathan and Nikki Reiter 

ried Nathan Reiter on September 

16, 2011 in a beautiful 

setting at the Gellatley Nut 

Farm, in the Okanagan Valley, 

British Columbia. Nikki is the 

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Lab Coordinator at the University 

of British Columbia, 

Okanagan campus, and they 

presently reside in Kelowna, 

British Columbia. Congratulations 

Nikki and Nathan! 

Kevin Savard (BHK ´07) 

is a teacher with the Ottawa 

Carleton District School 

Board, Ottawa. 

Lynette Singh-Peters 

(MHK ´07) in addition to 

raising three little girls (Abigail, 

6; Elle, 4; and Hailey, 

2) and improving her French 

fluency, Lynette has started 

a charity, Sugar for Minds, 

where she has been raising 

funds to purchase educational 

books, games and toys 

for rural schools in Guyana, 

South America. She is busy 

baking and raising money by 

selling her cakes and other 

baked goods, and working 

Meghann with the 

Larry O’Brien Trophy at 

the American Airlines 

Center, when the Dallas 

Mavericks won the NBA 

Championships vs. the 

Miami Heat in June 2011. 

Meghann Schlaff (MHK ´08) accepted the Event Coordinator 

position at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, 

Texas, February 2010. The Center was voted one of the Top 

Ten Arenas in the World in 2010, and is home to the Dallas 

Stars, Dallas Mavericks, Dallas Vigilantes, and hosts a variety 

of third party events. Meghann was fortunate to be able to 

be a part of the 2011 NBA Finals when the Mavericks won the 

World Championship! 

In June 2011, Meghann graduated from Venue Management 

School (International Association of Venue Management 

at Oglebay). Meghann and daughter, Madison, now 10 years 

old, have adjusted well to Texas and the extreme heat.

(L-R): Joshua Jarvis-Peters, Lynette 

Peters, Hailey Peters, Abigail 

Peters, Colin Peters, Elle Peters— 

Summer 2011, at the ceremony 

for promotion of Colin from Sub 

Lieutenant to Lieutenant. 

on executing the final parts of 

her website. Lynette and family 

welcomed two additions 

this year, a son in July, Tristan, 

and Oskar, an active german 

shepherd, who is quickly making 

a nuisance of himself. 

Craig Campagna (BHK 

´08) is one of 24 students to 

graduate from the first class 

of The Schulich School of 

Medicine & Dentistry – Windsor 

Program. Craig will be doing 

his residency in Windsor, 

and his ambition is to do an 

extra year in emergency training 

and potentially to be certified 

in sports medicine. He 

would be pleased to work in 

Windsor-Essex County upon 

completion of his residency. 

Christopher Cindric 

(BHK ´08, MHK ´11) is 

currently working as a Human 

Factors Engineer for the 

Customer Research and Human 

Machine Interaction 

team within Mercedes-Benz 

Research & Development 

North America in Portland, 

Oregon. Chris has worked on 

numerous projects involving 

customer research as well as 

usability testing, allowing him 

to travel to various parts of 

the United States and Canada. 

Chris is thoroughly enjoying 

his new position, and the 

outdoor activities that 

Portland offers. 

Justin DePelsmaeker 

(BHK ´08) is a Personal 

Trainer at GoodLife Fitness in 

Toronto. Over the past two 

years Justin has taken several 

certification courses from top 

strength coaches; namely, 

former NBA and NFL strength 

coach, Al Vermeil, and Charles 

Poliquin at the Elieko Sport facility 

in Halmstead, Sweden. 

Recently, Justin commenced 

working as an instructor for a 

new personal training education 

provider, Darby Training 

Systems, with a program that 

assists trainers assessing 

clients for Upper Cross and 

Lower Cross syndrome with 

simple movement screens 

and gives them the tools to 

address postural issues. 

Andrea Ferguson (BHK 

´08) achieved an Advanced 

Graduate Diploma in Chiropody 

from the Michener Institute 

for Applied Health Sciences. 

Andrea is presently a Chiropodist 

at Active Body Physical 

Therapy, LaSalle. 

Natalie John (BHK ´08) 

completed her Master’s program 

in Clinical Science— 

Speech Language Pathology 

at the University of Western 

Ontario, London. She is now 

employed as a Speech Pathologist 

at Children First in 


Christina Mayea (BHK 

´08) is a registered nurse at 

Montfort Hospital, Ottawa. 

Michael Patella (BHK 

´08) recently opened Sweat 

Personalized Training Solutions 

in Tecumseh. Michael is 

both a certified kinesiologist 

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HK Alumni Julie Hamilton (BHK ’10) and Cagla 

Baktiroglu (BHK ’10) 

pictured in Turkey playing 

for the club team “GSIM” 

from January to March 2012. 

In regular season play they 

remained undefeated only 

to finish second in the playoffs. 

Cagla received the MVP 

award. Julie and Cagla stated 

that hockey is still growing 

in Turkey and the experience 

was both rewarding 

and educational. 

and Strength and Conditioning 

Specialist. He is very excited 

about his new personal 

training studio and welcomes 

new clients. 

Sergio Perciballi (BHK 

’08, MHK ’11) was being 

trained by Major League 

Soccer as an Account Executive 

when he was offered a 

full time position with the 

LA Galaxy (David Beckham’s 

team). He has been in Los 

Angeles since the beginning 

of February. According to reports, 

things have been going 

great... aside from the team’s 

standing in the league table. 

Daryl Stephenson (BHK 

´08) was signed by CFL’s 

Hamilton Tiger-Cats in February, 

2011. Daryl played three 

seasons with the Winnipeg 

Bombers, and is a native of 

London. 

Emily (Ross) Flett (BHK 

´09) is a staff member with 

Athletes in Action who travelled 

to East Africa this past 

summer. Athletes in Action 

staff bring teaching, compassion, 

leadership development, 

and sport training to the 

countries of Rawanda, Kenya 

and Uganda. A considerable 


amount of time was spent in 

a school in Kiberia, the largest 

slum in Africa, providing humanitarian 

and medical aid, 

as well as building a basketball 

court in partnership with 

a local church. 

James Howieson (MHK 

´09) is the Communications 

Coordinator, Athletics & Recreation 

Department, at Wilfrid 

Laurier University, Waterloo. 

James was the previous Assistant 

Sport Information Officer 

at Queen’s University, 

Kingston. 

Colin van Dam (BHK ´09) 

is a Technical Sales Support 

representative with Shoppers 

HomeHealth Care, Chatham. 

Alysha verhoeven (BHK 

´09) assumed the position of 

Lifestyles Services Manager, 

Seasons Retirement Communities, 

Strathroy. 

Christopher Beausoleil 

(BHK ´10) achieved his B.Ed. 


in the fall 2011. Chris is currently 

continuing his studies 

in the Faculty of Business,


Windsor campus. He has 

been recognized with several 

national awards, including 

the Top 20 Under 20 Award, 

Terry Fox Humanitarian 

Award, and Urban Leadership 

Award. Christopher was also 

the 2011 recipient of the Educational 

Grant, Friends for Life 

Foundation, presented annually 

to a young Cystic Fibrosis 

or Cancer patient who had 

shown bravery and courage 

despite being affected by a 

life threatening illness. 

Carly Erina (BHK ´10) is 

the membership coordinator at 

Lifestyle Fitness in Tecumseh. 

Jennifer Kobielski (BHK 

´10) is a student in the brand 

new Medical Diagnostic 

Sonography program at St. 

Clair College. Jennifer was 

previously employed as a Chiropractic 

Assistant at Flood 

Chiropractic, Windsor. 

Anna Marano (BHK ´10) 

is the new Academic Sales 

Manager of HK Canada. Anna 

is thoroughly enjoying her 

new position. 

Mike Noetzel (MHK ´11) 

is the Marketing and Group 

Sales representative with 

Global Spectrum in Toronto. 

Mike visited the Faculty in 

March as a speaker in the 

Sport Management series. 

Erika Reiser (BHK ´11) 

was the recipient of the 2011 

President’s Medal. This 

award is given to a graduating 

student who has made significant 

contributions to campus 

and community activities 

while maintaining a superior 

academic record. Erika was 

on both the Dean’s Honour 

Roll and President’s Honour 

Roll every semester. Erika 

was a member of the Lancers 

Track and Field Team, a former 

Lancer pole vaulter, and a four 

The Walker – Harrison Wedding 

(L-R): Jacqueline Beres (MHK ’10), Lisa Cooke (MHK ’10), Ben Walker (MHK 

’09), Tennille (Harrison) Walker (MHK ’10), Inge Derom (MHK ’09), Jamie 

Howieson (MHK ’09), Karen (Maini) Howieson (MHK ’10), Beike Gils (MHK ’09) 

Fans rally in support of Lancer Olympian 

time Academic All Canadian. 

She was a medalist at both the 

OUA and CIS championships 

and won the Demarco award 

as the university’s outstanding 

female student athlete. In 

volunteer work with the Cardiac 

Program and at Windsor 

Regional Hospital, Erika was 

recognized as the “perfect” 

hardworking, intelligent, and 

hands on student volunteer. 

Recently, Erika was one of 19 

top female scholar-athletes 

from across the province to be 

honoured as a “Woman of Influence” 

by Ontario University 

Athletics. Erika is presently 

enrolled in medical school at 

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Dr. Andrea (Page) 

Steen (BHK ’79), 

Melissa Bishop 

(BHK ’10) and 

Coach Dennis Fairall 

About 200 people—former track teammates, coaches, 

professors, university officials, friends and family members— 

turned out at the St. Denis Centre on Friday, July 20 to wish 

alumni Melissa Bishop (BHK ´10) godspeed on the next leg of 

her journey to the London Olympics. 

Melissa competed in the 800 metre race after becoming just 

the third Canadian woman to beat the two-minute mark in the 

event. 

Lancer track and field head coach Dennis Fairall said he was 

proud of Bishop, the first athlete he has personally coached to 

qualify for the Olympics in his 40-year career. 

“Her performances this summer have been truly remarkable 

and her hard work and dedication have helped her to achieve 

her Olympic dream much faster than I could have imagined,” 

he said. “Melissa will make an outstanding ambassador for the 

Lancer track and field program. It will be an extremely proud moment 

to be on hand in London to share her Olympic dream.” 

the University of Toronto with 

a goal of becoming a doctor 

with a specialization in sports 

medicine. 

Lance Strong (BHK ´11) 

has recently become a supervisor 

at Chrysler Canada, 

Windsor. Lance was formerly 

a temporary part time student 

employee during his university 

years. 

Lindsay Walsh (MHK 

´11) is the new Technical 

Director in Coaching and 

Community Development for 

Ontario Basketball, Toronto.

HK Alumni Weekend 

Friday, Nov. 9th, 2012 

Honouring the 

Class of 1987 

Saturday, Nov. 10th, 2012 

Honouring 

ALL HK Alumni 

• View our new building 

• Food & Refreshments 

• Lancers vs. Gee Gees Basketball 

Please see the HK Alumni Weekend website for more information: www.uwindsor.ca/hk 

FREE DRAW 

Alumni Business Cards 

Mail us your business card and you will be automatically 

entered in a draw to win HK memorabilia. 

CONGRATULATIONS to Mark Ianni (BHK ’07) who was the 

lucky winner of our draw!! 

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