Silar Gardy successfully defended her PhD Oral Defence in Currie Room 304 on June 15th, 2026.
The title of her thesis:
"The influence of dietary protein on bone health in endurance runners"
Oral Defence Comittee:
Dr. Jenna Gibbs (Supervisor), Dr. Dennis Jensen, Dr. Anne-Sophie Brazeau, Dr. Andrea Josse, Dr. Rowan Barrett, Dr. Panagiota Klentrou
Silar Gardy is with Dr. Jenna Gibbs's Gibbs lab.
Kerrigan Sunday successfully defended her PhD Oral Defence in Currie Room 304 on June 8th, 2026.
The title of her thesis:
"Sex-specific biomechanics of fatigue and foot numbness in cycling"
Oral Defence Comittee:
Dr. Jenna Gibbs, Prof. Julie Côté, Dr. Tyler Churchward-Venne, Prof. Rosaire Mongrain, Dr. Guillaume Durandau, Dr. Katherine Boyer
Kerrigan Sunday was with Dr. Julie Côté's Biomechanics of Occupation and Sport (BOS) lab.
Cinthuja Pathmanathan successfully defended her PhD Oral Defence in Currie Room 304 on June 2nd, 2026.
The title of her thesis:
"Sex-specific effects of running-induced fatigue on lower-limb interlimb symmetry patterns and muscle synergies in endurance runners"
Oral Defence Comittee:
Prof. Julie Côté, Dr. Jordan Koch, Dr. Caroline Paquette, Dr. Philippe Dixon, Dr. Laurent Bouyer, Dr. Jorge Armony
Tayah Liska successfully defended her PhD Oral Defence in Currie Room 304 on April 21st, 2026.
The title of her thesis:
"Identifying the conceptual attributes of physical activity maintenance among adults with physical disability"
Oral Defence Comittee:
Prof. Shane Sweet (Supervisor), Dr. Daniel Fortin-Guichard, Dr. William James Harvey, Dr. Kathleen Martin Ginis, Dr. Rebecca Bassett-Gunter, Prof. Guillaume Gervais
Siobhan Henderson successfully defended her PhD Oral Defence in Currie 304 on December 4th, 2025.
The title of her thesis:
"Understanding and Exploring Coaches’ Perspectives of Mental Health in Competitive Sport in Canada"
Oral Defence Comittee:
Dr. Gordon Bloom (Supervisor), Dr. Shane Sweet, Dr. Bruno da Costa, Dr. Lindsay Duncan, Dr. Odile Liboiron-Ladouceur, Dr. Krista Chandler
Rachelle Aucoin successfully defended her PhD Oral Defence in Currie Room 304 - Tassone on July 14, 2025.
The title of her thesis:
"Cool Air, Clear Relief: Exploring the Mechanisms and Utility of Fan-to-Face Therapy for Management of Exertional Breathlessness in Chronic Lung Disease "
Oral Defence Comittee:
Dr. Dennis Jensen (Supervisor), Dr. Jenna Gibbs, Dr. Dina Brooks, Dr. Celena Scheede-Bergdahl and Dr. Daniel Fortin-Guichard.
Congratulations to Dr. Yiyang Chen on the successful defence of her dissertation on 02 October, 2024!
Topic of her dissertation:
"Modern analytical approaches to understand the sex-specific effects of fatigue on multi-dimensional synergies during repetitive whole-limb tasks"
The Faculty of Education welcomes back Dr. Julie Côté, newly appointed Director of the Sylvan Adams Sports Science Institute (SASSI) as she returns from her sabbatical (September 1). Dr. Côté has been a key leader in the establishment of SASSI and has previously served as Interim Director for the Institute and will continue to steer its research and collaborations across different sectors.
Congratulations to Dr. Danielle Alexander on the successful defense of her dissertation on the 30th March 2023!
Topic of her dissertation:
"Understanding Attitudes, Knowledge, and Behaviours in the Parasport Coaching Context"
Congratulations to George Shi, on publishing in the Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine.
George Shi, recently published a paper titled "Outcomes of spinal cord injury peer mentorship: A community-based Delphi consensus approach" in Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine.
The publication can be accessed by clicking on the following link:
The Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education would like to congratulate our PhD students Siobhan Henderson, Matthew Slopecki, Rachelle Aucoin, Tayah Liska, Olivia Pastore, and Master’s students Ada Sevinc, Frédérike Parent-L’Ecuyer for winning Fonds de Recherche training awards to support their graduate research.
FRQS Fellowship
Congratulations to our 2022-23 Cooke Fellowship in Physical Education Award recipient Amanda Duguay and McGill International Research Master's Student Award (MIRMA) recipient, Kerrigan Sunday!
Amanda Duguay
Congratulations to our Master's students for being awarded the prestigious Canada Graduate Scholarship this year!
Congratulations to our Recipient of 2022 McGill Sports Science Post-Doctoral Fellowship
Supervisor: Dr. Tyler Churchward-Venne
Project Title: Estimates of dietary protein requirements in endurance-trained older male and female Master's athletes as determined by the Indicator Amino Acid Oxidation (IAAO) method
