Research Centres

Faculty of Applied Health Sciences

Research Centres

The Centre is a hub through which people, information, and action flow to integrate research capacity, evidence-based best practices, policy development, and implementation strategies related to key issues in sport and physical activity. The broad based membership provides a diverse environment of expertise and global perspectives for national and international development.

The Centre promotes research and practice in support of a healthier and more active future. By working with local, provincial, national, and international partners, the Centre provides a vehicle for creating, evaluating, and disseminating effective strategies to develop the physical literacy skills necessary to lead healthy, active lives.

Co-Directors:

James Mandigo (Physical Activity)
Office:WC 289
T 905 688 5550 x4789
F 905 688 8364
E jmandigo@brocku.ca

Philip Sullivan, (Sport)
Office: WC 262
T 905 688 5550 x4787
F 905 688 8364
E psullivan@brocku.ca

Web Site:The Centre for Healthy Development

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The Centre for Bone & Muscle Health

The Centre for Bone & Muscle Health provides a dynamic research environment for students and faculty to interact and develop a greater understanding of how muscle and bone contribute to overall health. A wide range of approaches – use of molecular techniques, experimental in vivo models and human intervention studies - are used to study bone and muscle health. The Centre brings together researchers from the Departments of Kinesiology and Community Health Sciences along with collaborators from other institutions. Graduate training plays a vital role in the Centre through the Graduate Program in the Faculty of Applied Health Sciences.

Brian Roy, Director
Office: WC 270
T 905 688 5550 x3779
F 905 688 8364
E broy@brocku.ca

Web Site: The Centre for Bone & Muscle Health

The Centre for Sport Capacity

Drawing on the collaboration of faculty, students, colleagues from other institutions, and experts from the sport community the Centre for Sport Capacity (CSC) acts in research and granting collaboration, community outreach, and international engagement to examine how individuals within organizations can build and utilize ‘capacity’ for the overall improvement of Canadian sport.

As both a research and development centre the CSC serves as the nucleus through which people, research, information, funding, and policy development flow to create and deliver ongoing skills-based training for large numbers sport volunteers with key administrative functions.

Julie Stevens, Director
Office: STH 442
T 905 688 5550 x4668
F 905 688 4505
E jstevens@brocku.ca

Web Site: The Centre for Sport Capacity