• Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education
• Sir Arthur Currie Memorial Gymnasium
• 475 Pine Avenue West
• Montreal QC H2W 1S4
• Canada
• Telephone: 514-398-2458
• Fax: 514-398-4186
• Email: studentaffairs.kpe [at] mcgill.ca
• Website: mcgill.ca/edu-kpe

The Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education provides a large variety of research opportunities in a number of areas related to human health and physical activity.

Master of Science Program

Examples of research pursued as part of the M.Sc. program include the following areas:

Exercise Physiology:

• obesity treatment, public health surveillance, and health;
• adaptive response of skeletal muscle in health, nutrition, disease, and aging;
• exercise and nutritional interventions designed to manage and treat chronic diseases;
• the impact of sex and sex hormones on neurovascular physiology;
• clinical and integrative exercise in cardio-respiratory physiology;
• muscle physiology and biophysics.

Biomechanics and Neuroscience:

• ergonomics evaluation of fatigue and musculoskeletal disorders;
• walking and running locomotion gait research;
• sport equipment design and evaluation (e.g., helmets, footwear);
• mobility in healthy and aging people, and in people with disabilities;
• epigenetic modifications associated with brain and spinal cord postnatal development.

Master of Arts Program

Examples of research pursued as part of the M.A. program include the following areas:

Exercise and Health Psychology:

• psychosocial determinants of health behaviour, body-related emotions, and physical self;
• motivation in youth sport and physical activity;
• school and community-based physical activity promotion;
• promoting emotional well-being and quality of life through physical activity and sport.

Sports Psychology:

• coaching expertise;
• team building;
• psychology of athletic injuries (concussions);
• hockey violence.

Adapted Physical Activity:

• physical activity participation in the community for people with one or multiple disabilities, including developmental, emotional, intellectual, and or physical disabilities;
• self-regulation of physical activity and physical health for individuals with one or multiple disabilities;
• physical activity for people with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and movement difficulties;
• motivation, self-determination, coaching, participation, and/or social inclusion of children, youth, or adults with disabilities.

Sport, Physical, and Health Education Research in Society:

• physical and health education pedagogy, curriculum, and instruction;
• narrative conceptions of knowledge and physical education teacher education;
• sociology and cultural studies of sport, recreation, and leisure;
• historical perspectives of sport and Canadian society;
• indigenous sport and settler-colonialism.

Doctor of Philosophy Program