Contacts

Nick Holt, Dean - KNB 136 - knesdean@ucalgary.ca - 403.220.5607

Ariel Webster, Administrative Coordinator - knesdean@ucalgary.ca - 403.220.5607

Connie Heshka, Director, Academic Programs and Administration - constance.heshka@ucalgary.ca

Associate Dean's

Undergraduate

William Bridel, Senior Associate Dean 

Sherri Simpson, Administration Coordinator - knesadmin@ucalgary.ca

Graduate

Meghan McDonough, Associate Dean (Graduate)

Jan Crawford, Graduate Programs Coordinator - knesgrad@ucalgary.ca

Research

Nicole Culos-Reed, Associate Dean (Research)

Research Advisor - knesrsch@ucalgary.ca

William Bridel, Senior Associate Dean 

Sherri Simpson, Administration Coordinator - knesadmin@ucalgary.ca

Soomin Son (on leave), Administrative Coordinator 

Undergraduate Contact

For undergraduate advising, contact knesinfo@ucalgary.ca and for practicum questions, contact knespracticum@ucalgary.ca.

Advising office - KNB 142 and KNB 143

Student Representatives

Kinesiology Students' Society - KNB 153 - kssucalgary@gmail.com

Kinesiology Graduate Student Association - kgsa@ucalgary.ca

Students' Union representative - kinesrep@su.ucalgary.ca 

Ombuds Office - MSC 274 - ombuds@ucalgary.ca 

Student Services

Need mental health and wellness support? Contact Wellness Services. 

Graduate Contact

Meghan McDonough, Associate Dean (Graduate) 

Jan Crawford, Graduate Advisor & Programs Coordinator - knesgrad@ucalgary.ca

Need someone to talk to? Contact Wellness Services. 

Chairs

Cindy Barha, Tier 2 CRC in Neuroscience, Brain Health and Exercise - cindy.barha@ucalgary.ca

Carolyn Emery, Tier l CRC in Concussion - caemery@ucalgary.ca

Jennifer Zwicker, Tier 2 CRC in Disability Policy for Children and Youth - zwicker1@ucalgary.ca 

More information about the Kinesiology research chairs. 

Assistant Professors

Saied Jalal Aboodarda - saiedjalal.aboodarda@ucalgary.ca 

Cindy Barha - cindy.barha@ucalgary.ca

Brittany Edgett - brittany.edgett@ucalgary.ca 

Leigh Gabel - leigh.gabel@ucalgary.ca

Alexandra Giancarlo - alexandra.giancarlo@ucalgary.ca

Matt Jordan - mjordan@ucalgary.ca

Sarah Kenny - kennys@ucalgary.ca 

Laura St. John - laura.stjohn@ucalgary.ca

Bill Wannop - b.wannop@ucalgary.ca 

Stephen West - stephen.west@ucalgary.ca

Assistant Professors - Teaching

John Holash - rjholash@ucalgary.ca 

Kristina Marrelli - kristina.marrelli@ucalgary.ca

Associate Professors

William Bridel - william.bridel@ucalgary.ca 

Tyler Cluff - tyler.cluff@ucalgary.ca 

Paolo Dominelli - paolo.dominelli@ucalgary.ca 

Brent Edwards - wbedward@ucalgary.ca 

Sarah Kenny - kennys@ucalgary.ca

Martin MacInnis - martin.macinnis@ucalgary.ca 

Kati Pasanen - kati.pasanen@ucalgary.ca

David Paskevich - dpaskevi@ucalgary.ca 

Ryan Peters - ryan.peters1@ucalgary.ca 

Kathryn Schneider - kjschnei@ucalgary.ca 

Jonathan Smirl - jonathan.smirl@ucalgary.ca 

Jennifer Zwicker - zwicker1@ucalgary.ca 

Associate Professors - Teaching

Cari Din - csdin@ucalgary.ca 

Professors

Nick Holt, Dean - knesdean@ucalgary.ca

Nicole Culos-Reed - nculosre@ucalgary.ca 

Patricia Doyle-Baker - pdoyleba@ucalgary.ca

Carolyn Emery - caemery@ucalgary.ca

Reed Ferber - rferber@ucalgary.ca 

Walter Herzog - wherzog@ucalgary.ca 

Arthur Kuo - arthur.kuo@ucalgary.ca 

Meghan McDonough - meghan.mcdonough@ucalgary.ca 

Tara-Leigh McHugh - taraleigh.mchugh@ucalgary.ca 

Thilo Pfau - thilo.pfau@ucalgary.ca

Raylene Reimer De Bruyn - reimer@ucalgary.ca

Jane Shearer - jshearer@ucalgary.ca

Penny Werthner - werthner@ucalgary.ca 

David A. Hart - hartd@ucalgary.ca - 403.220.4571

Marc Poulin - HMRB 210 - Admin Assistant: lisa.johnson1@ucalgary.ca

Ronald Sigal - Richmond Road Diagnostic & Treatment 18109 - rsigal@ucalgary.ca - 403.955-8327

Patrick Whelan - whelan@ucalgary.ca - 403.220.4210

Don Anderson donald.anderson1@ucalgary.ca

Michael Asmussen michael.asmussen@ucalgary.ca

Amy Bender amy.bender2@ucalgary.ca

Garrett Bullock

Carolina Chamorro-Vina

Christian Clermont christian.clermont@ucalgary.ca

Justine Dowd jdowd@ucalgary.ca

Breda Eubank bhflau@ucalgary.ca

Salvatore Federico salvatore.federico@ucalgary.ca

Jared Fletcher jrdfletc@ucalgary.ca

Heiliane Fontana heiliane.fontana@ucalgary.ca

Aude-Marie Foucaut audemarie.foucaut@ucalgary.ca

Jean-Michel Galarneau jmgalarn@ucalgary.ca

Robert Griffiths robert.griffiths@ucalgary.ca

Kotaybah Hashlamoun kwhashla@ucalgary.ca

Venus Joumaa vjoumaa@ucalgary.ca

Tao Liu tao.liu1@ucalgary.ca

Ranita Manocha ranita.manocha@ucalgary.ca

Carly Mckay cdmckay@ucalgary.ca

Guillaume Millet

Eng Kuan Moo ekmoo@ucalgary.ca

Juan Murias jmmurias@ucalgary.ca

Benno Nigg nigg@ucalgary.ca

Dana Olstad dana.olstad@ucalgary.ca

Jill Parnell

Darren Stefanyshyn stefanys@ucalgary.ca

Vinzenz Von Tscharner tvvon@ucalgary.ca

Stephen West stephen.west@ucalgary.ca

Jeremy Wong jeremy.wong2@ucalgary.ca

Chantelle Zimmer chantelle.zimmer@ucalgary.ca

Joel Burma joel.burma@ucalgary.ca

Zoe (Yau Shan) Chan zoe.chan1@ucalgary.ca

Meghan Critchley meghan.critchley@ucalgary.ca

Osman Darici, osman.darici1@ucalgary.ca

Paul Eliason pheliaso@ucalgary.ca 

Colin Firminger cfirming@ucalgary.ca 

Zixiang Gao zixiang.gao@ucalgary.ca

Reza Kakavand reza.kakavand@ucalgary.ca

Tsolmonbaatar Khurelbaatar tsolmonbaatar.khurel@ucalgary.ca

Ellen Koch ellen.koch@ucalgary.ca

Hilkka Kontro hilkka.kontro@ucalgary.ca

Jonathan Low jonathan.low@ucalgary.ca

Shahram Rasoulian Heravi shahram.rasoulianher@ucalgary.ca

Stephanie Ross stephanie.ross1@ucalgary.ca

Sarah Stephen sarah.stephen1@ucalgary.ca

Ashna Subramanium ashna.subramanium@ucalgary.ca

Robin Trama robin.trama@ucalgary.ca

Elnaz Vaghef Mehrabani elnaz.vaghefmehraban@ucalgary.ca

Weilan Wang weilan.wang@ucalgary.ca

Jackie Zehr jackie.zehr@ucalgary.ca

Kathryn Dane kathryn.dane@ucalgary.ca

Visit their profile page to learn more about each researcher. 

See the Labs and Centres web page. 

Book rooms in the Human Performance Lab (for Kinesiology employees). 

Download templates, view brand guides, social media, and communication inquiries.

Research Advisor - knesrsch@ucalgary.ca

Li Kang, Communications Specialist - li.kang@ucalgary.ca

Contact for media, social media, web updates, messaging, marketing, communication strategies, article suggestions, and branding and logo requests. 

View internal marketing and communications site for templates, social media support, and other inquiries. 

Faculty of Kinesiology including:

• Active Living
• Dinos Athletics
• Olympic Oval
• Outdoor Centre
• Sport Medicine Centre

Contact us for donations, sponsorship, alumni news and volunteer opportunities. 

Braydon Epp, Director of Development - braydon.epp1@ucalgary.ca - 403.220.7207 | cell: 403.862.6099

Sydney Tait, Development Coordinator - sydney.tait@ucalgary.ca - 403.220.5944

Join your alumni on Facebook.

Kinesiology Operations, located on the second floor of Kinesiology B building, manages the Kinesiology complex and the Oval. They look after cleaning, maintenance, renovations, office moves, room bookings and keys.

All key requests need to be submitted by a manager to kneskeys@ucalgary.ca.

To book meeting spaces, multipurpose rooms, studios, gymnasiums, running track, weight rooms, wrestling room, and the outdoor fields, visit the Book a Space webpage, or contact bookings@ucalgary.ca. 

To book spaces in the Olympic Oval, contact ovalbookings@ucalgary.ca 

For all other inquiries, contact kinesops@ucalgary.ca.

Didn't see the space you want to book? See the book a space webpage.

Kinesiology Operations staff

Heather Ambery, Director (interim), Facilities and Operations - heather.ambery@ucalgary.ca

Karen Delaney, Scheduling Coordinator - delaney@ucalgary.ca - 403.220.8510

Kaylee Forsen, Facility Scheduling Assistant - kaylee.forsen@ucalgary.ca - 403.220.4160

Carnot Olguin, Facility Specialist - carnot.olguin@ucalgary.ca - 587.893.8841

Human Performance Lab

Kinesiology staff can book a space in the lab by visiting HPL bookings. 

Active Living (indoor recreation & camps) Client Services KNA 104 - active@ucalgary.ca, 403.220.7749

Outdoor Centre (outdoor recreation/gear rentals) KNB 180 - outdoor@ucalgary.ca  - 403.220.5038

Olympic Oval - oval@ucalgary.ca - 403.220.7954

Dinos Athletics 

Ben Matchett, Director of Athletics - ben.matchett@ucalgary.ca - 403.220.8143

Robert Ellis, Senior Manager, Sales and Marketing - robert.ellis@ucalgary.ca - 403.605.2530

Lance Doucet, Communication Manager - ldoucet@ucalgary.ca - 403.220.5082

Mike Boyles, Associate Athletic Director, Student Services - mboyles@ucalgary.ca - 403.220.4413

Sport Medicine Centre

Main reception: 403.220.8232 - Sport Medicine Centre

Maps of Recreation Facilities

Check out PDF maps of the facility locations on the main floor and basement level. 

For health and wellness services on campus, visit Wellness Services. 

If you are experiencing suicidal thoughts, you are not alone. If your life or someone else’s is in danger, call 911 for emergency services or call the Calgary Distress Center at 403-266-4357 or Canada Suicide Prevention Service at 1-833-456-4566.

The University of Calgary is committed to enhancing the mental health of students, faculty and staff and provides a variety of mental health resources. Learn more about our Campus Mental Health Strategy and Suicide Awareness and Prevention Framework.

Non Study Abroad

Helpful tips for international travel and the field handbook for group leaders is available for the University of Calgary. 

Study Abroad 

Resources for students travelling abroad. 

For IT service, submit ticket request.

Tim Heale, Kinesiology I.T. - KNB 264 - kits@ucalgary.ca