Contacts
Faculty of Kinesiology includes the Outdoor Centre, Active Living, Dinos Athletics, Sport Medicine Centre and the Olympic Oval.
Kinesiology Building Hours
Monday – Thursday: 6 a.m. – 11 p.m.
Friday: 6 a.m. – 10 p.m.
Saturday: Sunday 8 a.m. – 9 p.m.
Holiday Hours: 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Dean's Office
Nick Holt, PhD, dean of the Faculty of Kinesiology
Contact: knesdean@ucalgary.ca
General information: 403.220.5607
Need to contact someone? See below.
Faculty of Kinesiology
Main Office KNB 135
376 Collegiate Blvd NW
University of Calgary
2500 University Drive, NW
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
T2N 1N4
Kinesiology Facilities & Programs
Active Living (Joint Effort and GLA:D)
Faculty of Kinesiology Contacts
Nick Holt, Dean - KNB 136 - knesdean@ucalgary.ca - 403.220.5607
Ariel Webster, Administrative Coordinator - ariel.webster@ucalgary.ca - 403.220.5607
Connie Heshka, Manager, Academic Programs and Administration - KNB 146B - Constance.heshka@ucalgary.ca - 403.220.6762
Associate Dean's
Undergraduate
Cari Din, Associate Dean Interim (Academic) - KNB 140B - csdin@ucalgary.ca - 403.220.3430
Graduate
Meghan McDonough, Associate Dean (Graduate) - KNB 140A - meghan.mcdonough@ucalgary.ca - 403.220.7211
Jan Crawford, Graduate Programs Coordinator - KNB 139B - jcrawfo@ucalgary.ca - 403.220.5183
Research
Reed Ferber, Associate Dean (Research) - rferber@ucalgary.ca - KNB 242 - 403.210.6468
Research Advisor - knesrsch@ucalgary.ca
Cari Din, Associate Dean Interim (Academic) - KNB 140B - csdin@ucalgary.ca - 403.220.3430
Soomin Son, Administrative Coordinator - KNB 140 - sson@ucalgary.ca - 403.220.8878
Undergraduate Contact
For undergraduate advising, contact knesinfo@ucalgary.ca and for practicum questions, contact knespracticum@ucalgary.ca.
Undergraduate Advisors in Kinesiology
Monika Davidson, Undergraduate Advisor – KNB 142 - mdavidso@ucalgary.ca
Jeannine Beck Merino, Undergraduate Advisor - KNB 142 - jbeckmerino@ucalgary.ca
Carla Grundison, Undergraduate Advisor – KNB 143 - cgrundis@ucalgary.ca
Student Representatives
Kinesiology Students' Society - KNB 153 - kssucalgary@gmail.com
Students' Union representative - kinesrep@su.ucalgary.ca
Ombuds Office - MSC 274 - ombuds@ucalgary.ca
Need mental health and wellness support? Contact Wellness Services.
Graduate Contact
For graduate program advising, contact knesgrad@ucalgary.ca
Meghan McDonough, Associate Dean (Graduate) - KNB 140A - meghan.mcdonough@ucalgary.ca - 403.220.7211
Jan Crawford, Graduate Advisor & Programs Coordinator - KNB 139B - jcrawfo@ucalgary.ca - 403.220.5183
Need someone to talk to? Contact Wellness Services.
Chairs
Cindy Barha, Tier 2 CRC in Neuroscience, Brain Health and Exercise - KNB 434 - cindy.barha@ucalgary.ca
Carolyn Emery, Tier l CRC in Concussion - KNB 3300C - caemery@ucalgary.ca - 403.220.4608
Jennifer Zwicker, Tier 2 CRC in Disability Policy for Children and Youth - zwicker1@ucalgary.ca - 403.210.9224
More information about the Kinesiology research chairs.
Assistant Professors
Saied Jalal Aboodarda - KNB 420 - saiedjalal.aboodarda@ucalgary.ca - 403.220.3649
Cindy Barha - KNB 434 - cindy.barha@ucalgary.ca
Brittany Edgett - KNB 422 - brittany.edgett@ucalgary.ca - 403.220.3497
Leigh Gabel - KNB 426 - leigh.gabel@ucalgary.ca
Alexandra Giancarlo - KNB 248 - alexandra.giancarlo@ucalgary.ca
Matt Jordan - KNB 2212 - mjordan@ucalgary.ca - 403.220.7028
Sarah Kenny - KNB 246 - kennys@ucalgary.ca - 403.220.2770
Laura St. John - KNB 414 - laura.stjohn@ucalgary.ca
Paoblo Dominelli - KNB 414 - paolo.dominelli@ucalgary.ca - 403.220.4758
Bill Wannop - KNB 424 - b.wannop@ucalgary.ca - 403.220.7003
Assistant Professors - Teaching
John Holash - KNB 436 - rjholash@ucalgary.ca - 403.220.7655
Associate Professors
William Bridel - KNB 253 - william.bridel@ucalgary.ca - 403.210.7246
Tyler Cluff - KNB 2228 - tyler.cluff@ucalgary.ca - 403.220.2840
Brent Edwards - KNB 418 - wbedward@ucalgary.ca - 403.220.8950
Martin MacInnis - KNB 2230 - martin.macinnis@ucalgary.ca - 403.220.6554
Kati Pasanen - KNB 240 - kati.pasanen@ucalgary.ca
David Paskevich - KNB 140B - dpaskevi@ucalgary.ca - 403.220.3434
Ryan Peters - KNB 2208 - ryan.peters1@ucalgary.ca - 403.220.7810
Kathryn Schneider - KNB 3300D - kjschnei@ucalgary.ca - 403.210.8951
Jonathan Smirl - KNB 3300E - jonathan.smirl@ucalgary.ca - 403.220.8426
Jennifer Zwicker - zwicker1@ucalgary.ca - 403.210.9224
Associate Professors - Teaching
Cari Din - KNB 140B - csdin@ucalgary.ca - 403.220.3430
Professors
Nick Holt, Dean - KNB 136 - knesdean@ucalgary.ca - 403.220.5607
Nicole Culos-Reed - KNB 139 - nculosre@ucalgary.ca - 403.220.7540
Patricia Doyle-Baker - KNB 418 - pdoyleba@ucalgary.ca - 403.220.7034
Carolyn Emery - KNB 3300C - caemery@ucalgary.ca - 403.220.4608
Reed Ferber - KNB 242 - rferber@ucalgary.ca - 403.220.6468
Walter Herzog - KNB 402 - wherzog@ucalgary.ca - 403.220.8525
Arthur Kuo - KNB 410 - arthur.kuo@ucalgary.ca - 403.220.7388
Meghan McDonough - KNB 140A - meghan.mcdonough@ucalgary.ca - 403.220.7211
Thilo Pfau - KNB 2231 - thilo.pfau@ucalgary.ca - 403.220.6095
Raylene Reimer De Bruyn - KNB 440 - reimer@ucalgary.ca - 403.220.8218
Jane Shearer - HSC 2502 - jshearer@ucalgary.ca - 403.220.3431
Tara-Leigh McHugh - KNB 250 - taraleigh.mchugh@ucalgary.ca - 403.220.5600
Penny Werthner - AD A100 - provost@ucalgary.ca - 403.220.5460
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
Justine Dowd jdowd@ucalgary.ca
Chantelle Zimmer chantelle.zimmer@ucalgary.ca
Ranita Manocha
Michael Asmussen michael.asmussen@ucalgary.ca
Christian Clermont christian.clermont@ucalgary.ca
Don Anderson
Heiliane Fontana heiliane.fontana@ucalgary.ca
Benno Maurus Nigg nigg@ucalgary.ca
Robert Griffiths robert.griffiths@ucalgary.ca
Stephen West
Kotaybah Hashlamoun kwhashla@ucalgary.ca
Larry Katz katz@ucalgary.ca
Carly McKay c.d.mckay@bath.ac.uk
Darren Stefanyshyn stefanys@ucalgary.ca
Jeremy Wong jeremy.wong2@ucalgary.ca
Breda Eubank bhflau@ucalgary.ca
Jill Parnell jparnell@mtroyal.ca
Salvatore Federico
Jean-Michel Galarneau
Tao Liu tao.liu1@ucalgary.ca
Guillaume Millet
Eng Kuan Moo ekmoo@ucalgary.ca
Dana Olstad dana.olstad@ucalgary.ca
Carolina Chamorro-Vina
Joel Burma joel.burma@ucalgary.ca
Zoe (Yau Shan) Chan zoe.chan1@ucalgary.ca
Victor Cossich victor.cossich@ucalgary.ca
Meghan Critchley meghan.critchley@ucalgary.ca
Paul Eliason pheliaso@ucalgary.ca
Colin Firminger cfirming@ucalgary.ca
Zixiang Gao
Reza Kakavand reza.kakavand@ucalgary.ca
Nesa Keshavarz Moghadam reza.kakavand@ucalgary.ca
Tsolmonbaatar Khurelbaatar
Ellen Koch ellen.koch@ucalgary.ca
Hilkka Kontro hilkka.kontro@ucalgary.ca
Jonathan Low jonathan.low@ucalgary.ca
Erin Noye Tuplin erin.noyetuplin@ucalgary.ca
Shahram Rasoulian Heravi shahram.rasoulianher@ucalgary.ca
Stephanie Ross stephanie.ross1@ucalgary.ca
Theo Stanoev
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
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
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
Kayla Gallant, Development Coordinator - kayla.gallant@ucalgary.ca
Join your alumni on Facebook.
Leanne Yohemas (on leave), Director, Communications and Marketing
Stacy McGuire, Manager, Communications and Marketing - stacy.mcguire@ucalgary.ca - 403.464.3675
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
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
Elyse Schwartzkopf, Manager, KNB 232 - eschwart@ucalgary.ca - 403.220.6473.
Karen Delaney, Scheduling Coordinator, KNB 233 - delaney@ucalgary.ca - 403.220.8510.
Kaylee Forsen, Facility Scheduling Assistant - KNB 233 - kaylee.forsen@ucalgary.ca - 403.220.4160.
Carnot Olguin, Facility Specialist - KNB 231 - 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
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
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
Faculty of Kinesiology - Dean's Office
Kinesiology faculty and staff can access internal documents and contacts through sharepoint.