Children - Instructor/Assistant
Work with children and youth.
Practicums were a valuable, hands-on experience that allowed me to connect all the classroom learning with practical skills. Picking diverse placements allowed me to figure out what population I work best with and what my interests are.
Naomi Brown
Bachelor of Kinesiology
Gain course credits and professional unpaid workplace experience by taking a practicum. It's a great way to gain insight into a potential career path and make contacts in the community before you graduate. Browse more than 80 practicums listed below - some positions could easily fit into more than one category. Kinesiology students can complete up to three different practicum positions: KNES 441 (Practicum A), KNES 443 (Practicum B), and KNES 445 (Practicum C).
Begin exploring your career options now.
Have you completed everything you need to receive your course credit?
The following steps are required to enroll in KNES 441, 443 or 445 practicum courses.
Review the list of practicums below, and ensure you meet the position criteria. Next, contact the on-site supervisor listed in the position description to arrange for an interview. Make sure to introduce yourself, and include a couple of sentences as to why you're interested in the position.
For the interview, bring a current resume and the practicum application with the student portion completed. If you're the successful candidate, the supervisor will complete their portion of the application form and return it to you. Here are some helpful tips on preparing for an interview.
Once you and the on-site supervisor complete the application form, submit the application along with any necessary documentation to knespracticum@ucalgary.ca by the stated deadline. Watch your UCalgary email for important next steps.
Contact the on-site supervisor in early October.
Application and documents due at noon on January 10.
Complete 5-6 hours per week.
Contact the on-site supervisor in late February.
Application and documents due at noon on April 27.
Complete 10 - 12 hours per week.
Contact the on-site supervisor in early June.
Application and documents due at noon on Sept 3.
Complete 5 - 6 hours per week.
The kinesiology advisors must register you in the practicum course once your application is approved. Contact us.
We are now accepting Winter 2020 applications.
Work with children and youth.
Company: University of Calgary Active Living: Adapted Physical Activity for Kids (APAK) and Kid’s Adapted Climbing Series (KACS).
Terms: Fall or Winter
Program for children 4-14 years old with special needs to gain independence and health benefits.
Company: Stepping Out Program run by the Autism Aspergers Friendship Society (AAFS).
Terms: Fall, Winter or Spring
A recreation program for people on the Autism Spectrum.
Company: Connect Society Early Childhood Services, Belvedere Parkway Elementary School.
Terms: Fall, Winter or Spring
The program encourages a child’s whole development with emphasis on speech /language skills.
Company: Just Keep Swimming, located at Crowfoot YMCA
Terms: Fall or Winter
Assist children with mild to moderate neurological and development disabilities to become comfortable in the water and ultimately swim confidently.
Company: Monkeynastix
Terms: Fall, Winter or Spring
Provides fun and challenging physical literacy lessons at preschools, daycares and after school programs around Calgary.
Company: Be Fit for Life - University of Calgary Child Care Centre
Terms: Fall or Winter
Provides services, programs and resources that promote active lifestyles to kindergarten students.
Company: Getting Ready for Inclusion Today (GRIT)
Terms: Fall or Winter
Individualized early childhood education program for preschool children with disabilities.
Company: Be Fit for Life - Niistitapi Learning Centre
Terms: Fall or Winter
Provides services, programs and resources that promote active lifestyles to Indigenous students, from preschool to Grade 2.
Also see the Physiotherapy section for physiotherapy/chiropractic positions.
Company: Balanced Health and Sports Therapy.
Terms: Fall or Winter
Family and sports-oriented clinic specializes in the multi-treatment approach for managing/preventing musculoskeletal injuries.
Company: The Vital Posture™ Clinic – National Upper Cervical Chiropractic Association (NUCCA).
Terms: Fall or Winter
Restore the appropriate biomechanical and positional relationship between the head and neck.
Company: Human Performance Lab (HPL), Exercise and Aging Lab
Terms: Fall, Winter or Spring
Group investigates human responses to acute and chronic exercise.
Company: Canadian Sport Institute (CSI) Calgary.
Terms: Fall or Spring
Pre-screen and test athletes/test participants in the Sport Performance Lab.
Company: Clinical & Transitional Exercise Physiology (CTEP) Lab.
Terms: Fall, Winter or Spring
Fostering a healthier Canada by advancing the field of exercise physiology for the prevention and management of disease.
Company: TCR Sport Lab.
Terms: Fall or Winter
Applied testing and training centre for the general public using advanced equipment.
Company: Calgary Fire Department, Wellness Clinic.
Terms: Fall or Winter
Occupational medicine and team approach to proactive screening and physiological testing.
Company: Copeman Healthcare Canada Inc.
Terms: Fall or Winter
Complete health care including screenings and disease prevention programs.
Company: Be Fit for Life, located in Faculty of Kinesiology.
Terms: Fall or Winter
Working to have people in Alberta be more physically active.
Company: Ever Active Schools.
Terms: Fall only
Assists schools in Alberta to create and sustain healthy school communities.
Company: Shell Canada
Terms: Fall only
Help to create, implement and evaluate a physical activity challenge for Shell Canada employees.
Company: Kids Cancer Care (KCC).
Terms: Fall or Winter
Charity that helps build bridges of hope and pillars of support for families fighting childhood cancer.
Company: Heart & Stroke Foundation, Jump Rope for Life
Terms: Winter only
Promote heart health to children and youth through Jump Rope for Heart.
Company: University of Calgary Dinos Athletics
Terms: Fall, Winter or Spring
Communicating the successes of 22 varsity teams and the athletes competing in 12 sports.
Company: NSTEP (Nutrition, students, teachers, exercising and parents).
Terms: Fall, Winter or Spring
Creates, develops and implements interactive nutrition and physical activity programs for children and communities.
Company: Healthy Dancer Canada (HDC)
Terms: Fall or Winter
Organization committed to enhancing the health, well-being, and performance of all dancers.
Company: INLIV
Terms: Fall, Winter or Spring
Delivers premium corporate, executive and personal health services.
Company: United Active Living.
Terms: Fall, Winter or Spring
Develop and implement programs and services supporting residents for “Live Well in Our Community.”
Company: Alberta Hip and Knee Clinic.
Terms: Fall or Winter
Provide treatment options and follow up care for people with hip and knee concerns.
Company: Association for the Rehabilitation of the Brain Injured (ARBI).
Terms: Fall or Winter
Rehabilitation & recreation programming for those with moderate to severe acquired brain injury including strokes.
Company: University of Calgary Rehabilitation and Fitness Program.
Terms: Fall, Winter or Spring
Provides those with physical disabilities the opportunity to continue their rehab and fitness goals in a community setting.
Company: Association for the Rehabilitation of the Brain Injured (ARBI).
Terms: Fall or Winter
Rehab programming for individuals with moderate to severe acquired brain injury including strokes.
Company: Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) Alberta.
Terms: Fall, Winter or Spring
Provides support, service, information and advocacy to Albertans with spinal cord injuries and other physical disabilities.
Company: Renfrew Educational Services.
Terms: Fall or Winter
Offers early childhood services and elementary education programs for children with special needs.
Company: University of Calgary, Staff Wellness
Terms: Winter only
Ergonomics for employees ensuring a safe and comfortable work place.
Company: Providence Children
Terms: Fall or Winter
Provides educational and therapeutic services to preschool aged children with disabilities.
Company: Lead Foundation.
Terms: Winter only
Work with children (and their families) who have mild speech, motor, or behavior delays, to those with more complex challenges, including Autism Spectrum Disorder.
Company: Bethany Care Foundation.
Terms: Fall or Winter
Helps those in long-term care reach health goals.
Company: Calgary West Osteopathic Wellness (WOW) Centre.
Terms: Fall, Winter or Spring (not available Spring 2020)
Uses a drug-free non-invasive manual medicine for total body health by treating and strengthening the musculoskeletal framework.
Company: University of Calgary Centre for Video & Performance Analysis (CVPA) and Canadian Sport Institute (CSI) Calgary
Terms: Fall, Winter or Spring
Works to implement technologies for use with elite/Olympic athletes.
Company: Special Olympics Calgary.
Terms: Winter only
Provides competitive and non-competitive sport and recreation programs year around for individuals with an intellectual disability.
Company: Canadian Sport Institute (CSI) Calgary.
Terms: Fall or Winter
Observe and provide feedback for training and competitive sport environment.
Company: Calgary Seawolves Polo Club.
Terms: Fall or Winter
Offers introductory water polo to new athletes ages 6-17 and trains experienced athletes at a basic level through high school.
Company: Dubasov Dance and Wellness.
Terms: Fall, Winter or Spring
Provides quality dance, movement and yoga programs to children, youth and adults with special needs.
Company: Brain in Motion II Study, University of Calgary
Terms: Fall or Winter
Aerobic exercise for older adults at increased risk of alzheimer's disease and related dementias.
*Please note, this study is not accepting students at this time.
Company: Calgary JCC, recreation centre.
Terms: Fall, Winter or Spring
Non for profit recreation center that serves Calgary’s southwest community.
Company: University of Calgary, TrymGym.
Terms: Fall or Winter
Eight-week exercise program for clients, two one-hour sessions per week.
Company: Edge School for Athletes/Duckett Performance Centre
Terms: Fall or Winter
Develops excellence in athletics, academics and character building.
Company: Ironside Fitness Inc.
Terms: Fall, Winter or Spring
Fitness, wellness and nutrition training centre.
Company: Crash Conditioning.
Terms: Fall, Winter or Spring
Develops elite hockey players from bantam age through to professional levels.
Company: Calgary Flames.
Terms: Fall or Winter
Administer training plan for Calgary Flames National Hockey League Club.
Company: ORKA Performance.
Terms: Fall, Winter or Spring
We train a wide variety of athletes, all at different levels in their careers.
Company: RAW Sports.
Terms: Fall, Winter or Spring
Develop youth football players and prepare them to compete effectively in their respective league.
Company: University of Calgary Swim Club.
Terms: Fall or Winter
A top competitive swim team offering high quality professional coaching for all ages and abilities.
Company: Vergie Speed.
Terms: Fall or Winter
Develops speed and power for hockey, soccer, basketball, ringette, volleyball and football athletes.
Company: Peak Power Sport Development.
Terms: Fall or Winter
Located at SAIT and designed for athletic training and scientific testing.
Company: Ultimate Wheelchair Sports Foundation.
Terms: Winter only
Provide adaptive sport for people with disabilities.
Company: Fortius Rehabilitation Systems.
Terms: Fall, Winter or Spring
Prescription, application, supervision and education of patients’ therapeutic exercise programs.
Company: Innovative Sport Medicine (with Momentum Health).
Terms: Fall, Winter or Spring
Provide effective diagnosis, comprehensive injury management and return to full function.
Company: TotalCardiology Rehabilitation and Risk Reduction Centre.
Terms: Fall, Winter or Spring
Promote heart healthy behaviours with education, counseling and intervention.
Company: Active Sports Therapy (AST).
Terms: Fall, Winter or Spring
Treat and prevent sports injuries, repetitive strain disorders and conditions involving the joints and soft tissues.
Company: Coach Hill Chiropractic & Sports Therapy.
Terms: Fall, Winter or Spring
Alleviate symptoms, reduce pain and optimize biomechanics and function.
Company: CBI Health Group.
Terms: Fall or Winter
Provide physical therapy, neck or back pain therapy, and muscular-skeletal injury, rehab and work-injury management solutions.
Company: Country Hills Physiotherapy.
Terms: Fall or Winter
Provides physiotherapy and kinesiology services to patients.
Position description & application (PDF)
Company: Equus Physiotherapy.
Terms: Spring only
Assess, diagnose and treat injuries, dysfunctions and asymmetries.
Company: Lifemark Health Group.
Terms: Fall, Winter or Spring
Provides physiotherapy, massage therapy and other healthcare services.
Company: Momentum Health.
Terms: Fall, Winter or Spring
Company: Caleo Health.
Terms: Fall, Winter or Spring
Back and spine care.
Company: Ranchlands Physiotherapy.
Terms: Fall or Winter
Provide customized rehabilitative programs.
Company: Diverse Sports Physical Therapy.
Terms: Fall or Winter
Multidisciplinary clinic that sees a wide population of varied treatment groups.
Company: Advantage Health Aspen - ptHealth.
Terms: Fall, Winter or Spring
Provide customized rehabilitative programs.
Company: Beacon Hill Physiotherapy & Sports Medicine.
Terms: Fall or Winter
Provide a variety of rehabilitative programs.
Company: Sport Medicine Centre, University of Calgary.
Terms: Fall or Winter
Company: Calgary Youth Physiotherapy (CYP).
Terms: Fall or Winter
Company: Crowfoot Physiotherapy.
Terms: Fall or Winter
Multidisciplinary clinic with a wide variety of skills and areas of expertise in rehabilitation.
Company: Maximum Potential Physiotherapy
Terms: Fall, Winter or Spring
Provides customized rehabilitative programs.
Company: Bow View Manor.
Terms: Fall, Winter or Spring
Provides physiotherapy services at a long term care facility for seniors.
Position description & application (PDF)
Company: Alberta Orthotic and Prosthetic Centre.
Terms: Fall or Winter
Company: JointEffort Program/GLA:D Program at University of Calgary.
Terms: Fall, Winter or Spring
Specialized pre & post rehab program for individuals with hip and or knee osteoarthritis.
Position description & application (PDF)
Company: Sport Insight, Human Performance Lab (HPL)
Terms: Fall or Winter
Company: University of Calgary Department of Clinical Neurosciences, McCaig Institute.
Terms: Fall or Winter
Work with Dr. Ranita Manocha who specializes in physical medicine and rehabilitation.
Company: University of Calgary, Health and Wellness Lab, Faculty of Kinesiology.
Terms: Fall, Winter or Spring
Need some advice on practicum placements? Visit us in KNB 137 or contact us at knespracticum@ucalgary.ca