Associate Professor | Director of the Centre for Early Childhood Education and Research (CECER)
Email: shannon.bredin@ubc.ca
Phone: 604 822 8257
Lab Website: Cognitive and Motor Learning Laboratory (LEARN Laboratory) | Laboratory for Knowledge Mobilization (KNOW Laboratory)
Office: Lower Mall Research Station Room 210 | 2259 Lower Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia
Education
University of British Columbia, 2004, Ph.D., Motor Behaviour
University of Alberta, 1998, M.Sc., Motor Behaviour
University of Alberta, 1996, B.Ed., Major: Physical Education/Minor: Biological Sciences
University of Alberta, 1996, B.P.E.
Courses Taught
KIN 140 Lifespan Motor Development
KIN 355 Movement Experiences for Young Children
Research Areas
Research Interests
- Athlete Development
- Coaching
- Community and Public Health
- Health promotion
- High performance sport
- Health and motor performance
- Indigenous Health and Physical Activity
- Integrated Knowledge Translation
- Knowledge Translation/Knowledge to Action
- Motor learning
- Motor development
- Physical activity
- Skill acquisition
Publications
See Google Scholar and Research Gate for a list of publications.
Research and Teaching
Dr. Bredin’s research program is interdisciplinary in nature, generating knowledge across the pyramids of primary and secondary evidence, with an end focus on integrative knowledge translation and contemporary methods of knowledge mobilization. Dr. Bredin’s research is conducted out of the Cognitive and Motor LEARNing Laboratory (LEARN Laboratory) and the Laboratory for KNOWledge Mobilization (KNOW Laboratory). Her research is dedicated to examining contemporary factors that influence human movement behaviour and physical activity with a particular interest in lifespan motor development and motor learning for wholistic health, well-being, and human performance. Her research involves the participation of a number of populations, including (but not limited to) children, developing athletes and elite performers, as well as persons living with chronic medical conditions. For further information on Dr. Bredin and her research program please visit www.healthandphysicalactivity.com.
Potential Students
Students interested in pursuing a graduate degree or post-doctoral fellowship are encouraged to contact me directly at the email address listed above.