Read about great UBC KIN students before you and where they are today as alumni
Watson, Mercedes
Graduating year: 2012
Degree: MKin
As the Director of Coach & Partner Development, at the Coaches Association of Ontario (CAO), she and her team provide coach development, funding opportunities, and events for Ontario’s approximately 250,000 coaches. She also works with various sport organizations to support their coach development needs, such as Right to Play, the Greater Toronto Hockey League, and Hockey Canada.
Dodhia, Sanaah
Graduating year: 2015
Degree: BKin
Sanaah was an active leader in various UBC establishments, including UBC REC, Active Kids, the Kin Advising Office, Ritsumeikan-UBC House and Fraser Hall. She was also one of Make Your Mark UBC’s key leaders and lobbied for the School’s future home, the UBC Gateway Building.
Dexter, Ross
Graduating year: 2010
Degree: MKin
Ross worked to become a strength and conditioning coach and massage therapist, but he ultimately combined both experiences and became an Athletic Trainer/Therapist. Currently, Ross is finishing a book, “Start with the Core,” about how core stability enhances sports performance and reduces injury risk. He is also reforming his department to accommodate athletic training clinical education.
Clements, Andrew
Graduating year: 2004
Degree: MA
Andrew values inclusivity in his personal philosophy, but these issues certainly stand out in his daily life in a global pandemic. As a professional working with the public, Andrew is genuinely concerned about the inequities he is observing in society. He reflects that, “health policy and services are only being offered to a selective portion of our society” and in the past two years, the COVID-19 pandemic has further amplified “innate division in our culture” and society over health.
Kloos, Kate
Graduating year: 2010
Degree: MHK
Despite her challenges, her post-secondary studies motivated her to improve sports experiences for individuals and communities in her future career. She graduated with a Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Studies at the University of New Brunswick, with a focus on coaching education, and went on to complete a Diploma in University Teaching in 2021. Currently, Kate is interested in researching politics in coaching and sport leadership. She hopes to carry on with her research and professional development in teaching university students, and to continue learning about leadership, project and change management, in education.
Jasmine Gill
Jasmine Gill is part of the UBC Fall Class of 2021 and will graduate with a Master’s degree in Kinesiology (MKin). She took courses in both Performance Sciences and Clinical Kinesiology streams, focusing on the prevention and management of sports injuries and performance planning. Jasmine has worked throughout her studies with youth, ages 6 and […]
Graduating Student Spotlight: Jamie Hawke
Congratulations to Jamie Hawke, who will join the UBC Class of 2021 this fall, with her MA in Kinesiology. Her graduate research combines dance education and dance science by using interpretive methodologies to explore participant experiences. For her master’s thesis, she examined what dance educators experience when helping pre-professional ballet dancers develop their dance skills. […]
Mannella, Staci
This Fall, Staci Mannella graduates with her MSc in Kinesiology. Her master’s thesis is a socio-psychological study on high-performance, visually impaired athletes and their relationships with their sighted guides. Under the supervision of assistant professor Dr. Andrea Bundon, Staci “explores the intersections of disability sport cultures, experiences of impairments, and athlete mental health.” Her motivation […]
Guan, Yanfei
Joining the Class of 2021 this fall, is Ph.D. Kin student Yanfei Guan! KIN doctoral candidate, Yanfei Guan, will cross the stage as part of the UBC Class of 2021 at the Fall convocation. His dissertation examines “the relationship between inter-limb asymmetry and sports injury in youth athletes.” As part of his dissertation, he led […]
Fliss, Matthew
Matthew Fliss is a graduate student, working on his Master of Science (MSc) in Kinesiology. He was recently awarded the esteemed Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology (CSEP) 2021 Graduate Student Award for MSc Poster Presentation. The award acknowledges the outstanding graduate research that is presented at CSEP’s Graduate Student Poster Award Session. Winning the award […]