Christiane “Chrissy” Job graduated from UBC in 2008 with a Masters of Arts in Kinesiology followed by her PhD at the University of Calgary. With high energy and a dynamic personality, Chrissy played Varsity basketball at UBC under coach Deb Huband while at the same time pursued academia under the tutelage of UBC’s Dr. Patricia Vertinsky. Chrissy’s lauded research focused on the intersection of sociology of sport, feminist theory and sport history. Her particular interest over the years has been the narratives of older women athletes – such as former UBC star athlete Ruth Wilson – with the aim of creating new policies and practices for promoting and inspiring older athletes.
More recently Chrissy has taught at the University of Calgary, has started a family and is now working in the medical field as a Research Director at the School of Medicine at the University of Calgary. Even though it is still early in her career it will be her passion for whatever she pursues, whether it be the awareness of sport history and those who comprise it or the promotion of healthy practices, that will be the force that leads ultimately to social value.
According to her mentor Patricia Vertinsky, “. . . she is as exuberant and happy as ever and doing really well.”
