Taking the Road Less Travelled…
A career in the life-sciences affords unique opportunities to contribute to community health and well-being. Training in Kinesiology provides special perspectives and skills that can be applied in a variety of ways and a multiplicity of settings. Being ready to take advantage of opportunities – unconventional though they may seem – can mean that doors open on an array of enriching experiences with often surprising, and significant, consequences. An examination of a personal professional journey reveals intriguing examples in sport, medicine and public health of the importance of being prepared to seize unusual opportunities when they arise…with results that can be fulfilling and transformative!
Andrew Pipe, C.M., M.D., LL.D. (Hon), D.Sc. (Hon) FRCSPS(Hon)
Dr. Andrew Pipe is a graduate of Queen’s University, a Professor Emeritus in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Ottawa, and a Clinician-Scientist at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute. He has been extensively involved in sport throughout his career, serving as a Team Physician to four Canadian National Teams, and participated in multiple Olympic, Pan-American, and Commonwealth Games. Following events at the Seoul Olympic Games in 1988, he led the development of Canada’s national anti-doping agency. He is a Past-President of the Canadian Academy of Sport and Exercise Medicine (CASEM) and formerly the President of the Commonwealth Games Association of Canada. He continues to advise several International Sport Federations and is a Board Member of the Athletics Integrity Unit. He has also been a tireless advocate for tobacco control, and was the founding Chair of Physicians for a Smoke-free Canada. He is frequently consulted on issues relating to physical activity and health, tobacco control and smoking cessation, drug use in sport, and approaches to cardiovascular disease prevention. He was named to the Order of Canada in 2002, made a member of the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame (Builder), and previously Chaired the Board of the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada. Dr. Pipe was also appointed as a Special Advisor to the Future of Sport in Canada Commission in 2024.
Location: Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brian Health, Room LL101