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Vancouver’s Studeo55 is looking for Kinesiology graduates to fill the position of Health and Fitness Coach in their fitness facility. The roles and responsibilities of this position include client management and support, program design, and program implementation.
The successful candidates will:
Additional things we are interested in from our teammates experience:
Interested?
Please email Matt Reid with your CV and a cover letter. For more information, please visit their website.
1. Multidisciplinary Approaches to Sports and Exercise (ASTU 400I 001)
Term: 2
Coordinators: Charlotte Kukowski
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Sunaina Assanand
Time: Tuesday, 4:00pm to 7:00pm
Location: Buchanan B216
This seminar is focused on social issues surrounding sports and exercise, bringing together a variety of disciplines. We will explore topics such as the use of supplements and steroids in sports, the role of gender in sports and exercise, media portrayals of fitness and body ideals, and life-course approaches to exercise and healthy living. The aim of this course is to facilitate open and diverse discussion on issues surrounding sports and exercise, and to encourage multi-disciplinary thinking. The course emphasizes peer-learning and will include a presentation, papers, and peer-evaluation. Interested students are asked to submit a statement of interest to the course facilitator (charlotte.kukowski@gmail.com).
2. Bully Culture and the Politics of Change (ASTU 400H 001)
Term: 2
Coordinators: Georgia Filippopoulos
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Patrick Moore
Time: Monday, 9:00am to 12:00pm
Location: Buchanan B219
Bully Culture and the Politics of Change’ will examine both the internal behaviours and external socializing forces of bullies, victims and bully-victims. As a class, we will explore multiple facets of bully culture: power dynamics, mental health, workplace harassment, aggression and violence, and the recent spike in school shootings. On a local scale, we will focus on the University of British Columbia and its role in combating bully-behaviour and harassment, and on a provincial scale, we will examine anti-bully legislations that have been made recent news. We will think critically about systemic violence in institutional domains and delve deeply into what it means to ‘bully’, its consequences, and what steps can be taken in its prevention. To register, please visit the SIS and register as you would for the rest of your courses.
3. Disorders of Consciousness (ASTU 400E 001)
Term: 2
Coordinators: Samantha Baglot
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Lawrence Ward
Time: Tuesday and Thursday, 3:30 to 5:00pm
Location: Buchanan D213
This course will investigate various disorders of consciousness, with specific focus on: the factors that contribute to a loss/lack of consciousness, the consequences to everyday functioning, and the factors that mediate recovery. See attached poster for more information and to register, email Samantha (s.baglot@gmail.com) with your name, applicable previous courses, major/faculty, and reason for wanting to take this course.
Graduating year: BKin, May 2013
Employed by: Live Well Exercise Clinic
Stream: Kinesiology
Claire joined the co-op program to gain an avenue which would allow her to take knowledge and skills from the classroom and apply it to new opportunities. She also wanted to explore other situations and develop non-academic skills. Prior to her co-op terms, Claire was deciding between graduate studies in Physiotherapy and Medicine, but as it happened, her first job was a combination of those interests.
Claire spent her time in co-op with Live Well Exercise Clinic Inc., a supervised exercise and lifestyle management program for people with chronic disease. Claire’s role in the clinic was as an Exercise Leader. It was there she learned that she greatly enjoyed work with people and got immense satisfaction from aiding in patient’s health and wellness. During her co-op terms she developed clinical skills, including: obtaining blood pressure readings, heart rate, and blood sugar counts; and writing clinical exercise prescription and providing clinical monitoring. She also learned business management and development skills from Sara Hodson, the owner of Live Well Exercise Clinic. Claire was able to work with many specialists during her work terms, because of the team approach employed by Live Well, and was also fortunate to to work with and learn from Director of Cardiology, Dr. Jiao Yang, and Medical Director and Internist, Dr. Ali Zentner.
After completing three work terms, and graduating from UBC, Claire successfully completed the requirements to become a Clinical Exercise Physiologist (CEP), Cancer Exercise Trainer (CET), and Canadian Diabetes Educator. Following that, she was hired by Live Well as a CEP. When the Live Well Clinic in White Rock grew beyond it’s capacity, a new branch was opened in Kerrisdale. Claire moved to the new branch starting as a CEP, and eventually became Clinic Director .
Claire’s current goals are both personal and professional. She plans to “help build Live Well into an even stronger and more successful organization that can have significant positive impact on the health and wellness of the community”. On a personal level she will take additional personal and professional development courses so that she might contribute more to the program.
Advice to Current Students: “Welcome new positions with an open mind and don’t take any position for granted, regardless of whether it’s where your passion lies. You never know what opportunities may arise through a work placement opportunity. It might be through the company that employs you, a work colleague, a contractor, someone you meet at a networking event, or even a client. Each placement offers opportunities for learning from others and provides a new climate for personal growth – make the most of it.”
Dylan joined the co-op program to gain more experience in sport administrative and coordination. He was interested in advancing his skills to a more senior level with regards to managing staff, planning events, and creating budgets. He found his time in co-op incredibly valuable. Through his work terms, he developed not only basic administration skills, such as office tasks, email etiquette, and phone skills, but also software skills in programs including Microsoft Suite, NCCP the Locker and CLASS. He also had experience organizing special events and using social media.
Through his terms in co-op, Dylan found an interest in sport management and coordination. Through working in a variety of roles in the sports field, Dylan narrowed his interested to Physical Literacy and positive experiences, specifically for children, in sport. Over time, he moved from a hands-on approach, to a position in management to have a greater positive effect on children and the community.
“Although I will always love playing sports and still dream of being a professional athlete, my various co-op work terms helped me to discover that there are many ways to be involved in sport, other than as an athlete or coach, that can be highly rewarding.“
Dylan is currently the Program Manager of Active Kids for the UBC School of Kinesiology Outreach Programs. His overarching career goal is to get children, communities, and athletes active and healthy through positive, and appropriate, involvement in sport and physical activity. He hopes to achieve this by offering students, both KIN and Non-KIN, practical opportunities to apply Kinesiology-based knowledge in everyday coaching.
Advice to Current Students: “The great debate for me was whether or not I wanted to delay my graduation by a minimum of a full year in order to complete co-op terms. The decision to do so was more than worth it! The experience, skills sets, and connections I made throughout my co-op terms directly led me to my career path and all positions that I have held since graduation. ”
We invite past & current members, students and alumni, past & current staff and volunteers, staff and faculty, clinicians who have referred members to us, and the general public to join us in celebrating 10 years of BodyWorks!
Christina Sequeira is a UBC alumna who graduated with a Master’s (2014) and Bachelor’s (2003) degree in Kinesiology. Her focus during her Master’s degree was in identifying the need for Kinesiologists to collaborate with health care providers in preventive medicine to improve population health intervention strategies for aging and chronic disease populations.
She is a certified Clinical Exercise Specialist from the American College of Sports Medicine, a certified Exercise Physiologist by the Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology and she also holds a Level III Exercise is Medicine credential allowing her to work with patients who require clinical support and monitoring. She is a patient advocate and a community health consultant for various government and non-government organizations where she has presented at various conferences and contributed in program development committees.
Through the UBC Body Works Fitness Centre, where she is the Program Manager employed by the UBC School of Kinesiology, she has brought her expertise in clinical case management to the forefront of mainstream fitness. For over 10 years, Christina and her colleagues have utilized a population health strategy approach to collaboratively incorporate a unique philosophy into their health and fitness programs, combining principles of athletic training and clinical exercise programming. She encourages patients and the public across the age span to increase their awareness of health and the importance of injury and disease prevention through the participation of individualized and group-based fitness programming.
A prominent UBC track and cross-country athlete and 1996 Human Kinetics graduate, Jeff Schiebler experienced a most impressive running career both at UBC and internationally.
While leading UBC to championship levels, Jeff in 1995, set UBC, Canada West and CIS national records in the 3,000m. In the 10,000m he achieved the Olympic standard and competed for Canada in that event at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta.
After winning silver medals at the CIS and Canadian Open cross-country championships he and his coach, UBC’s Marek Jedrzejek, were selected to participate in the 1996 World cross-country championships in Cape Town. It was here Jeff learned he was selected the winner of the 1996 Bobby Gaul award as UBC’s male athlete of the year.
From 1996 through 2003 Jeff ran professionally in Japan competing as a representative of a Japanese electronics firm. In 2000 the BC native again ran for Canada in the 10K at the Sydney Olympics, one of only six UBC track & field athletes to compete in two Olympics.
Schiebler’s career is highlighted by the fact he set Canadian records in the 3,000m, 5,000m and 10,000m with his 5,000m record still standing as of 2014. His university Can West and CIS records also remain unbroken as of 2014.
During his UBC career he brought attention to the school’s track and cross-country program and was unique in UBC history in that he ran professionally for over seven years.
Now a fire fighter, Jeff was during the 1990s and into the 2000s, the dominant 3K to 10K runner both at the Canadian university and national levels.
Fred Hume
Historian, UBC Athletics
