Media Releases

Pan Am/Parapan Am Games 2015

July 22, 2014

The fol­low­ing is a list of Uni­ver­si­ty of Toron­to experts who can com­ment on a vari­ety of issues relat­ing to the 2015 Pan Am and Para­pan Amer­i­can Games that will take place in Toron­to, Cana­da, from July 10 to 26, 2015.

SPORTS:

Social issues relat­ed to sports
Sport, pol­i­cy and pol­i­tics 
Peter Don­nel­ly
Pro­fes­sor
St.George Cam­pus
Fac­ul­ty of Kine­si­ol­o­gy and Phys­i­cal Edu­ca­tion
Office: 416–946-5071
Mobile: 905–617-6020
Email: peter.donnelly@utoronto.ca

Sport Psy­chol­o­gy
Stress and Cop­ing
Youth Sport
 Kather­ine Tam­mi­nen
Assis­tant Pro­fes­sor
St.George Cam­pus
Fac­ul­ty of Kine­si­ol­o­gy and Phys­i­cal Edu­ca­tion
Office: 416–946-4068
Email: katherine.tamminen@utoronto.ca

Psy­cho­log­i­cal stress in ath­letes, coach­es, and par­ents of ath­letes
Retire­ment tran­si­tions of elite ath­letes
Gretchen Kerr
Vice Dean, Aca­d­e­m­ic Affairs
St.George Cam­pus
Fac­ul­ty of Kine­si­ol­o­gy and Phys­i­cal Edu­ca­tion
Office: 416–978-6190
Email: gretchen.kerr@utoronto.ca

Sport concussion/sport injury and emo­tion­al recov­ery
Reha­bil­i­ta­tion & health psy­chol­o­gy, per­for­mance psy­chol­o­gy & psy­chol­o­gy of injury
Lyn­da Main­war­ing
Asso­ciate Pro­fes­sor
Reg­is­tered Psy­chol­o­gist
Fac­ul­ty of Kine­si­ol­o­gy and Phys­i­cal Edu­ca­tion
St. George
Office: 416–946-5134
lynda.mainwaring@utoronto.ca

Psy­choso­cial pre­dic­tors of phys­i­cal activ­i­ty
Phys­i­cal activ­i­ty inter­ven­tions in pop­u­la­tions with chron­ic dis­abil­i­ty
Com­mu­ni­ty-based inclu­sive phys­i­cal activ­i­ty pro­gram­ming and eval­u­a­tion
Kel­ly Arbour
Assis­tant Pro­fes­sor
Fac­ul­ty of Kine­si­ol­o­gy and Phys­i­cal Edu­ca­tion
St. George
Office: 416–978-2725
kelly.arbour@utoronto.ca

Emo­tions in sport and exer­cise, stress and well-being, and men­tal health
Cather­ine Sabis­ton
Asso­ciate Pro­fes­sor
Fac­ul­ty of Kine­si­ol­o­gy and Phys­i­cal Edu­ca­tion
St. George
Office: 416–978-5837
catherine.sabiston@utoronto.ca

Sport and inter­na­tion­al devel­op­ment
Sport and social activism
Sports mega-events 
Simon Dar­nell
Assis­tant Pro­fes­sor
St.George Cam­pus
Fac­ul­ty of Kine­si­ol­o­gy and Phys­i­cal Edu­ca­tion
Depart­ment of Exer­cise Sci­ences
Office: 416–978-0529
E‑mail: simon.darnell@utoronto.ca

ADVERTISING AND MARKETING:

Sports mar­ket­ing 
Richard Pow­ers
Nation­al Aca­d­e­m­ic Direc­tor
Cana­di­an Olympic Com­mit­tee, Gov­er­nance and Ethics Com­mit­tee mem­ber
Direc­tor and Trea­sur­er for Com­mon­wealth Games Cana­da
Direc­tor of Rug­by Cana­da
St.George Cam­pus
Joseph L. Rot­man School of Man­age­ment
Office: 416–946-8610
Cell: 416–268-7186
Email: powers@rotman.utoronto.ca
NOTE: Will be at games the entire time. Best to e‑mail first then sched­ule a time to call.

Lead­er­ship
Orga­ni­za­tion design
Jim Fish­er
Pro­fes­sor Emer­i­tus
St. George Cam­pus
Joseph L. Rot­man School of Man­age­ment
Office: 416–946-5591
jfisher@rotman.utoronto.ca

Adver­tis­ing and mar­ket­ing
David Sober­man
Pro­fes­sor of Mar­ket­ing
Cana­di­an Nation­al Chair in Strate­gic Mar­ket­ing
Rot­man School of Man­age­ment
Office: 416–978-5445
Cell: 416–420-4876
Email: David.Soberman@rotman.utoronto.ca

PHYSICAL ABILITY/PHYSIOLOGY/DOPING:

Heat and cold stress
Exer­cise phar­ma­col­o­gy
High inten­si­ty exer­cise
Ira Jacobs
Dean and Pro­fes­sor
St.George Cam­pus
Fac­ul­ty of Kine­si­ol­o­gy and Phys­i­cal Edu­ca­tion
Office: 416–978-5909
Email: dean.fpeh@utoronto.ca
NOTE: Prof. Jacobs is the Chair of the Board of Direc­tors of the Toron­to Pan Am Sports Cen­tre at UTSC

Exer­cise phys­i­ol­o­gy
Human per­for­mance in extreme con­di­tions 
Greg D. Wells
Assis­tant Pro­fes­sor
St.George Cam­pus
Fac­ul­ty of Kine­si­ol­o­gy and Phys­i­cal Edu­ca­tion
Temer­ty Temer­ty Fac­ul­ty of Med­i­cine
Depart­ment of Anaes­the­sia
Office: 416–978-3244
Mobile: 416–710-4618
Email: greg.wells@utoronto.ca
Lan­guages: French
www.drgregwells.com

Quan­ti­fy­ing train­ing, per­for­mance and their rela­tion
High inten­si­ty exer­cise
Car­dio­vas­cu­lar func­tion and exer­cise
Scott Thomas
Pro­fes­sor
St.George Cam­pus
Fac­ul­ty of Kine­si­ol­o­gy and Phys­i­cal Edu­ca­tion
Office: 416–978-6957
Email: scott.thomas@utoronto.ca

Endurance exer­cise and lim­i­ta­tions to per­for­mance
Exer­cise and aging
Jack Good­man
Asso­ciate Pro­fes­sor
St.George Cam­pus
Fac­ul­ty of Kine­si­ol­o­gy and Phys­i­cal Edu­ca­tion
Temer­ty Temer­ty Fac­ul­ty of Med­i­cine
School of Grad­u­ate Stud­ies
Depart­ment of Exer­cise Sci­ences
Depart­ment of Med­i­cine
Office: 416–978-6095
Email: jack.goodman@utoronto.ca

Injury pre­ven­tion
Con­cus­sions & spinal injuries
Charles H. Tator
Pro­fes­sor
Divi­sion of Neu­ro­surgery
Depart­ment of Surgery
Office: 416–603-5889
Cell: 647–680-4643
Home: 705–633-5291
Email: charles.tator@uhn.on.ca
http://www.surg.med.utoronto.ca/faculty/Tator.html

Clin­i­cal sport med­i­cine
Injury pre­ven­tion
Doug Richards
Assis­tant Pro­fes­sor
Med­ical Direc­tor, David L. Mac­In­tosh Sport Med­i­cine Clin­ic
Fac­ul­ty of Kine­si­ol­o­gy and Phys­i­cal Edu­ca­tion
St. George
Office: 416–978-7377
doug.richards@utoronto.ca

Sport con­cus­sion & brain injury
Injury pre­ven­tion
Michael Hutchi­son
Assis­tant Pro­fes­sor
Direc­tor, Con­cus­sion Pro­gram, David L. Mac­In­tosh Sport Med­i­cine Clin­ic
St. George
Office: 416–946-4050
michael.hutchison@utoronto.ca

Sports med­i­cine
Howard A. Win­ston MD, CCFP, FCFP,
Dip. Sport Med. (CASEM)
Med­ical Direc­tor, Cen­tre for Health & Sports Med­i­cine
Assis­tant Pro­fes­sor
Depart­ment of Fam­i­ly & Com­mu­ni­ty Med­i­cine
Office: 416–789-2476
Cell: 647–880-4305
Email: h.winston@rogers.com
http://www.chsm.net

CULTURE OF OLYMPICS:

Sports & social media issues
Active healthy liv­ing & gen­der issues
Mar­garet Mac­Neill
Asso­ciate Pro­fes­sor
St.George Cam­pus
Dal­la Lana School of Pub­lic Health
Fac­ul­ty of Kine­si­ol­o­gy and Phys­i­cal Edu­ca­tion
Office: 416–978-0598
Email: margaret.macneill@utoronto.ca

Coach­ing tech­nique and the­o­ry
Sports com­pe­ti­tion and com­men­tary
Byron Mac­Don­ald
Uni­ver­si­ty of Toron­to Var­si­ty Blues Swim­ming Head Coach
St.George Cam­pus
Fac­ul­ty of Kine­si­ol­o­gy and Phys­i­cal Edu­ca­tion
Office: 416–978-7008
byron.macdonald@utoronto.ca
NOTE: Byron is a for­mer sil­ver and bronze medal win­ner at the Pan Am games.

Mega-events as tools of urban­iza­tion
David J Roberts
Lec­tur­er
St. George Cam­pus
Innis Col­lege
Urban Stud­ies Pro­gram
Office: 416–978-7790
D.roberts@utoronto.ca

TORONTO:

Pub­lic par­tic­i­pa­tion in plan­ning
Urban sprawl, growth man­age­ment, smart growth
Andre Sorensen
Asso­ciate Pro­fes­sor
U of T Scar­bor­ough Cam­pus
Depart­ment of Geog­ra­phy
Depart­ment of Social Sci­ences (UTSC)
Cen­tre for Urban and Com­mu­ni­ty Stud­ies
Office: 416–978-8898
sorensen@utsc.utoronto.ca
Lan­guages: Japan­ese

Archi­tec­tur­al and urban design
City of Toron­to (build­ings, urban fab­ric)
Lar­ry Richards
Pro­fes­sor Emer­i­tus and For­mer Dean
St.George Cam­pus
John H. Daniels Fac­ul­ty of Archi­tec­ture, Land­scape, and Design
Office: 416–925-1323
Mobile: 917–886-2926
larry.richards@daniels.utoronto.ca

Urban com­mu­ni­ty plan­ning
Toron­to Pan Am Aquat­ic Cen­tre
Susan­nah Bunce
Assis­tant Pro­fes­sor
U of T Scar­bor­ough Cam­pus
Uni­ver­si­ty of Toron­to Scar­bor­ough
Depart­ment of Geog­ra­phy
Office: 416–287-7296
scbunce@utsc.utoronto.ca
http://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/~geography/faculty/bunce‑s.html

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For more infor­ma­tion, please con­tact:

Uni­ver­si­ty of Toron­to Media Rela­tions
Tel: 416–978-0100
media.relations@utoronto.ca