Media Releases

Sochi Olympic Games Experts

January 16, 2014

The fol­low­ing is a list of Uni­ver­si­ty of Toron­to experts who can com­ment on a vari­ety of issues relat­ing to the 2014 Win­ter Olympics in Sochi, Rus­sia, from Feb­ru­ary 6 to 23.

SPORTS:

Ath­letes’ rights in sport
Cana­di­an sport his­to­ry
His­to­ry and pol­i­tics of sport and the Olympics
Human rights in sports 
Bruce Kidd
Pro­fes­sor
St.George Cam­pus
War­den, Hart House
Fac­ul­ty of Kine­si­ol­o­gy and Phys­i­cal Edu­ca­tion
Office: 416–978-2436
Email: bruce.kidd@utoronto.ca

High risk 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
peter.donnelly@utoronto.ca
NOTE: Feb­ru­ary 6 – 20 Pro­fes­sor Don­nel­ly will be in France where he can be reached at:
Home: + 33 1 43 26 89 64
Cell: + 33 7 87 70 39 22

Abuse and harass­ment in sport
Eat­ing dis­or­ders in female gym­nasts
Psy­cho­log­i­cal aspects of ath­let­ic injury
Psy­cho­log­i­cal aspects of sports, exer­cise and stress
Psy­cho­log­i­cal stress (ath­letes, coach­es and par­ents of ath­letes)
Psy­cho­log­i­cal stress in 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

ADVERTISING AND MARKETING:

Busi­ness law, cor­po­rate law
Gov­er­nance
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
Email: powers@rotman.utoronto.ca

Gov­er­nance and orga­ni­za­tion­al design
Lead­er­ship and strat­e­gy
Man­age­ment in food indus­try 
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:

Exer­cise and envi­ron­men­tal extremes
Exer­cise and per­for­mance
Exer­cise phar­ma­col­o­gy
High inten­si­ty exer­cise
Human skele­tal mus­cle metab­o­lism 
Ira Jacobs
Dean and Pro­fes­sor
St.George Cam­pus
Fac­ul­ty of Kine­si­ol­o­gy and Phys­i­cal Edu­ca­tion
Office: 416–978-5909
Email: dean.fpeh@utoronto.ca

Exer­cise and aging
Exer­cise and heart func­tion, heart dis­ease
Exer­cise phys­i­ol­o­gy
Pro­longed exer­cise and heart func­tion
Car­diac con­se­quences of endurance exer­cise
Car­dio­vas­cu­lar lim­its to exer­cise per­for­mance
Jack Good­man
Asso­ciate Pro­fes­sor
St.George Cam­pus
Fac­ul­ty of Kine­si­ol­o­gy and Phys­i­cal Edu­ca­tion
Depart­ment of Med­i­cine
Office: 416–978-6095
Mobile: 705–767-3381
Email: jack.goodman@utoronto.ca

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

Phys­i­ol­o­gy, bio­chem­istry, some dop­ing issues
Mus­cle phys­i­ol­o­gy
Mar­ius Locke
Asso­ciate Pro­fes­sor
Asso­ciate Dean, Fac­ul­ty of Kine­si­ol­o­gy and Phys­i­cal Edu­ca­tion
St.George Cam­pus
Office: 416–978-7055
Email: marius.locke@utoronto.ca

Injury pre­ven­tion
Con­cus­sions and oth­er brain injuries
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

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
Pager: 416–381-8495
Email: h.winston@rogers.com
http://www.chsm.net

Stress and anx­i­ety
Neil Alexan­der Rec­tor
Pro­fes­sor; Psy­chol­o­gist & Research Sci­en­tist
Depart­ment of Psy­chi­a­try
Sun­ny­brook Insti­tute
Office: 416–480-6100 x 2233
Cell: 416–432-4587
Email: neil.rector@sunnybrook.ca

Bioethics, med­ical ethics
Med­ical and health law 
Bernard Dick­ens
Pro­fes­sor Emer­i­tus
St.George Cam­pus
Fac­ul­ty of Law
Joint Cen­tre for Bioethics
Cell: 941–474-3908
Email: bernard.dickens@utoronto.ca

Stress hor­mones
Car­olyn L. Cum­mins
Assis­tant Pro­fes­sor
Fac­ul­ty of Phar­ma­cy
Office: 416–946-3466
Cell: 647–449-8859
Email: carolyn.cummins@utoronto.ca

CULTURE OF OLYMPICS:

Olympic Media Stud­ies
Health Com­mu­ni­ca­tion
Gen­der, Race and Active Healthy Liv­ing
Inter­pro­fes­sion­al Edu­ca­tion and Well­ness
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

Olympic com­men­tat­ing
Inter­na­tion­al swim­ming
Byron Mac­Don­ald
Var­si­ty Blues swim­ming head coach
For­mer Olympic swim­ming coach
Office: 416–978-7008
Home: 416–469-0719
Email: byron.macdonald@utoronto.ca

Olympic expe­ri­ence
Ice Hock­ey
Dar­ren Lowe
Instruc­tor
Coach of Var­si­ty Blues Hock­ey Team
Fac­ul­ty of Kine­si­ol­o­gy & Phys­i­cal Edu­ca­tion
Office: 416–978-3083
Mobile: 416–991-4574
darren.lowe@utoronto.ca

Coach­ing Olympic and high per­for­mance ath­letes
Coach­ing tech­nique and the­o­ry
Inter­col­le­giate swim­ming
Olympic com­pe­ti­tion and com­men­tary
U of T high per­for­mance swim cen­tre
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

Mega-events as tools of urban­iza­tion
Urban plan­ning
Secu­ri­ty and sur­veil­lance
Social move­ments
Race and racial­iza­tion
Infra­struc­ture, pub­lic-pri­vate part­ner­ships and par­tic­i­pa­to­ry plan­ning
Urban entre­pre­neuri­al­ism
David J Roberts
Lec­tur­er
St. George Cam­pus
Innis Col­lege
Urban Stud­ies Pro­gram
Office: 416–978-7790
D.roberts@utoronto.ca

RUSSIAN AFFAIRS:

Civ­il lib­er­ties in Rus­sia
Migra­tion and eth­nic rela­tions in Rus­sia
Region­al gov­ern­ment and fed­er­al-region­al rela­tions in Rus­sia
Russ­ian law enforcement/policing
Spe­cif­ic regions of Rus­sia: Moscow, Bel­go­rod Oblast, North Cau­cus­es 
Matthew Light
Assis­tant Pro­fes­sor
St.George Cam­pus
Cen­tre for Crim­i­nol­o­gy and Soci­ole­gal Stud­ies
Cen­tre for Euro­pean, Russ­ian and Eurasian Stud­ies
Office: 416–978-7124, ext.227
matthew.light@utoronto.ca
Lan­guages: Russ­ian and French
Note: will be over­seas dur­ing Olympics, but can be reached by email

Democ­ra­cy pro­mo­tion
Democ­ra­ti­za­tion
Great Pow­er Rival­ries
Rus­sia and East­ern Europe
US For­eign Pol­i­cy
Seva Gunit­sky
Assis­tant Pro­fes­sor of Polit­i­cal Sci­ence
St. George Cam­pus
Munk School of Glob­al Affairs
Cen­tre for Euro­pean, Russ­ian and Eurasian Stud­ies
Trudeau Cen­tre for Peace and Con­flict Stud­ies
Office: 416–978-3346
Mobile: 416–570-0862
s.gunitsky@utoronto.ca
Lan­guages: Russ­ian
http://individual.utoronto.ca/seva/

His­to­ry
Immi­gra­tion
Inter­na­tion­al rela­tions
Nation­al secu­ri­ty, ter­ror­ism
South­east Asia
Unit­ed Nations
Unit­ed States for­eign pol­i­cy 
Arne Kislenko
Adjunct Pro­fes­sor
St.George Cam­pus
Trin­i­ty Col­lege
Munk School of Glob­al Affairs
Office: 416–946-8973, 416–979-5000 ext. 6206
Cell: 647–378-8710
arne.kislenko@utoronto.ca
www.kislenko.com

GAY RIGHTS/SEXUAL DIVERSITY:

His­to­ry and pol­i­tics of sport and the Olympics
Civ­il lib­er­ties in Rus­sia
Lesbian/gay activism in Rus­sia
Helen Jef­fer­son Lenskyj
Pro­fes­sor Emeri­ta
Ontario Insti­tute for Stud­ies in Edu­ca­tion Uni­ver­si­ty of Toron­to
Home: 416 463 5100
helen.lenskyj@utoronto.ca

Cen­sor­ship, pornog­ra­phy, free­dom of expres­sion
Fam­i­ly law
Fem­i­nism
Gay and les­bian legal issues, same sex cou­ples
Gay and les­bian legal issues, same sex cou­ples, same sex mar­riage
Legal reg­u­la­tion of adult rela­tion­ships
Sex­u­al­i­ty and the law, women and the law 
Bren­da Coss­man
Pro­fes­sor
St.George Cam­pus
Fac­ul­ty of Law
Office: 416–978-6658
b.cossman@utoronto.ca

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For more infor­ma­tion, please con­tact:

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