Committee Members – Previous
We are honoured to have a distinguished group of experts forming our Local Organizing Committee and the Scientific Committee Global Leadership Group. Further details regarding each expert can be found through the Conference App and the following LINK.
LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Co-Chair
Dr. Shannon Bredin (University of British Columbia)
Chief Janet Webster (Lytton First Nation)
Toby Green (BC Ministry of Health)
Dr. Veronica Jamnik (York University)
Dr. Ryan Rhodes (University of Victoria)
Dr. Roy Shephard (University of Toronto)
Elder Gail Sparrow (Musqueam Indian Band)
Dr. Norman Gledhill (York University)
Dr. Moss Norman (University of British Columbia)
Dr. Michael Riddell (York University)
Dr. Jack Taunton (University of British Columbia)
Dr. Rosalin Miles (Indigenous Physical Activity & Cultural Circle; Lytton First Nation; University of British Columbia)
Dr. Jan Hare (University of British Columbia)
Dr. Paul Oh (University Health Network)
Dr. Art Salmon (Canadian Fitness and Lifestyle Research Institute)
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE GLOBAL LEADERSHIP GROUP
Co-Chair
Dr. Catherine Draper (University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa)
Dr. Shaea Alkahtani (College of Sport Sciences and Physical Activity, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)
Dr. Valerie Carson (University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta)
Dr. Jindong Chang (China)
Dr. Ana Cristina Lindsay (University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, MA, USA)
Dr. Danilo Rodrigues Pereira da Silva (Federal University of Sergipe, São Cristóvão, Brazil)
Co-Chair
Dr. Peter Katzmarzyk (Pennington Biomedical, Baton Rouge, LA, USA)
Dr. Daniel P. Bailey (Brunel University London, UK)
Baskaran Chandrasekaran, PT (Manipal Academy of Higher Education, India)
Dr. Sjaan Gomersall (University of Queensland, Brisbane Qld, Australia)
Dr. Rosalin Miles (Indigenous Physical Activity & Cultural Circle; Lytton First Nation; University of British Columbia)
Dr. Trudy Voortman (Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands)