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• Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education
• Sir Arthur Currie Memorial Gymnasium
• 475 Pine Avenue West
• Montreal QC H2W 1S4
• Canada
• Telephone: 514-398-4184, ext. 0302
• Fax: 514-398-4186
• Email: grad.kpe [at] mcgill.ca
• Website: www.mcgill.ca/edu-kpe

The Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education provides a large variety of research opportunities in a number of areas related to human health and physical activity.

Master's of Science Program

Examples of research pursued as part of the M.Sc. program include the following areas.

Exercise Physiology:

• obesity treatment, public health surveillance, and health;
• adaptive response of skeletal muscle in health, nutrition, disease, and aging;
• exercise and nutritional interventions designed to manage and treat chronic diseases;
• the impact of sex and sex hormones on neurovascular physiology;
• clinical and integrative exercise in cardio-respiratory physiology;
• muscle physiology and biophysics.

Biomechanics and Motor Control:

• ergonomics evaluation of fatigue and musculoskeletal disorders;
• walking and running locomotion gait research;
• sport equipment design and evaluation (ex.: helmets, footwear);
• motor control strategies and neurophysiology rehabilitation.

Master's of Arts Program

Examples of research pursued as part of the M.A. program include the following areas.

Exercise and Health Psychology:

• psychosocial determinants of health behaviour, body-related emotions, and physical self;
• motivation in youth sport and physical activity;
• school and community-based physical activity promotion; physical education and health development.

Sports Psychology:

• coaching expertise;
• team building;
• psychology of athletic injuries (concussions);
• hockey violence.

Adapted Physical Activity:

• physical activity participation in the community for people with mental health problems;
• self-regulation of physical activity and physical health for individuals with mental health problems;
• physical activity for people with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and movement difficulties;
• physical literacy of people with disabilities.

Sport, Physical, and Health Education Research in Society

• Physical and health education pedagogy, curriculum, and instruction;
• Narrative conceptions of knowledge and physical education teacher education;
• Sociology and cultural studies of sport, recreation, and leisure;
• Historical perspectives of sport and Canadian society;
• Indigenous sport and settler-colonialism.