Office Hours
Courses Taught
Research Interests
Publications

Office Hours

By appointment

Courses Taught

EDST 565, EDST 580, EDST 601, EDST 602
EDUC 306, EDUC 325, EDUC 397, EDUC 404, EDUC 449, EDUC 499/7, EDUC 517, EDUC 580
EDCI 562
HKIN 352, HKIN 464, HKIN 489, HKIN 499, HKIN 500, HKIN 530, HKIN 574, HKIN 598

Research Interests

Educational policy, development and implementation
Gender relations and social policy
Social history of women and health
Social and cultural history of the body: gender, race, aging and disability
Health education, health promotion, health policy
Interdisciplinarity and boundary work
Educational leadership

Publications

REFEREED PUBLICATIONS

Journals

" Embodying Normalcy: Anthropometry and the Long Arm of William Sheldon's Somatotyping Project," Journal of Sport History, Vol. 29, 1, 2003, in press.

" A Sense of Place: Reading the Landscape of Sporting Life," International Sports Studies, Vol. 23 , 2001, pp 11-23

"Sporting Women in the Public Gaze: Shattering the Master Narratives of Aging Female Bodies," Canadian Woman Studies/ le cahiers de la femme, Vol 21, No 3, Summer 2002, pp 58-63.

"Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Feminism and Physical Culture," International Journal of the History of Sport, Vol. 18, No. 1, March 2001, pp. 55-72.

"Aging Women, Sport and Physical Activity," International Encyclopedia of Women and Sport (Berkshire Reference Works and Macmillan Reference), 2001, pp. 22-27.

"New Perspectives on Sport History and Aging," Perspectives. The Multidisciplinary Series of Physical Education and Sport Science, Vol. 2, 2001, pp. 21-34.

"A Woman's P(l)ace in the Marathon of Life: Feminist Perspectives on Physical Activity and Aging," Journal of Aging and Physical Activity, Vol. 8, 2000, pp. 386-406.

"Making and Marking Gender: The Medicalization of the Body from One Century's End to Another," Culture, Sport and Society, Vol. 2, No. 1, Spring 1999, pp. 1-24.

"Using Social Marketing as a Theoretical Framework to Understand Participation in Health Promotion," (with J. Wharf Higgins and L. Green), Social Marketing Quarterly, Vol. 5, No. 2, 1999, pp. 42-55.

"More Myth than History: American Culture and Representations of the Black Female's Athletic Ability," Journal of Sport History, Vol. 25, No. 3, 1998, pp. 532-561.

"Run, Jane, Run: Central Tensions in the Current Debate About Enhancing Women's Health through Physical Activity," Women and Health, Vol. 27, No. 4, 1998, pp. 81-112.

"Aging Bodies, Aging Sport Historians and the Choreographing of Sport History," Sport History Review, Vol. 29, No. 1, May 1998, pp. 18-29.

"Moving Spaces/Firm Groundings: An Interview with Rey Chow," (with the Discipline and Place Collective), Society and Space, Vol. 15, 1997, pp. 509-532.

"Physical Activity, Sport and Health for Girls and Women: Issues and Perspectives," Bulletin of the International Association of Physical Education and Sport for Girls and Women. Vol. 7, No. 1, January 1997, pp. 1-15.

"Racism in Motion: Sport, Physical Activity and the Indo-Canadian Female," (with I. Batth and M. Naidu) AVANTE, Vol. 2, No. 3, 1996, pp. 1-23.

"Stereotypes of Aging Women and Exercise: An Historical Perspective," Journal of Aging and Physical Activity, Vol. 3, No. 3, 1995, pp. 223-238.

"Recapturing the Physical Activity Experiences of the Old: A Study of Three Women," (with S. O'Brien), Journal of Aging and Physical Activity, Vol. 3, No. 2, 1995, pp. 146-162.

"The Racial Body and the Anatomy of Difference: Anti-Semitism, Physical Culture and the Jew's Foot," Sport Science Review, Vol. 4, No. 1, 1994, pp. 1-24.

"The Social Construction of the Gendered Body: Exercise and the Exercise of Power," International Journal of the History of Sport, Vol. 11, No. 2, 1994, pp. 147-171.

"Gender Relations, Women's History and Sport History: A Decade of Changing Enquiry, 1983-1993," Journal of Sport History, Vol. 21, No. 1, 1994, pp. 1-24.

"Sport History and Gender Relations, A Bibliography," Journal of Sport History, Vol. 21, No. 1, 1994, pp. 25-58.

"Reclaiming Space, Revisioning the Body: The Quest for Gender-Sensitive Physical Education," Quest, Vol. 44, 1992, pp. 373-396.

"The Role of Women in a Healthy University," Occasional Working Papers in Women's Studies and Gender Relations, Center for Research in Women's Studies and Gender Relations, Vol. 1, 1992.

"Sport and Exercise for Old Women: Images of the Elderly in the Medical and Popular Literature at the Turn of the Century," International Journal of the History of Sport, Vol. 9, No. 1, 1992, pp. 83-104.

"Unfit Survivors: Exercise as a Resource for Aging Women," (with S. O'Brien), The Gerontologist, Vol. 31, No. 2, 1991, pp. 347-357.

"Old Age, Gender and Physical Activity: The Biomedicalization of Aging," Journal of Sport History, Vol. 18, No. 2, 1991, pp.64-80.

"Science, Social Science and the 'Hunger for Wonders' in Physical Education," The Academy Papers, No. 24: New Possibilities, New Paradigms, Human Kinetics Press, 1991, pp. 70-88.

"Methodologies of Cross-National Behavioural Research in Sport and Physical Education: Problems and Solutions," Journal of Comparative Physical Education and Sport, Vol. 12, No. 2, 1990, pp. 26-36.

"Elderly Women, Exercise and Healthy Aging," (with S. O'Brien), Journal of Women and Aging, Vol. 2, No. 3, 1990, pp. 41-66.

"Information Source Utilization by Primary Teachers: A Preliminary Test of a Cost-Benefit Paradigm for Physical Education," Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, Vol. 60, No. 3, 1989, pp. 268-279.

"Feminist Charlotte Perkins Gilman's Pursuit of Health and Physical Fitness as a Strategy for Emancipation," Journal of Sport History, Vol. 16, No. 1, Spring 1989, pp. 5-26.

"Substance Abuse Prevention Programmes: The State of Art in School Health," Health Promotion, Vol. 27, No. 4, Spring 1989, pp. 8-14.

"Elderly Women's Barriers to Exercise: Perceived Risks," (with J. Auman), Health Values, Vol. 12, No. 4, July/August 1988, pp. 20-25.

"Communicating the Risks and Benefits of Physical Activity to Elderly Women: The Physician's Role," (with J. Auman), Health Values, Vol. 12, No. 4, July/August 1988, pp. 20-25.

"Toward Health and Lifeskills Education for All in British Columbia: Obstacles, Opportunities and Imperatives," Canadian Journal of Physical Education, Health and Recreation, Vol. 55, No. 3, June 1989, pp. 10-15.

"Of No Use Without Health: Late Nineteenth Century Medical Prescriptions for Female Exercise Through the Lifespan," Women and Health, Vol. 14, No. 1, 1988, pp. 89-115.

"Escape from Freedom: G. Stanley Hall's Totalitarian Views on Female Health and Physical Culture for Women," International Journal of the History of Sport, Vol. 5, Nov/May, 1988, pp. 69-96.

"Exercise, Physical Capability and the Eternally Wounded Woman in Late Nineteenth Century North America," Journal of Sport History, Vol. 14, No. 1, May 1987, pp. 7-28.

"God, Science and the Marketplace: The Bases for Exercise Prescriptions for Females in Nineteenth Century North America," Canadian Journal of History of Sport, Vol. 17, No. 1, May 1988, pp. 38-46.

"Prediction of Wins and Losses in a Series of Field Hockey Games: A Study of Probability Assessment Calibration and Cognitive Information Processing Models of Players" (with V. Kanetkar, I. Vertinsky and G. Wilson), Journal of Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Vol. 38, No. 3, December 1986, pp. 392-404.

"Risk Benefit Analysis of Health Promotion: Opportunities and Threats for Physical Education," QUEST, Journal of the National Association for Physical Education in Higher Education, Vol. 37, No. 1, 1985, pp. 71-83.

"Threat in Opportunity and Opportunity in Threat: Energy Prospects for Australia and New Zealand," (with I. Vertinsky, V. Kanetkar and P. Nemetz), The Journal of Energy and Development, Vol. 9, No. 2, 1985, pp. 263-288.

"In Search of a Gender Dimension: An Empirical Investigation of Teacher Preferences for Teaching Strategies in Physical Education," Journal of Curriculum Studies, Vol. 16, No. 4, 1985, pp. 425-430.

"Japan's Energy Strategy at the Crossroads," (with I. Vertinsky and P. Nemetz), Pacific Affairs, Vol. 57, No. 4, Winter 1984-85, pp. 553-576.

"The Energy Future of Australia and New Zealand: A First Round of Modelling," (I. Vertinsky, V. Kanetkar, and P. Nemetz), Modelling and Simulation, International AMSE, '83, Proceedings, Nice, France, Vol. 5, 1984, pp. 265-302.

"Aiding Decision Making in Uncertain Environments: Problems and Prescriptions," INFOR, Canadian Journal of Operational Research and Information Processing, Special Issue on Information Processing and Decision Making in Situations Involving Risks (with C. Smart and I. Vertinsky), Vol. 22, No. 2, May 1984, pp. 141-154.

"Profiles of Physical Education Strategies: A Cross-National Comparison of Preferences of English and Canadian Teachers" (with J. Cuthbert), International Review of Sport Sociology, Vol. 18, No. 2, 1983, pp. 67-82.

"The Evolving Policy of Equal Curricular Opportunity in England: A Case Study of the Implementation of Sex Equality in Physical Education," British Journal of Educational Studies, Vol. 31, No. 3, October 1983, pp. 229-251.

An adapted version in Hungarian is in Kockazat es Tarsadalom. Rendszerkutatasi tanulmanyok, 3. Kotet/Risk and Society: Essays on System Research, Vol. 3, 1986.

"Behavioral Theories of Implementation" (with W. Stanbury and I. Vertinsky), Advances in Management Studies, Vol. 1, No. 3, 1982, pp. 259-289.

"Toxic Chemical Regulation in Canada: Preliminary Estimates of Costs and Benefits" (with P. Nemetz, et al.), Canadian Public Administration, Vol. 25, No. 3, Fall 1982, pp. 405-420.

"Cross-Impact Computer Simulation of Physical Education Priorities: A Systems Perspective," (with W. Thompson), Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, Vol. 51, No. 2, October 1980, pp. 389-406.

"Sexual Equality and the Legacy of Catharine Beecher," Journal of Sport History, Vol. 6, No. 1, 1979, pp. 38-50.

"An Adaptive Information Policy for Management of Chemical Risks in the Environment," (with J. Sturdy, P. Nemetz, D. Uyeno, A. Vining and I. Vertinsky), Journal of Business Administration, Vol. 11, Nos. 1 and 2, Spring 1980, pp. 319-366.

"Female Activism Through Sport From a Cross-National Perspective," Arena Review: Journal of Sport and Social Issues, Vol. 3, No. 3, May 1979, pp. 3-12.

"The Use of Regression to Model Expressed Curriculum Content Preferences: A Measurement Methodology and Example," Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, Vol. 50, No. 1, March 1979, pp. 104-113.

"Some Sociobehavioral Determinants of Compliance: A Voluntary Health Service Campaign," (with R. Barth and E. Yange), Human Relations, Vol. 12, No. 9, 1979, pp. 781-792.

"The Use of Mass Communication Strategies to Promote Lifestyle Changes: The Case of Energy Conservation in Canada," Journal of Business Administration, Vol. 10, Nos. 1-2, Spring 1979, pp. 32-42.

"Rhythmics - A Sort of Physical Jubilee: A Look at the Contributions of Dio Lewis," Canadian Journal of History of Sport and Physical Education, Vol. 9, No. 1, May 1978, pp. 32-42.

"Uncertainty in Policy Analysis: Perception, Specification, and Coping Strategies," (with W. Stanbury and I. Vertinsky), International Institute of Management, West Berlin, August 1977, 86 pages.

"The Effect of Changing Attitudes Toward Sexual Morality Upon the Promotion of Physical Education for Women in Nineteenth Century America," Canadian Journal of History of Sport and Physical Education, Vol. 7, No.2, December, 1976, pp. 26-39.

"A Study of Compliance Factors in Voluntary Health Behavior," (with P. MacLeod, et al.), International Journal of Health Education, Vol. 19, No. 1, January-March 1976, pp. 16-29.

"Clinical Styles and Motivation: A Study of Laboratory Test Use," (with D. Hardwick, et al.), Medical Care, Vol. 13, No. 5, May 1975, pp. 397-408.

"Health Information Diffusion - An Integrated Model," (with G. Zaltman and I. Vertinsky), International Journal of Health Education, Vol. 15, No. 1, January-March 1972, 1-24.

Books

1. Authored

The Eternally Wounded Woman: Doctors, Women and Exercise in the Late Nineteenth Century. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1990, 279 pages. (Reprinted in paper-back, Champaign, Illinois, University of Illinois Press, 1994.)

Physical Activity, Aging and Stereotypes (with Sandra O'Brien Cousins), Canadian Fitness and Lifestyle Research Institute, Ottawa, 1996, 170 pages.

Sites of Sport: Space, Place and Experience (Edited jointly with John Bale). London:Cass Publications, (in press, Spring 2003 ). 240 pages.

Memory, Monument and Modernism : Disciplining Bodies in the Gymnasium. (with Sherry McKay). London: Cass Publications, (in press, 2003), 270 pages.

2. Books in Review

Physical Activity and Aging: New Maps for New Times (with Sandy O'Brien Cousins and Maria Tan), in review. University of Alberta Press, 195 pages.

3. Chapters

"Olympia Aging: Shattering the Master Narratives of Female Aging Bodies," Olympia's Daughters: Gender, Sport and Bodies, Austin, TX, University of Texas Press (forthcoming).

"Text, Autobiography and Physical Culture," Understanding Sport in Written Text, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, 2001 (in press).

"A Militant Madonna: Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Feminism and Physical Culture," in F. Hong and J.A. Mangan (Eds.), Freeing the Female Body: Inspirational Icons, London: Frank Cass Publications, 2001, pp. 55-72.

"Gender Relations, Physical Activity and Sport History: Is It Time for a Collaborative Research Agenda?" Gender and Sport from European Perspectives, Institute of Exercise and Sport Science, University of Copenhagen Press, 1999, pp. 13-28.

"Fitness Narratives: Gendered Assumptions of the Aging Body, Health and Physical Activity," in Thierry Terret (Eds.), Sport and Health in History, Academia Verlag, Sankt Angustin, 1999, pp. 214-223.

"Aging, Gender and Physical Activity," in K. Young and P. White (Eds.), Sport and Gender in Canada, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999, pp. 129-152.

"Body Matters: Race, Gender and Perceptions of Physical Activity," in N. Finzsch and D. Schirmer (Eds.), Identity and Intolerance. Cambridge University Press, 1998, pp. 331-370.

"Body History for Sport Historians: The Case of Gender and Race," in K. Walmesley (Ed.), Method and Methodology in Sport and Cultural History. Brown and Benchmark Pubs, Iowa, 1995, pp. 50-62.

"Gender and the Physical Education Curriculum: The Dynamics of Difference." In J. Willinsky and J. Gaskell (Eds.), Gender In/Forms the Curriculum. Columbia: Teacher's College Press, 1995, pp. 230-245.

"Seeking a Gender-Sensitive Physical Education," in Ann E. Jewett, Linda L. Bain, Catherine D. Ennis (Eds.), The Curriculum Process in Physical Education. 2nd ed. Madison: WCB Brown and Benchmark, 1995, pp. 360-364.

"Women and Sport in the Nineteenth Century," in D.M. Costa and B.R. Guthrie (Eds.), Women and Sport: Interdisciplinary Perspectives. Illinois: Human Kinetics Press, 1994, pp. 63-82.

"Learned Helplessness: Elderly Women and Physical Activity," (with S. O'Brien). In J.E. Thornton and S.A. Harold (Eds.), Education in the Third Age: Canadian and Japanese Perspectives. Vancouver: Pacific Educational Press, 1992, pp. 169-181.

"Exercise, Physical Capability and the Eternally Wounded Woman," in Jack Berryman and Roberta Park (Eds.), Sport and Exercise Science: Essays in the History of Sports Medicine. University of Illinois Press, 1992, pp. 183-212.

"Methodologies of Cross-National Research in Sport and Physical Education," in J. Standeven, K. Hardman, D. Fisher (Eds.), Sport for All Into the 90's. Aachen: Meyer and Meyer Verlag, 1991, pp. 33-39.

"Resilience of Interdisciplinary Research Organizations: Case Studies of Pre-Conditions and Life Cycle Patterns," (with I. Vertinsky). In Philip A. Birnbaum-More, Frederick A. Rossini and Donald R. Baldwin (Eds.), International Research management: Studies in Interdisciplinary Methods for Business, Government and Academia. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1990, pp. 31-45.

"Body Shapes: The Role of the Medical Establishment in Informing Female Exercise and Physical Education in Nineteenth Century North America." In J. Mangan and R. Park (Eds.), From 'Fair Sex' to Feminism: Sport and the Socialization of Women in the Industrial and Post-Industrial Eras. London: Cass Publications, 1987, pp. 256-281.

"Communicating Environmental Health Risk Assessment and Other Risk Information: Analysis of Strategies" (with I. Vertinsky) in Risk: A Series of Seminars, H. Kunreuther (Ed.), International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria, 1982, pp. 421-483.

"Health-Risk Management in Canada: Current Practices" (with P. Nemetz and I. Vertinsky) in Living with Risk: Environmental Risk Management in Canada, Burton, Fowle and McCullough (Eds.), Monograph #3, Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Toronto, 1982, pp. 85-99.

"Sexual Equality and the Legacy of Catharine Beecher," in Her Story in Sport History, R. Howell (Ed.), Leisure Press: New York, 1982, pp. 165-178.

4. Book Reviews

"Body Ascendant. Modernism and the Physical Imperative," Harold B. Segel, review for Journal of Sport History, Vol. 26, No. 2, 1999, pp. 402-404.

"Bodymakers. A Cultural Anatomy of Women's Bodybuilding," Leslie Heywood, review for Journal of Sport History, Vol. 26, No. 1, 1999, 191-193.

"Building Bodies," Pamela L. Moore, review for Journal of Sport History, Vol. 25, No. 2, 1998.

"Outside the Lines: Issues in Interdisciplinary Research," Liora Salter and Alison Hearn, review for Canadian Journal of Higher Education, Vol. 27, No. 2/3, 1997, 247-262.

"American Bodies: Cultural Histories of the Physique," Tim Armstrong (Ed.), review for Journal of Sport History, Vol. 24, No. 2, 1997, 211-214.

Sporting Females: Critical Issues in the History and Sociology of Women's Sports," Jennifer Hargreaves (Ed.), review for International Journal of History of Sport, Vol.13, No.2, 1996, 258-259.

"Women's Health, Politics & Power: Essays on Sex/Gender, Medicine, and Public Health," Elizabeth Fee and Nancy Krieger (Eds.), review for Journal of Nursing Research, Vol.26, No.4, Winter 1994, 99-101.

"A Decent and Proper Exertion: The Rise of Competitive Swimming in Sydney to 1912," Veronica Raszeja (Ed.), review for Sporting Traditions, Journal of the Australian Society for Sport History, Vol. 10, No. 1, November 1993, pp. 128-131.

"Women's Sports: A History," Allen Guttmann (Ed.) review for Canadian Journal of History of Sport and Physical Education, Vol. 12, No. 2. December 1991, pp. 91-94.

"Sport and the Physical Emancipation of English Women," K. McCrone (Ed.), review for International Journal of History of Sport, Vol. 7, No. 2, September 1990, pp. 319-320.

Trilingual Sport Dictionary of Sport Science, Erich Beyer (Ed.), review for International Journal of History of Sport, Vol. 7, No. 2, September 1990, pp. 315-320.

"Able-Bodied Womanhood. Personal Health and Social Change in Nineteenth Century Boston," Martha Verbrugge (Ed.), review for Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, Vol.. 61, No. 1, March 1990, pp. 120-122.

"Evaluation and Management of Eating Disorders: Anorexia, Bulimia and Obesity," Clark, Parr and Castelli (Eds.), review for Health Education, Vol. 20, No. 2, April 1989, p.55.

"Cheap Amusements: Working Women and Leisure in Turn-of-the-Century New York," Cathy Peiss (Ed.), review for International Journal of History of Sport, Vol. 5, No. 2, September 1988, pp. 259-260.

"Out of Bounds: Women, Sport and Sexuality," Helen Lenskyj (Ed.), review for International Journal of History of Sport, Vol. 4, No. 3, December 1987; Spring 1988, pp. 370-372.

" "Women in Sport: Sociological and Historical Perspectives; Studies in the Social Sciences," review for International Journal of the History of Sport, Vol. 4, No. 1, May 1987, pp. 119-121.

"The Social Origins of Education," review for Educational Studies, Vol. 2, No. 3-4. Winter 1971, p. 83.

NON-REFEREED PUBLICATIONS

Government Reports

A Review of the Physiological Manifestations Related to Infertility, Linked to Weight, Eating Behaviors, and Exercise, Royal Commission on New Reproductive Technologies, Ottawa, March 1992.

Understanding Community Risk Perceptions Concerning Substance Abuse, Ministry of Labour and Consumer Services, British Columbia, June 1991, 66 pages.

MAKING IT FIT: Matching Substance-Abuse Prevention Strategies to School and Community Needs, B.C.S.T.A. and the Ministry of Labour and Consumer Services, November 1990, 56 pages.

Prevention Through Partnership: Collaborating for Change. National Strategy for Enhancing Preventive Practices of Health Professionals, Health and Welfare Canada, Ottawa, 1990, pp. 39-41.

An Evaluative Review of Parenting Materials, Report for Health Promotion Directorate, (with R. Conry), Health and Welfare Canada, Ottawa, 1983, 133 pages.

U.F.F.I: A Case Study in Communication of Health Risk Information, Report for Health Protection Directorate, Health and Welfare Canada, Ottawa, 1981, 37 pages.

Regulation of Toxic Chemicals in the Environment. Working Paper Series, #20, (with P. Nemetz, et al.), The Regulation Reference, Economic Council of Canada, Ottawa, 1981, 262 pages.

Alternative Curriculum/Teaching Models and Their Utility in Implementing Secondary Physical Education Programmes. Ministry of Education, British Columbia, August 1979, 49 pages.

Implementation Strategy: A Case Study of the Regulation Reference, (with C. Smart, W. Stanbury and I. Vertinsky), Economic Council of Canada, Ottawa, August 1979.

Attitudinal and Behavioral Change Among Students and Households as a Result of Energy Conservation: Promoting Educational Programs in the Schools, Department of Consumer and Corporate Affairs, Ottawa, Canada, 1978.

Conference Proceedings

" Space, Place and the Gendered Disciplining of Bodies," International Society for the History of Physical Education and Sport, Budapest, Hungary, 2002, 158-163.

"Contesting Space and Knowledge in the Gym," North American Society for Sport History Proceedings, 2001.

"Sporting Women in the Public Gaze," North American Society for Sport History Proceedings, 2000.

"Gender Relations and Sport History," European Committee for the History of Sport, Copenhagen, December 1999.

"The Jewish Body and Jewish Pathology," North American Society for Sport History Proceedings, 1998.

"Fitness Narratives: The Medicalization and Gendering of the Aging Body and Physical Activity," IVth Congress of the International Society for the History of Physical Education and Sport, Lyons, France, 1997.

"Space, Shape and Access: The Effects of Gender upon Girls' Health and Physical Activity," Proceedings, The State of the World's Children: The Difference Gender Makes, Centre for Research in Women's Studies and Gender Relations, 1997.

"Masculinities," North American Society for Sport History Proceedings, 1996

"Rethinking Sport History," North American Society for Sport History Proceedings, 1995.

"Anti-Semitism and Physical Culture," North American Society for Sport History Proceedings, 1994.

"Gender, Exercise and the Aging Body," in Change and the Human Dimension of Physical Activity, Proceedings, World University Games, Buffalo, 1993, pp. 169-178.

"Girls and Physical Activity: Barriers to Participation and Potential Initiatives in Physical Education Programmes," Proceedings, Women's Health Across the Lifespan, Centre for Research in Women's Studies and Gender Relations, 1993.

"Gender Relations, Women's History and Sport History," North American Society for Sport History Proceedings, 1993

"Social Construction of the Gendered Body," North American Society for Sport History Proceedings, 1992.

"Promoting Sport History Research," North American Society for Sport History Proceedings, 1991.

"Final Prescriptions," North American Society for Sport History Proceedings, 1989.

"Exercise and the Eternally Wounded Woman," North American Society for Sport History Proceedings, 1986.

"A Tactical Choice Model of Field Hockey: A Study of Risk Taking, Problem Framing and Risk Assessment," Proceedings, International Meeting of the Institute of Management Science, Copenhagen, Denmark, June 1984.

"Evolution or Imposition: A Comparative Study of the Pursuit of Sexual Equality in Physical Education and Sport in the United States and Canada," Proceedings of the International Seminar of Comparative Physical Education and Sport, Wingate Institute, Israel, 1979, pp. 161-171.

Media

Video: Participant in "The Body Athletic: A Century of Sport," Sports Journal, CBC, December 5, 1999.

Video: "Can We Talk About Adolescent Substance Abuse," Knowledge Network and Health Promotion Directorate, Health and Welfare, Canada. December 1989.

WORK IN PROGRESS

Reinventing the Body: Sport, Exercise and the Anatomy of Difference (book in process for University of Illinois Press).

"Mapping Interdisciplinary in Higher Education" (submitted manuscript).
Disability, Normalcy and the Body - series of projects.

Aging and Physical Activity from a cross-cultural perspective - international project and research program in planning stage.

The Space and Place of Gender in Sport History, - chapter for Deconstructing Sport History, Suny Press.

New 3 yr SSHRC project on Anthropometry, Body Typing and Normalization.