PERGSS Christmas Party

Ho! Ho! Ho!
Whether you have been naughty or nice this year, come join us for a Christmas Celebration!

As Christmas is the time to be surrounded by family and friends, guests are welcome.

Please RSVP by December 6 to Meaghan (kmcarey@ualberta.ca) or Jodie (jodie.stearns@ualberta.ca).

PERGSS Christmas Party
December 14 - 7:30pm
Earl's Restaurant (Campus)
112th Street

**RSVP is required by Earls to accomodate our large group**
Should be a great way to wind down at the end of term!

FGSR Grad Student Resources

FGSR have produced a list of resources available for grad students on the University of Alberta. Copy and paste the link below to your browser to see what they have to offer:


http://www.physedandrec.ualberta.ca/en/GraduatePrograms/~/media/University%20of%20Alberta/Faculties/PhysEd/Faculty/Documents/Grad/campusresourcesforgradstudents.pdf

Upcoming Scholarship Deadlines

The University of Alberta General Awards Scholarship Deadlines have been announced.

Applications for the Killam award, Dissertation Award and Andrew Stewart award are due by Tuesday January 11 2010.

Applications for the Queen Elizabeth II awards are due by Monday February 7, 2010.

Information regarding these scholarships is available on:

http://www.gradstudies.ualberta.ca/awardsfunding/scholarships/queenelizabeth/index.htm

Good Luck with your applications!

December 3rd: Speaker Series

The next speaker series is this Friday - December 3rd at 3.00pm in E-121, followed by a reception in the Bear's Den.

This week we have a guest speaker all the way from Birmingham University in the UK.

Dr Andrew Coney, from the school of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, will be providing a fascinating presentation entitled:

                                             "Balancing the tone - some sympathy for resistance?

Everyone is encouraged to attend, we hope to see you all there!

PERGSS Bake Sale

Last week PERGSS held it's annual bake sale to raise funds for Grad student events. With only 5 muffins left at the end of the morning and $175 dollars made, we couldn't have asked for a more successful event. Our massive thanks go to Catharine for organizing the event and to everyone who gave up their time to work at the sale and most importantly, to all the students that donated their baked goods. They were enjoyed by all!

Pub Trivia Success

The first annual PERGSS pub trivia night was a great success!!! With over 30 people competing for the coverted title of PERGSS pub trivia champions it was a close fought battle - with the "A team" from the Saville Centre on South Campus eventually coming out on top! Set to be an annual event the PERGSS executive are confident that this event will go from strength to strength.

Many thanks to Dean Kerry Mummery for co-hosting this event and congratulations to the PERGSS social convenors for such a well organized and successful event.

Already looking forward to next year - hope to see you all there!

PERGSS 1st Annual Pub Trivia Night

PERGSS 1st Annual Pub Trivia

How much do you really know about sports, music, and entertainment? More than the other
teams? More than the other departments? Come find out how smart you really are!

The event will take place on Thursday November 18th at RATT on the 7th floor of SUB. Team
registration will take place from 5 to 6pm. Quiz Round 1 begins at 6pm.

With special co-host Dean Kerry Mummery.

The entry fee is $2 per person plus a donation of non-perishable food items for the
Edmonton Food Bank.

Teams are 4-6 people, with a minimum of 2 PER's students/faculty per team. So start
gathering your team together! And thinking of an awesome team name!!

We can reveal some of our exciting bonus questions prizes... like a $20 gift certificate
to Hudson's. The team that wins each round will get a prize. And the amazing grand prize
of an exclusive dinner at Earl's!

Mark November 18th on your calendar, this is an event you will not want to miss!!

International Conference on Kinesiology and Exercise Sciences

CALL FOR PAPERS AND PARTICIPATION

7^th Annual International Conference on Kinesiology and Exercise Sciences, 27-30 June 2011, Athens, Greece in Collaboration with the Panhellenic Association for Sports Economists and Managers (PASEM).

The Sports Research Unit of the Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER) in collaboration with the Panhellenic Association of Sports Economists and Managers (PASEM) and the Panhellenic Association of Fitness and Health Clubs (Gyms) organize their 7^th Annual International Conference in Athens, Greece, 27-30 June 2011, Athens, Greece on Kinesiology and Exercise Sciences.

The aim of the conference is to bring together scholars and students from all areas of applied and integrated health sciences, including physiology, health psychology, health promotion, epidemiology, biomechanics, sports medicine, training methods, nutrition, and physical education.  This years theme will be PHYSICAL ACTIVITY ACROSS THE LIFESPAN with two thematic sessions on:  1) Healthy Growth and Development and 2) Active Aging. For programs of previous conferences and other information, please visit the conference website www.atiner.gr/fitness.htm. For Books and Proceedings of previous conferences you may visit http://www.atiner.gr/docs/SPORTS_PUBLICATIONS.htm where you can download tables of contents and order forms.

Abstracts should be submitted in English by 1^st December 2010. Abstracts should not be longer than 300 words, and should have the follow structure: Objectives, Methods, Results and Conclusions. Selected (peer reviewed) papers will be published in Special Volumes of the Conference Books. Abstracts should be submitted by email only (wlmailhtml:%7b4DC0E77A-2361-4F4D-A9CA-CBBC0B7FF172%7dmid://00000001/!x-usc:mailto:atiner@atiner.gr) to: Dr. Nota Klentrou, Academic Member, ATINER, Greece & Professor, Department of Physical Education & Kinesiology, Brock University, Canada. Abstracts should include: Title of Paper, Full Name (s) and Affiliation of all authors, and the email address of the corresponding author. If you want to participate without presenting a paper, i.e. chair a session, evaluate papers to be included in our conference books and/or contribute to the editing of a book, please send an email (wlmailhtml:%7b4DC0E77A-2361-4F4D-A9CA-CBBC0B7FF172%7dmid://00000001/!x-usc:mailto:gtp@atiner.gr) to Dr. Gregory T. Papanikos, Director, ATINER. The registration fee is 250 euro, covering access to all sessions, two lunches, coffee breaks, and conference material. Special arrangements will be made with local hotels for a limited number of rooms at a special conference rate. In addition, a number of special cultural events will be organized.The Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER) was established in 1995 as an independent academic organization with the mission to become a forum, where academics and researchers - from all over the world - could meet in Athens and exchange ideas on their research and discuss the future developments of their discipline. Since 1995, ATINER has organized more than 100 international conferences and has published over 80 books. Academically, the Institute consists of four research divisions and nineteen research units. Each research unit organizes at least an annual conference and undertakes various small and large research projects.

2011 SIRC Research Award

SIRC (Sport Information Resource Centre) is proud to announce the official launch of the 2011 SIRC Research Award. The SIRC Research Award recognizes outstanding sport research that benefits the Canadian sporting community.  SIRC invites Canadian researchers to submit sport related original research papers in consideration for the 2011 SIRC Research Award.  Winners receive $2,000, a SIRC membership, media coverage, inclusion in the SIRC Collection and international exposure to the sport and academic community through SIRC’s publishing channels. The 2011 SIRC Research Award has two categories; The social impact of sport on the community: This category contains research in four broad areas; ·         social, cultural, and/or economic benefits of sport ·         health and wellness ·         participation ·         education and lifelong learning The impact of applied research on athletic excellence / high performance: This category contains research in four key areas of study; ·         Sport Psychology ·         Sport Physiology ·         Sports Medicine ·         Kinesiology For full eligibility, please visit www.sirc.ca/researchaward or contact us directly at researchaward@sirc.ca, (613) 231-7472 or our toll free line 1 (800) 665-6413.

Request for Bake Sale Volunteers

PERGSS will be holding a scrumptious BAKE SALE on Thursday NOVEMBER 25th and we're looking for volunteers! If you have kitchen-related talents (or you just like to bake) we hope you'll bake something delicious for the sale. We would need you to drop off your items by 8:30am in the Faculty Lounge Thursday morning and ask that each item be wrapped in Saran Wrap and have a recipe card with the ingredients provided (for health reasons).

If your kitchen skills are lacking but you would still like to help, we'll be needing people to staff the sale, from 9-1pm Thursday. We usually do one hour shifts. So, please let us know how you'd like to help out. Email Catharine. Happy baking!

Catharine Eckersley
PERGSS Fundraising Executive

November 19th: Speaker Series

The next speaker series will be held on November 19th at 3.00pm in E- 121. This speaker series is co-hosted by the CON-SNP and PER faculty. The focus of the session is:

“Life in the Fat Lane: Obesity Researchers Weigh in on Controversial Topics in the Field”

Three experts in the area will be hosting a panel type discussion. The experts are:

·       Dr. Kim Raine (Centre for Health Promotion)

·       Dr. Bill Colmers (Centre for Neuroscience)

·       Dr. Tim Caulfield (Health Law Institute)

It's sure to be an informative and interesting discussion, so come along and join the debate!

Light refreshments to follow in the Faculty lounge.

PERGSS executive update

Latest information from the PERGSS executive (meeting held November 5th):

1)  Marianne discussed use of available time in the gym for monthly physical activity with Stu. There is some availability in the main gym, PERGSS students will have access for 1 hour per month from 2-3pm on Wednesdays; the first date would be on December 1^st, 2010. Further details to follow regarding dates and how this time is going to be used.

2)  The Academic Unit review (External Committee) are coming on November 15^th & 16<sup>th

3)</sup>   New photocopier/scanner are now located in the grad student lounge. Instructions on how to use the machine are posted in the lounge. Any further student questions can be passed on to Marianne, Brian or Joe.

4) Charity: proposal that $1.00 from every PERGSS event goes to support a local organization. Supporting a local organization would help forge ties with the community. Will begin supporting a local organization with a Christmas donation. PERGSS executive to think of suggestions for organizations that will be discussed during the next PERGSS meeting. If anyone has any suggestions of a charity they would like to donate to, please contact a member of the PERGSS executive.

5)  Social events:
·         Trivia Night (November 18^th) 5:30- 9:00 RATT – anyone who has any prizes to donate please contact a member of the PERGSS executive.
·          Faculty Hockey game (December 10^th) 10:30 – 11:45. We are looking for two volunteers to be the score keepers and a photographer – anyone interested?

6)      PERGSS Clothing: PERGSS are potentially pre-ordering PERGSS clothing items. We are looking for a student to design a logo/picture/saying to go on the clothes. Please provide any suggests to a PERGSS executive member by November 30^th 2010.

7)      PERGSS Bake Sale Scheduled for Thursday November 25^th, 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.

8)      Academic council update: Discussion of duty to accommodate/include students if their participation does not meet the requirements of the core program.

9)      PAC courses: There has been a review of the PAC courses. All students should have received an e-mail from Marianne outlining proposed changed. Any concerns/suggestions please get in touch with Marianne.

10)   Ethics: Still seeking a student representative for this committee. 5 students indicated they were interested, however only 1 submitted a summary of their experience that prepares them for this position.

11)   Members of the PERGSS executive will be meeting with the Dean on November 17^th. If anyone has any issues/concerns/suggestions they would like raising with the Dean please contact a member of the executive.

Congratulations to Chad Witcher

The PERGSS executive would like to congratulate Chad Witcher on his recent appointment at Lakehead University, in Thunder Bay. Chad was offered, and accepted, a position as a term lecturer at Lakehead.

Wishing Chad many congratulations and good luck as he starts the next stage of his academic career!

November 18th: Pub Trivia Night

Following the success of the last PERGSS social the social conveners have been hard at work organizing the next one, so mark you calenders for November 18th and the first ever PERGSS pub trivia night!!

The event will take place at RATT. Team registration will take place from 5 to 6pm. Teams are 4-6 people, with a minimum of 2 PER's students/faculty per  team. Quiz Round 1 begins at 6pm.The entry fee is $2 per person plus a donation of non-perishable  food items for the Edmonton Food Bank.

There are loads of prizes to be won, with the winning team receiving  the grand prize that is so good we can't reveal it yet!!

See you all there!

PERGSS update

Every month the PERGSS executive meet to discuss ideas, concerns etc regarding grad student life. Below are the exciting things that were discussed in October!

1) The executive are looking into the possibility of arranging access to one of the gyms one lunch time for grad students to meet and play sports/games - cost is currently prohibitive, but we'll continue to look into this.

2) The new PERGSS blog has, so far, been a success. We continue to encourage all students to check the blog. More and more information will be posted on the blog, eliminating the number of per-grad e-mails that are sent. If anyone has any information they would like posted on the blog, make sure you send it across to me (cjknight@ualberta.ca)!

3) Upcoming social events:  Pub trivia night (November 15th) at RATT at 5:00/5:30 aim to start the event at 6:00 and wrap up at 8:30, space provided for free and will play 4 rounds, details will be sent out via e-mail.

4) Request for ideas regarding upcoming social events - let the social conveners know if there is anything you want to happen. Suggests include:

·         Christmas party discussed (Wine & cheese?) that could overlap with hockey game

·         Games night

·         Outdoor activities like skating or sledding, snowboarding/skiing

·         Movie night

·         Bowling

·         Golf tournament (the faculty holds one), suggested PERGSS golf tournament or mini-golf event

·         Aiming to have something social/1 social event per month throughout the year

5) PERGSS clothing: Unsure of response from students and degree of funds raised from graduate student clothing sales. It may be possible if order in advance, and order based on samples. Currently we are holding off on moving forward with clothing at this point.  May be more interest if look into water bottles or gym towels. Are any PERGSS Students willing to design a logo for PERGSS?

6)  Tom Hinch, head of academic review, needs another student to sit on the academic review. Judy Liau will sit on this committee to take over as previous student graduated.

7) Brief review of academic council (further details to follow)

8) Brief review of faculty council (further details to follow).

If anyone would like any more information on any of these topics feel free to contact Marianne (mclark1@ualberta.ca) 

November 15th: Presentation by Dr. Norm Boule

On November 15th at 12.00pm in Oborowsky Degner Seminar Hall, Dr. Norm Boule will be presenting on his research examining physical activity and diabetes. The title of the presentation is:

"Physical activity research and the alberta diabetes institute: ADI-funded pilot projects and the future Physical Activity and Diabetes Laboratory."

Lunch is provided!

November 5th: Speaker Series

Friday, November 5^th, 2010 at 3:00 pm Room E-121, Van Vliet Centre

Professor Gordon Walker and Lara Fenton, PhD Student will be speaking about:

“Institutional and Individual Research Productivity in Leisure Studies”

The first part of this presentation examine whether the institutional concentration of North American leisure research changed between 1990 to 1999 and 2000 to 2008, based on a variety of productivity metrics. Findings suggest that while more universities are doing a little, a few are doing more. The second part examines the personal, institutional, and other factors the most productive leisure researchers reported affected their refereed article productivity between 2000 and 2008. Findings indicate, for example, that the most prolific researchers are intrinsically motivated, committed to the field, able to mentor graduate students, and have sufficient resources available.

Everyone is invited to attend, especially to come out and support a fellow grad student!

Guest Lecture: David Streiner

On November 16th in Room 2-115, CSB, University of Alberta, Dr. David Streiner will be conducting a public lecture. Dr Streiner's presentation is entitled, "Why RCT's rarely yield the truth." Dr Streiner has authored over 15 books on Measurement techniques in health care, biostatistics and epidemiology. He is currently based at McMaster and Toronto and previously sat on the CIHR committee.

Sounds like a talk worth attending!