February 23, 2023

Research Roundtable: Anti-Racism & Lateral Allyship in Physical Activity & Sport

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Okanagan Campus | 9:00am–11:00am

In celebration of Move UBC, join us Thursday, February 23 for the Research Roundtable! This event seeks to bring together diverse perspectives to discuss anti-racism and lateral allyship (support across BIPOC identities) in physical activity and sport in Canada. 

The event will be composed of two parts,

• 9 am-11 am– A virtual webinar to listen to presentations from researchers followed by a short Q&A session
• 11 am-12:30 pm at UBCV CIRS Building, Hydro Theare– An in-person working session to discuss the research and develop recommendations for physical activity on campus
• 11:30 am-12:30 pm at UBCO Picnic– An in-person workshop 

Register for this free event here

Panelists include: 

Dr. Janice Forsyth – Professor in the Faculty of Education, School of Kinesiology, at the University of British Columbia and a recognized leader in Indigenous sport development in Canada. She has more than twenty years’ experience examining the relationship between sport and culture from Indigenous points of view and translating that knowledge into action by working with organizations and governments to align their policies and practices with Indigenous priorities for sport. Her research has generated significant national and international attention among scholars and practitioners, who regularly consult her work to advance their own equity, diversity, and decolonization efforts. Of note, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission incorporated several of her studies into their final reports published in 2015. And, in 2017, she was elected to the College of the Royal Society of Canada for her contributions to research and advocacy in Indigenous sport. She is a member of the Fisher River Cree First Nation.

Dr. Courtney Szto – (@courtneyszto) Assistant Professor in the School of Kinesiology and Health Studies at Queen's University. She has published widely on racism in hockey, including her award-winning book "Changing on the Fly: Hockey through the voices of South Asian Canadians," and the publicly available "Policy Paper for Anti-Racism in Canadian Hockey." Dr. Szto runs anti-racism education for the Professional Women's Hockey Players Association (PWHPA) and consults with the Hockey Diversity Alliance and Black Girl Hockey Club.

Dr. May Farrales – Assistant professor in the departments of Geography and Gender, Sexuality & Women’s Studies at Simon Fraser University. She writes about the varied ways that Filipinxs negotiate the gender and racial logics of settler colonialism as racialized settlers, including how Filipinx cis-men navigate white heteropatriarchy on the basketball court. 

Shalom Brown (MA Student) – second-year master’s student in Kinesiology at the University of Toronto. Specializing in Physical Cultural Studies, Shalom’s research focuses on exploring physical movement and racial identities through arts-based practices. Shalom is also a Research Assistant to Dr. Janelle Joseph in the Indigeneity, Diaspora, Equity and Anti-Racism in Sports (IDEAS) Research Lab, where she has worked on projects exploring Anti-Racism in Canadian Coaching, College Athletics, and the experiences of Black women and girls in sport.

Alyssa Reyes (PhD Student) – first-year PhD student at SFU. She recently completed her master's at UBC where she explored the physical activity and sport experiences of Indigenous women athletes in rural BC. She is now pursuing her PhD at SFU looking to examine how colonialism has impacted the physical activity and sport experiences of the Filipino/a diaspora in Canada. She is also currently the Physical Activity Manager for UBC Athletics & Recreation and UBC Wellbeing. Her portfolio consists of promoting equitable, inclusive and low-barrier initiatives, serving equity-seeking populations and knowledge translation.

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