Preventing Injury in Sport: Getting on with it
Presented by: University of CalgaryCategory: Other Event
Price: $0
Date: June 20, 2016 – June 20, 2016
Address: 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4
Website: http://www.ucalgary.ca/
Sport injury doesn’t just happen to professional athletes. It affects everyone – weekend warriors, youth and their families. Join us at the University of Calgary to learn the latest injury prevention strategies by leading researchers, and hear stories from community sport partners, injury survivors and a para-athlete on her way to the Olympics. There will be an opportunity for the audience ask the presenters questions. Register here by June 12. The University of Calgary’s Sport Injury Prevention Research Centre is one of nine International Research Centres for the Prevention of Injury and Protection of Athlete Health supported by the International Olympic Committee and is the only one in North and South America. UToday, June 13, 2016 Sports injury survivors to share rehabilitation stories at June 20 public talk Event will showcase UCalgary’s world-class research in athlete health and injury prevention
Location:
Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning
Speaker:
Jennifer Oakes, High-School Student and Para-Athlete on her way to the 2016 Rio Paralympic Games;Ash Kolstad, University of Calgary Student, Concussion Survivor;Researchers Drs Carolyn Emery and Willem MeeuwissePaul Carson, Hockey Canada, Vice-President of Hockey Development
More information at http://www.ucalgary.ca/events/calendar/preventing-injury-sport-getting-it