Dr. LeAnne Petherick’s Lab

Social Justice in Health, Outdoor, and Physical Education (SJ-HOPE)

The main objectives of SJ-HOPE lab are to engage with Social and Cultural Issues in Physical and Health Education & Indigenous Physical Cultures

Dr. Petherick’s areas of special interest revolve around the meaning production in physical education and health education, including curriculum design, delivery, and uptake. Her research focuses on the development and translation of ideas about the body, children and youth, teachers and health professionals, and contemporary health culture. Furthermore, she examines the embodied experiences associated with these ideas as they are mobilized in educational contexts.

Within this area of special interest, her research centres around two primary themes: 1) social justice into physical and health education; 2) community-based Indigenous physical cultures (i.e., sport, physical activity, land-based activities) and place-based learning.

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