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APEQ Volleybal Social

user@domain.com — 2012-04-27T21:59:47-04:00

Please join us on Friday, May 25th, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m for APEQ's annual volleyball social! The event will take place at McGill Currie Gymnasium in gyms 1 & 2, the cost is 10$ which includes food, a few alcoholic beverages and the right to play! All APEQ members, friends, teachers and McGill students are invited, always a fun time and we look to seeing you there! If you would like to join in on the fun please complete the registration form below before May 18th!

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PHE National Conference - RIDESHARE

user@domain.com — 2012-04-10T20:34:27-04:00

Nova Scotia’s Teachers Association for Physical and Health Educators (TAPHE) and Physical and Health Education Canada (PHE Canada) are partnering for the 2012 National Conference, “A Harbour of Hope: Health and Physical Literacy.”

The National Conference provides an opportunity for delegates to network with colleagues and increase their knowledge and skills to foster healthy active living for children and youth in the school community.
Delegates are people involved with the health, physical activity and education needs of children and youth including educators, public health, administrators, recreation leaders, physical education specialists and generalists who want more information regarding physical education.

A Harbour of Hope: Health and Physical Literacy
Thursday May 10, 2012 to Saturday May 12, 2012 Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia

The Association of Physical Educators of Quebec (APEQ) would like to help take YOU there! Physical and Health Education teachers in Quebec that are planning to attend the 2012 National Conference, but are looking to cut down on costs are encouraged to post their interest in sharing rides on our Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/APEQonline) so others can get in contact with you! More specifically, under the “Forum” section, a topic titled “2012 PHE Canada National Conference - Rideshare!” has been created in order to facilitate the means of communication.

Happy Conference!

APEQ 2012 Call For Presenters

user@domain.com — 2012-04-10T20:35:24-04:00

Have something to offer?

The Association of Physical Educators of Quebec invites interested individuals/groups to facilitate highly interactive presentations for physical and health education teachers!

This year’s conference will be held at McGill University, Currie Gymnasium on Thursday, November 22nd, 2012.
Over 200 physical education teachers from across the province will be in attendance. Each presentation will be 60 minutes in duration, including a 10-minute question period. Presentations can be made in classrooms, gymnasium or outdoors.

Preference will be given to workshops that demonstrate high interaction and share best practices/successful approaches to teaching physical education.

Application forms are due before June 30th, 2012 and can be filled out and submitted online

Click here to fill out an application

McGill's Physical Education & Kinesiology Celebrates Centennial!

user@domain.com — 2012-03-29T13:14:08-04:00

The school of Physical Education was first established in 1912. 100 years later, McGill's kinesiology and physical education department is celebrating its centennial. To commemorate the event, here's a look back at a few good men that contributed to the program by donating the land and the facilities for current and prospective students alike.

The three buildings that currently serve McGill's athletic needs are all located in Macdonald Park, an area of land bounded on the south by Pine Avenue, on the west by University Street, and to the north and east by Mount Royal. This parcel of land was donated to McGill in 1911 by Sir William Macdonald, one of the University's most charitable friends. At one time, the Law family house and the Molson estate, named Piedmont, were located here. In 1920, Macdonald paid for the construction of the Percival Molson Stadium, named after a young, athletic member of the Molson family who had won many trophies for McGill, but was killed by a shell in 1917, during World War I. Percy Erskine Nobbs, a Professor of Design in the School of Architecture at the time, designed the stadium and its fieldhouse. The stadium today is unchanged, except that its stands are much higher than was originally intended. They partially block the view from Douglas Hall, a residence to the north of the stadium.

In 1939, the Sir Arthur Currie Memorial Gymnasium-Armoury was constructed on the north side of Pine Avenue, just east of University Street. Sir Arthur Currie, for whom the gym was named, had been a highly-decorated general in World War I, after which he became principal of McGill from 1920 to 1933, the year of his death. The Gymnasium was paid for in part by a posthumous donation from Lord Strathcona, a long-standing benefactor of McGill, and in part by the Graduate Society which had been raising money and planning for years for this facility. In 1935, the Society held a competition for the best gym design among architectural graduates of McGill; the winner was commissioned to build the Gymnasium. Work on this brick structure was advanced rapidly with the onset of World War II in 1939. Due to its function and the limited funds at the time, no ornamentation was to be found throughout the structure and the swimming pool was not started. The gym ceiling is supported by trusses so that no pillars disturb the floor space. In 1947, the gym was extended and the swimming pool and the Memorial Hall were installed. The marble-floored Hall contains paintings of McGill's history and a wall of the names of all the graduates who gave their lives in the two World Wars. In 1994, an indoor track and tennis courts were added to the east end of the Gymnasium complex by the firm of Werlman and Guy.

In 1956, J.W. McConnell, always a friend of the University, donated the McConnell Winter Stadium just northeast of the Gymnasium. This structure, built by McDougall, Fleming, and Smith, has an arched roof so that the entire interior can be used for stands and a hockey rink. This building, along with the gym and stadium, continues to satisfy the students' need for recreation and activity.
(Source: Canadian Architecture Collection - CAC)

APEQ Slogan/Logo Contest

user@domain.com — 2011-10-18T16:24:43-04:00

WE NEED A NEW SLOGAN FOR THIS YEARS APEQ CONFERENCE!!

APEQ’s 2010 Conference T-Shirt

What you need to do:

• Think up a slogan and/or logo (or even design one!)
• Submit it to michael.cicchillitti@mail.mcgill.ca by November 1st
• If your slogan or logo is selected, your registration fee for the conference will be waived, and your slogan will appear on this year’s t-shirt!

Your ideas will make the difference, Thank you for participating.

Good Luck!

2011 David L. Montgomery Run/Walk/Jog

user@domain.com — 2011-10-11T16:54:24-04:00

The annual David Montgomery Memorial run is coming up on Sunday, October 16th! We hope to see a few familiar faces at this year’s 5/10km Run/Walk/Jog. Click here to view the registration form.

The event takes place at 9:30 am at the McGill Sports Complex.

You can find more information, including registration fees, at: http://www.mcgill.ca/edu-kpe/events/dmrun

Hans van der Mars - 2011 Keynote

user@domain.com — 2011-09-22T00:21:28-04:00

Just a quick note to let you know that Hans van der Mars will be the keynote at our conference this year! He will be presenting ‘Physical Educators Assessing Student Learning: It’s Now of Never” on the morning of Thursday, November 24th. We will also have the opportunity to get even more in depth with his applied session later in the day, entitled, “On-the-fly Formal Assessment of Student Learning: It Can Be Done.” Come join us for the day and listen to what is sure to be a very interesting talk on a topic that affects us all on a daily basis.

Dr. Hans van der Mars received his doctoral degree from The Ohio State University (1984). He is a Full Professor at Arizona State University, where he is actively involved in the undergraduate, master’s and doctoral degree programs in Physical Education Teacher Education-Sport Pedagogy. Previously he held a faculty appointment at Oregon State University for 15 years. While there, he taught in the professional Physical Education Teacher Education licensure program, directed the Sport Pedagogy Laboratory, advised a small cadre of doctoral students, and also served as Graduate Program Coordinator. Prior to his tenure at Oregon State University, he held faculty positions at Arizona State University (Tempe) and the University of Maine-Orono.

He has been an active researcher in Sport Pedagogy/Physical Education Teacher Education for over 23 years. He has (co-)authored and published over 65 research papers, professional papers, book chapters and Proceedings papers. His published works have appeared in theJournal of Teaching in Physical Education(JTPE), Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly (APAQ), Pediatric Exercise Science (PES),Physical Educator, Strategies, Paleastra, Journal of Sport Pedagogy , Research Quarterly for Exercise & Sport (RQES), andEducational Leadership. In 2011, he co-authored the second edition of “Complete Guide to Sport Education” and has served as Co-Editor of the Journal of Teaching in Physical Education (JTPE). Dr. van der Mars has made over 115 invited, keynote, research and professional presentations at international, national regional and state level conferences. And he also regularly delivers workshops for K-12 teachers in physical education.

Dr. van der Mars is a Fellow in the Research Consortium of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education & Recreation (AAHPERD), and was inducted as an Active Fellow in the American Academy of Kinesiology & Physical Education (AAKPE) in 2006. In 2009 he was awarded Fellow status in the North American Society of Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport, and Dance Professionals, and named Southwest District Scholar in AAHPERD’s Southwest District of AAHPERD. In 2010 he received the Presidential Citation in the Southwest District of AAHPERD, while in 2011 he received the Physical Education Teacher Education Honor Award from the National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE), was appointed to the President’s Council on Fitness, Sport and Nutrition Science Board for a three-year term. In his free time he enjoys spending time with his wife Joanne and their daughter Katelyn, playing golf, listening to music, and following his beloved New York Mets.