On July 8, 2026, Julia successfully defended her Ph.D. dissertation, entitled ‘Tracking Pow(d)er: Outdoor Sport, Environmental (Re)creation, and the Politics of Nature‘. Julia’s dissertation can be found here.
Congratulations Julia!
Welcome to Myles de Jong, MA student!
I am very pleased to welcome Myles de Jong to the Sport Environment Peace Media group!
You can learn more about Myles’s interests and background here.
Welcome Myles, very excited to be working with you!
Joseph presents at the 2025 World Congress of Sociology of Sport in Seoul, Korea!
Joseph’s presentation was entitled “Cool Poses, Sanitized Portrayals: Promotional Media Recontextualizations of Breaking during the 2024 Olympic Games”. Congratulations and well done Joseph!
Jeanette on a ‘featured’ panel at the 2025 World Congress of Sociology of Sport in Seoul, Korea!
Jeanette was a featured speaker on the panel entitled “Sustainability Communication, Mobility Justice & Climate Action in the Sociology of Sport”. Congratulations and well done Jeanette!
Julia co-presents about ‘Sustainability Leadership in and Through Sport’ at Centre for Sport and Sustainability event!
See here for details about and recording of the event — co-hosted by Centre for Sport and Sustainability and Master of High Performance Coaching and Technical Leadership (MHPCTL) programme. Congratulations on a fantastic presentation Julia!
Sport, Environment & Sustainability: Is ‘Sustainable Sport’ Always ‘Environmentally Friendly’ Sport? — Explainer video by Brian now available
Brian worked with UBC Studios (and with helpful input from many others!) to develop an ‘explainer video’ entitled: Sport, the Environment and Sustainability: Is ‘Sustainable Sport’ Always ‘Environmentally Friendly’ Sport?
The video is housed on the Sport and Sustainability Media and Education Resource, and can be found here.
Explainer video on ‘Mobility Justice’, by Jeanette, now available!
Jeanette worked with UBC Studios to develop this wonderful ‘explainer video’ on Mobility Justice! The video is housed on the Sport and Sustainability Media and Education Resource, and can be found here.
Congratulations and well done Jeanette!
Welcome to Joseph Silva, MA student!
I am very pleased to welcome Joseph Silva to the Sport Environment Peace Media group!
You can learn more about Joseph’s interests and background here.
Welcome Joseph, very excited to be working with you!
Welcoming back Dr. Gavin Weedon for a visit/talk as international research partner!
It was great to welcome back Gavin for a talk and visit to discuss collaborative research! See here for details.
Jeanette presents at Cycling & Society Research Group Annual Symposium in Dublin, Ireland!
Trinity College Dublin hosted that Cycling and Society Research Group Annual Symposium on September 7-8, 2023. Jeanette presented the following paper in a session entitled ‘Integration’:
Exploring cycling accessibility and bicycle parking in older buildings in Vancouver, Canada – Jeanette Steinmann, Donna Cumming, Brian Wilson (University of British Columbia, Canada), Tim Welsh, Chelsea Krahn, Tim Davidson, Gavin Davidson, Emily Bardutz (HUB Cycling)
Well done Jeanette!