WEEK #9

Question 1

how many tradional career path guest speakers did we have ?

Answer 1

6

Question 2

who were our 5 5tradional career path guest speakers ?

Answer 2

1. Jackie Sadi
2. Jeff holmes
3. Erika gray
4. Steven Takahasi
5. Anna Zuber
6. Zach Weese

Question 3

who is Jackie Sadi ?

Answer 3

physiotherapist

Question 4

who is Jeff holmes ?

Answer 4

professor of PT and OT

Question 5

who is Erika gray ?

Answer 5

new young professor teaching sports management at bishops sports management

Question 6

who is Steven Takahasi ?

Answer 6

new young professor under faculty of education

Question 7

who is Anna Zuber

Answer 7

faculty of education program manager

Question 8

who is Zach Weese ?

Answer 8

manager of governance and special topics

Question 9

Anna Zuber :

Answer 9

• faculty of education :
• Head of teacher education program
• Teacher shortages
• 16 month program with job opportunities soon after
• Coursework and in person or online practicum
• Best 20 course average (full course equivalent)
• Cut-off 70% (low 80% minimum recommended)
• Elementary dont look at teachables but high school does
• Caspr test

Question 10

Jackie Sadi :

Answer 10

• physiotherapy :
• Bachelor of science in physiotherapy
• Physiotherapist
• Accept 120 people into program
• Started off in hospitals then opened up private practices
• In the 80s it was very cultural, go to school and get a job - didn’t get the opportunity to go “find yourself” and it was a “different time”
• Neuro rehab and geriatrics are huge and growing (activities and mobility) - the amount of injuries that happen in over 60 group, that age group is more active than any generation has ever been before
• Still currently practices in clinic and only teaches one course and odes research on the side
• Fake it till you make it does not work with medicine

Question 11

Zach Weese :

Answer 11

• manager of governance and special topics :
• Work in sports at Usports (NCAA of canada) - national body of canada
• Student at western in kin, originally going into the science path, realized like leadership and sports management, thesis in leader character.
• 7 years at Usports: oversea our governance portfolio, policies and bylaws and rules of how decisions are made AND organize events
• Very dynamic area and definitely not a 9-5
• Sports management
• In sport you must be really adaptable, ethically sound, can’t cut corners, integrity got elevated to longer you were in the role

Question 12

Steven Takahasi :

Answer 12

• new young professor under faculty of education
• Did Not go into teachers college till a few years later
• Student athlete at western
• It was years later that he developed a passion for coaching and teaching
• After graduated came back to help coach, was still training but got injured and ended his career, fell in love for coaching and teaching
• Applied for IS (bio and physical education) - after graduating took math and chemistry, that go this foot in the door
• Got a full time job as a LTO (long term occasional)
• Got permanent job teaching science (math chem and bio) and then now teaching full time phys ed for high school
• Grade 12 kin (anatomy and phys) and grade 9 physical education
• Coach at western
• Don’t have to have it all figured out

Question 13

Jeff holmes :

Answer 13

• professor of PT and OT) :
• Had passion in anatomy, physiology, etc.
• Didn’t have the prereqs to go in to OT
• Took courses at university of windsor
• Realized that work wasn’t even work anymore, it was fun
• Went for phd
• Got honors degree, then masters, then PhD in occupational therapy
• Big plan to work clinically for a few years than get job as faculty member in OT (didn’t end up happening)

Question 14

Erika Gray :

Answer 14

• new young professor teaching sports management at bishops sports management :
• Undergrad at brock, athlete and student in kinesiology
• Had dream of being lawyer, varsity track athlete
• Masters
• Always say yes to opportunities
• Wanted to have options available when she graduated
• PhD at university of ottawa
• Working as a faculty member in sports management at bishop’s university
• Found herself in leadership positions and really resonated with jim weese and the sports management program at western university
• Came to western as an internship, became passionate in the area of women in sports
• Still very early on in career
• Take risks and take the opportunities as they come