Greg duManoir

Faculty: School of Health and Exercise Sciences, Faculty of Health and Social Development

Faculty website: https://hes.ok.ubc.ca/about/contact/greg-dumanoir/

Teaching Fellow: 2023 

Courses: HES 105, HES 201, HES 212, HES 320

Teaching Awards: UBCO Golden Apple Award Nominations, 2019/2020; UBCO Thank-a-Prof, 2019/2020, 2023/24; Nominated for the UBC Okanagan Provost Award for Teaching Excellence and Innovation, 2018

Teaching and Learning Activities related to Teaching Fellows

  • ALT-2040 Fund Award “Re-envisioning Human Kinetics: Empowering Future Health and Exercise Professionals through Competency-Based Curriculum and Enhanced Experiential Learning Opportunities
  • International Confederation of Sport and Exercise Practice – Clinical Exercise Physiologist Working Group – define scope of practice of CEP across multiple, member nations.
  • ALT 2040 Fund Award: TA Foundational Training Program: Initial applicant and current steering committee member supporting training for hundreds of TAs every year.
  • Faculty representative: Teaching and Learning Advisory Committee (Associate Provost Academic Programs, Teaching and Learning)
  • International Program on the Scholarship of Educational Leadership
  • Member: UBC Learning Technologies Working Group
  • ASPIRE Learning & Teaching fund (The use of 3D imaging and rapid prototyping in undergraduate education: image creation & cataloguing, model creation & object effectiveness, and student engagement)

Teaching Fellow opportunity provides

“The opportunity and recognition to work on advancing teaching and learning initiatives beyond my classroom.

The opportunity to inspire and advocate for teaching and learning as a cornerstone of academic success at UBC Okanagan.

Personal recognition and support for curriculum development work within the School of Health and Exercise Sciences.”

 

Teaching Passions and Philosophy

“My teaching is rooted in an apprenticeship model – that is, students should become skilled practitioners and this grows from modeled expertise in the knowledge, skills and attitudes to be successful learners and professionals. To support this, I have an active learning environment with many opportunities to practice skills from simple to complex and allow for unique experiences to drive students’ individual learning. I strive to support students to build knowledge networks that allow them to link individual facts into larger, more complex, real-world problem-solving processes.

As a course instructor in Health and Exercise Sciences, the best “textbook/tool” for learning is moving one’s body!”

 

Ongoing and Future Goals

  • Continued development of competency-focused instruction and assessment within the Bachelor of Health and Exercise Sciences Degree
  • Creation of the Clinical Exercise Physiologist concentration within the Bachelor of Health and Exercise Sciences Degree
  • Development of partnerships with other institutions for the development of ‘common’ curriculum for Clinical Exercise Physiology within British Columbia and Canada
  • Advocacy and realization of an allied health profession for Clinical Exercise Physiologists within Canada
  • Mentorship and support for junior faculty members in the Educational Leadership stream