Catherine Sabiston, PhD

Catherine is an associate professor in the Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education at the University of Toronto and holds a Canada Research Chair in Physical Activity and Mental Health. Her research is focused on ways to improve physical activity experiences with a focus on cancer survivorship.

Katherine Tamminen, PhD

Katherine is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education at the University of Toronto. Her research focuses on two main areas: young athletes’ experiences in sport; and stress, coping, and emotion in sport.

Jennifer M. Jones, PhD

Jennifer is the Director of Research for the Cancer Survivorship Program and Associate Director of the Centre for Health Wellness and Cancer Survivorship (www.ellicsr.ca) at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre.

Jackie Bender, PhD

Jackie is an educator and a social and behavioural health scientist. She is a Research Scientist at the Electronic Living Laboratory for Interdisciplinary Cancer Survivorship Research (ELLICSR) and the Centre for Global eHealth Innovation at the University Health Network, and an Assistant Professor in the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto.

Kelly Arbour-Nicitopolous, PhD

Kelly is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education. She is also a co-investigator of SCI Action Canada, a community-university research initiative aimed to promote physical activity participation in persons living with spinal cord injury. Over the past 10 years, Kelly has studied evidence-based practices for promoting physical activity in adults with spinal cord injury.

Steve Amireault, PhD

Steve is a post-doctoral fellow in the Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education at the University of Toronto. He is specifically interested in (1) developing and refining physical activity measurement instruments (2) identifying determinants of physical activity, and (3) evaluating the effectiveness of behaviour change techniques to favour physical activity.

FIND A MATCH, GET ACTIVE

Looking for someone to help you stick to your exercise goals? Have you ever wanted someone to share exercise tips or routines? Do you feel like meeting with others and exercising together? ActiveMatch is designed to help women connect with other women to find support for exercise.

 

Looking for someone to help you stick to your exercise goals? ActiveMatch is designed to help women connect with other women to find support for exercise.

What is ActiveMatch?

ActiveMatch is a free online service helping individuals to find their (near) perfect exercise partner or small group.

The purpose of this service is to help women who have been diagnosed with cancer connect with similar women who are looking for support and guidance to help start, continue, or change their exercise routines.

What happens with ActiveMatch?

The first step is to sign up and create a profile by answering some basic questions.

You’ll then be able to browse the profiles of all of the other women who have joined ActiveMatch.  You can do a specific search (e.g., based on your location or your favourite activities) to see which members are closest to you or interested in the same types of activities.  Send a message to anyone that you think might be a good fit for you as an exercise partner and see how you can support one another’s exercise goals!

Once you’ve made your profile, it will be saved in the ActiveMatch system so that it can be searched by other ActiveMatch members who are looking  for (an) exercise partner(s).