Winter 2025 Course Offerings with Canada Games Content

The following courses are open to all undergraduate students. If you are interested but have registration questions or concerns, email hkradvice@mun.ca or book an appointment with your academic or program Advisor.

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 HKR 2420: Doping and Sport - Dr. Fabien Basset

This course takes a multidisciplinary approach to outline the doping in sports. It reviews some biological, psychological, sociological aspects related to doping in sports and circumscribes its major effects on metabolic and mental health. It also addresses human performance-enhancing drugs through the lens of ethical and political issues. In this seminar-based course, students should have read the material before attending the course, so that they can intelligently discuss the concepts at stake with their peers. 

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 HKR 3490: Gender and Sport in Physical Activity -  Dr. Katie Wadden

This course explores how gender influences sport, health, and physical activity. It examines how issues related to sex, gender, and race shape the structure, experience, and representation of sports and physical activities. 

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 HKR 4720: Talent Development in Sport - Dr. David Hancock

This course is designed to teach students about the many factors that influence youth athletes in their pursuit of sport expertise. The course will cover a range of topics including expertise/development models, play and practice, implicit learning, social agents, and birth advantages. 

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Calling all Memorial University faculty members!

Are you working on a course that involves the Canada Games?

Get in touch with the Canada Games Project Office so we can feature your course!