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The University of Winnipeg

Kyle McCallum, MSc, PhD

Kyle McCallum Title: Assistant Professor
Phone: 204.258.3852
Office: 2Ax32
Building: Axworthy Health and RecPlex
Email: k.mccallum@uwinnipeg.ca

Degrees:

  • Bachelor of Science (Kinesiology) – University of Calgary
  • Master of Science (Innovations in Pedagogy & Sport Performance) – University of Calgary
  • Doctor of Philosophy (Combined Sociocultural Perspectives of Movement Cultures & Sport Injury Prevention) – University of Calgary

Courses:

  • KIN2102 – Pedagogy Theories and Models in Sport and Physical Activity
  • KIN2207 – Physical Growth & Development

Research Interests:

Kyle’s research focus is centred on child-centred physical literacy development. Physical literacy underpins the way in which we learn and grow through sport, recreation, and physical education, and physical activity broadly. The experiences we have as children and youth form a foundation for our habitual behaviours towards physical activity as we mature into adulthood, and these experiences can either positively or negatively influence the way that we pursue lifelong physical activity. Kyle’s research portfolio focuses on the importance that physical education, recreation, and play experiences and uses both qualitative and quantitative research methods to understand physical literacy development through all four domains (physical, cognitive, social, affective). His research includes innovations and adaptions to physical activity programming and experiences (e.g., fundamental movement skill development), risk and risky play, and play across recreation, school, and outdoor environments.

Publications:

  • McCallum, K.S., Van Wyk, N., Sheehan, D., Katz, L. (2024). The impact of an intentionally designed physical literacy recreation program on the fundamental movement skills of kindergarten children in Alberta, Canada. PHEnex Journal, 14(2). 1-21. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7134-9427
  • McCallum, K. S., Youngblood, J., Hayden, K. A., Brussoni, M., Emery, C., & Bridel, W. (2023). Children’s knowledge about play-related risk, risk-taking, and injury: A meta-study. Leisure/Loisir, 48(4), 699–724. https://doi.org/10.1080/14927713.2023.2242859