The purpose of this designation is to acknowledge an academic or certified member who has made an outstanding contribution to CSEP. The recognition is independent of contributions to the member’s field of research. The CSEP Fellowship recognizes leaders within the society who have inspired research excellence among members, or have been bridge-builders strengthening the relationship between academia and certified members through significant, or consistent service.
- Provide evidence of service or leadership that has inspired excellence and building bridges among the membership that have significantly impacted CSEP. Evidence may include:
- Creation of a major initiative for CSEP including establishing exercise prescription and guidelines.
- Participation in the organization of the CSEP Annual Conference.
- Extensive service to the governance of CSEP and its committees.
- Strong contributions to the health of one’s surrounding community in alignment with the advancement of the CSEP mission.
- Significant promotion of CSEP as the “principal body for physical activity health and fitness research, and personal training in Canada”.
- Other major contributions to CSEP, its members, or
- communities in alignment with the advancement of the CSEP mission.
- The applicant must be a CSEP member in good standing at the time of application.
- Current members of the CSEP Board of Directors or Member Services Committee are not eligible for nomination.
- All applicants require nominations from two CSEP members. One of the nominations must be from an academic or certified member.
- Each nomination must include:
- A one-page statement outlining their perceptions of the nominee’s specific contributions to CSEP in any capacity, including dates and timelines.
- The statement must include the member’s full name, position, and contact information.
- Nominations are reviewed by the Member Service Committee on the degree to which their service has been consistent and provided impact in a measurable way.
- Applicants not selected will remain in the nomination pool for an additional three years at their discretion.
- Please note that incomplete applications will not be reviewed.
- David Behm, PhD, F-CSEP
School of Human Kinetics and Recreation
Memorial University, St. John’s Newfoundland
CSEP Academic
CPAFLA Chair, Newfoundland (1995-2004) Annual General Meeting Chair (2004) PFLC Chair (2002-03) Annual General Meeting Committee (2014) Knowledge Translation Committee (2013-16) CSEP Treasurer, 2003-2013, CSEP President, 2017-2019
Perhaps the most valuable contribution of Dr. Behm’s outstanding career, is that he has trained and motivated a generation of health professionals and scientists that to this day are still active CSEP members through their certifications and/or scientific contributions.
- Duane Button, PhD, F-CSEP
School of Human Kinetics and Recreation
Memorial University, St. John’s Newfoundland
CSEP Clinical Exercise Physiologist
Annual General Meeting Committee (2002) Annual General Meeting Co-Chair (2014) Health and Fitness Committee, 2008-2013 Knowledge Translation Committee Clinical Exercise Physiology Committee CSEP-CEP Instructor Examiner (since 2006) CSEP-CEP Technical Director (CSEP Board of Directors)
Duane has a long-standing commitment to CSEP at all levels and is recognized as a strong and externally funded researcher who publishes and supports work in the area of health and fitness among other topics related to movement and physical activity. Duane has been a CSEP ambassador at Memorial University and for the province and would be an excellent CSEP advocate to help support and represent CSEP across the country.
- Jennifer Jakobi, PhD, F-CSEP
School of Health and Exercise Sciences
University of British Columbia – Okanagan
CSEP Academic
CSEP Board of Directors (2009-2011) CSEP Treasurer (2013-2019) Chair, Knowledge Translation Committee (2011-2013) Strategic Planning Committee (2017) Co-Chairperson, CSEP 2019 (Kelowna)
Dr. Jakobi’s research has direct implications for improving the quality of life of older Canadians, which is in line with CSEP’s mission. Her work towards the early identification of sex-related functional decline has provided important opportunities to tailor interventions to mitigate age-associated loss of functional independence for all persons. Accordingly, Dr. Jakobi’s research holds a meaningful impact for scientists, clinicians, and individuals. Her contributions align with the spirit of this designation considering the long-standing impact she has made to CSEP.
2020
- Panagiota (Nota) Klentrou, PhD, F-CSEP
Brock University, St. Catharines, ON
CSEP Academic
CSEP Treasurer, 2003-2013, CSEP President, 2017-2019
Through her outstanding leadership, Dr. Klentrou has inspired excellence among CSEP members. Her contribution to initiatives that bridge academic discovery to exercise prescription and guideline development have moulded the identity of CSEP to this day.
- Michelle Mottola, PhD, F-CSEP
Western University, London, ON
CSEP Academic
Throughout her career, Dr. Mottola has been a long-time member of CSEP and a powerful advocate of the critical role of exercise in promoting a healthy pregnancy for both mother and baby.
- Michael Plyley, PhD, F-CSEP
Brock University, St. Catharines, ON
CSEP Academic
CASS (CSEP) President-elect, CASS (CSEP) President, 1988-1991
Dr. Plyley has been a pioneer for CSEP by helping shape its roots as CASS and its most recent stages of growth. There are few CSEP members, past or present, who have provided continual contributions to the Society for over 40 years, and in as many leadership roles.
2019
- Terry Graham, Ph.D., F-CSEP
University of Guelph, Guelph ON
CSEP Academic
Young Investigator Award Recipient, CSEP Honour Award, John Sutton Memorial Lecture
Dr. Graham is a devoted advocate and supporter of the philosophies of CSEP. For more than four decades, Terry has devoted a large part of his life to the success and evolution of the Society, and as such is a very worthy recipient of the recognition of Fellow of CSEP.
- Robert Ross, Ph.D., F-CSEP
Queen’s University, Kingston ON
CSEP Academic
Chair, Fitness Appraisal Certification and Accreditation Program (FACA, Quebec), 1987-1990, Chair, Fitness Appraisal Certification and Accreditation Program (FACA), 1997-2001, CSEP President, CSEP Honour Award.
Dr. Ross has made outstanding contributions to exercise physiology and to CSEP in particular. He has held leadership positions in the Society for more than three decades and has been committed to many large endeavours on behalf of the Society. For his profoundly impactful contributions to CSEP and its membership, Dr. Ross is uniquely deserving of the distinction of Fellow of CSEP.
2018
- Angelo Belcastro, Ph.D., F-CSEP
York University, Toronto, ON
CSEP Academic
CASS (CSEP) President, President Elect, 1986-1990, CSEP Honour Award Recipient, 1998, Chair, CSEP Fitness Appraisal Certification and Accreditation (FACA) Program, 1997-1999.
Over five decades of CASS/CSEP membership, Dr. Belcastro has inspired leadership among CASS/CSEP members, contributed to initiatives that bridged Academic discovery to exercise prescription guideline development supporting professional member’s scope of practice, and thereby facilitated CSEP’s mission by impacting the health of Canadian Communities. As a tireless volunteer, his guidance and exceptional leadership qualities have not only served the Society, but encouraged others to become members, and members to become more involved. It is this kind of dynamic contribution and commitment that makes Dr. Belcastro a worthy recipient of the distinction of CSEP Fellow.
- Claude Bouchard, Ph.D., O.C., F-CSEP
Human Genomics Laboratory, Pennington Biomedical Research Centre, Baton Rouge, LA
CSEP Emeritus
CASS (CSEP) President-elect, President, 1985-1986 CSEP Honour Award Recipient, 1988.
A CSEP founding member, Dr. Bouchard has served on countless committees, consensus panels and both national and international studies. Not only is he one of the most prolific and visible exercise scientists of our generation, but his mentorship and leadership of more than 75 graduate students and post-doctoral fellows means that his work will continue to influence great research in the field of exercise science for many generations to come.
- Jonathon Fowles, Ph.D, F-CSEP
Acadia University, Wolfville, NS
CSEP Clinical Exercise Physiologist™
Chair, CSEP Health and Fitness Program (H&FP), 2010-2012 CSEP Professional Standards Program® Recognition Award, 2015.
Dr. Fowles has loyally advocated for CSEP as the gold standard of exercise science and training in Canada and epitomizes the CSEP mission statement by tirelessly advocating for recognition of the value of CSEP members in promoting fitness, performance, and health outcomes for all Canadians. He is recognized Canada wide by students, academics, health professionals, and policy makers for his dedication to exercise science and the CSEP values.
- Audrey Hicks, Ph.D, F-CSEP
McMaster University, Hamilton ON
CSEP Academic
CSEP President, President Elect, 2007-2011, CSEP Honour Award Recipient, 2018
Dr. Hicks is a leading advocate for the advancement of exercise science in Canada. Her tireless work in support of this passion has served to promote CSEP and its members in more ways than one can count. Her contributions to her community, her reputation as a researcher, and her dedication to the Society make her a model recipient of this distinction.
- Brian MacIntosh, Ph.D, F-CSEP
University of Calgary, Calgary AB
CSEP Academic
Dr. MacIntosh’s service to CSEP can be compared to few. Not only has his research and leadership led to many individuals becoming and remaining members of CSEP, but his example of excellence in his field has been influential in developing and strengthening the research in Canada and abroad in the area of exercise physiology. For his strong commitment to the society, it gives me great pleasure to nominate Dr. Brian MacIntosh as a CSEP Fellow.
- Mark Tremblay, Ph.D, F-CSEP
Healthy Active Living and Obesity Research, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute
CSEP Clinical Exercise Physiologist™
As both an eminently qualified health scientist and long-standing, dedicated advocate for CSEP, Dr. Tremblay surpasses the criteria for CSEP Fellow in every respect. He has demonstrated significant leadership in CSEP committee work, ground-breaking research, guidelines development, and scientific advocacy. I can think of no other person in Canada that has had such a tremendous impact over the last decade, both on behalf of CSEP and for exercise scientists around the world.
- Roy Shephard, Ph.D, M.D, O.C, F-CSEP
Professor Emeritus, University of Toronto, Toronto ON
CSEP Emeritus
Dr Shephard has trained countless students and there is likely not a CSEP member who has not cited his work. As a founding member of the organization, and in his fifty years of dedicated service to CSEP and the global exercise science community, Dr. Shephard is uniquely deserving of being an inaugural recipient of the distinction of CSEP Fellow.
- Lori Zehr, MSc, F-CSEP
Camosun College, Victoria, BC
CSEP Clinical Exercise Physiologist™
Since joining CSEP in 1986, Ms. Zehr has been a key contributor to provincial and national health promotion initiatives, strategies, and programs to increase population physical activity levels. Ms. Zehr’s ongoing efforts are highly recognized and respected by her fellow members. As a leading contributor and bridge-builder to CSEP for over three decades Lori Zehr is deserving of the distinction of CSEP Fellow.
- The award recipient will be named at the CSEP Annual Conference during the Gala and will be presented with a framed citation.
- The CSEP Fellow will also be recognized in the following ways:
- A CSEP website announcement.
- A CSEP Communiqué and social media announcement.
- A running feature in future CSEP communication materials.
- Once the CSEP Fellow honour has been bestowed on the member, membership must be maintained in order to continue their Fellowship.
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