This acknowledgement is designed to honour Gord Sleivert’s significant achievements in Applied Sport Research and/or Sport Nutrition. The selected candidate will present a 45-minute lecture on a topic of their choice and area of applied sport and/or sport nutrition research at the CSEP Annual Conference.

  • Eligible candidates must be a member of CSEP in good standing at the time of selection.
  • Candidates must be distinguished researchers in the applied sport and/or sport nutrition research field, and have an exemplary publication record. 
  • Candidates must not have received this award within the past five years.
  • The Local Organizing Committee (LOC) will provide the Board of Directors with a candidate list, accompanied by concise CVs and justifications for each, at least six months before the CSEP Annual Conference.
  • The Board of Directors retains the right to propose additional candidates for consideration.
  • The Board of Directors will review the nomination and select the candidate.
  • Following this, the Local Organizing Committee will notify the selected candidate.
  • The selected candidate will be presented with a certificate of acknowledgement at the CSEP Annual Conference Gala.
  • Following the conference, the selected candidate will receive an honorarium of $1,000 (CAD), and be compensated for travel expenses up to $1,500 (CAD) for attending the CSEP Annual Conference.

2023 

  • Dr. J. Patrick Neary (Ph.D.),
    University of Regina;

    • “The Perils of Concussion: Keep them in the Dark or Exercise”

2022 

  • Dr. William J. Kraemer,
    The Ohio State University;

    • “Exercise Recovery: Mechanisms, Technology and Interventions”

2021 

  • Dr. Vicky Tolfrey Ph.D., Loughborough University 
    • “Putting Para athletes on the Podium: The Physiologists Contribution”

 

2019 

  • Dr. Lawrence Spriet,
    University of Guelph

    • “The Challenging World of Applied Sport and Nutrition”

 

2018 

  • Dr. Paul Laursen, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
    • “The Science and Application of High Intensity Training in Sport”

 

2017 

  • Dr. Stephen Cheung, Brock University
    • “Adapting to Training and Competing in Heat”

 

2016 

  • Trent Stellingwerff, Canadian Sport Institute
    • “Gordology- Performance Optimization through the Effective Integration of Applied Sport Science/Medicine”

 

2015 

  • Louise Burke, Australian Sports Commission

 

2014 

  • David Behm, Memorial University of Newfoundland
    • “Stable, Unstable or Metastable. Differences in Magnitude and Mechanisms of Balance Training throughout the Lifespan”

2013 

  • Greg Wells, University of Toronto
    • “From Physiology Research to Applied Sport Science”

Gord Sleivert was a giant and force of nature in applied sport science in Canada. After his PhD at U Victoria and a stint in New Zealand, Gord returned to Canada, first as a faculty member at U New Brunswick and then as the lead for sport science and performance at Canadian Sport Institute – Pacific back in Victoria in 2004 until his unfortunate passing in 2012. Gord was a driving force behind the development of sport science in Canada, and much of the stellar work being done now, along with the breadth and depth of people in the field, was due to Gord’s work and inspiration. Talk to endurance athletes from that era and they all have stories of sweating buckets doing heat acclimation in a RV that Gord adapted into a mobile heat chamber. We at CSEP are very proud to honour Gord’s legacy through the Gord Sleivert lecture, highlighting topics in applied sport science.

 

*CSEP would like to thank Dr. Stephen Cheung for this citation

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