The School of Hospitality, Recreation & Tourism is pleased to announce the appointment of Kristan Lingard  M.Sc, CEP, ACSM CES  to the position of Associate Dean in the School of Hospitality, Recreation & Tourism. 

Kristan will be responsible for the following programs:  Fitness & Health Promotion, Massage Therapy, Food & Nutrition, Recreation & Leisure, Sport Management, Exercise Science and the Humber side of the Guelph-Humber Kinesiology Degree. Kristan will also be the lead for online learning and our joint Centre of Innovation proposal with the School Health Sciences and the continued development of the Humber Centre for Healthy Living.

Kristan has 10 years of experience working in both the health care field in and in post-secondary education.  She began her career as a Certified Exercise Physiologist at York University.  She then moved to healthcare where she was an interdisciplinary health care team member as a Cardiac Rehabilitation Therapist at Trillium Health Centre.  Kristan first joined Humber as a part-time faculty member and subsequently has been coordinating and leading the Exercise Science and Lifestyle Management post-graduate certificate and the Fitness and Health Promotion diploma programs since 2010.  Under Kristan's leadership the Exercise Science program has grown and flourished to become the leading post graduate certificate in this field attracting students from degree programs nationally and internationally. 

Kristan is an active member of the Humber College community.  She sits on many committees including the Academic and Program Excellence Committee, Humber College technology Council, Humber College Academic Integrity Task Force, and Student Leadership Institute Committee.

Kristan has demonstrated excellence in teaching and learning and has been recognized as an Exemplary Classroom Teacher, a Faculty Mentor and a Facilitator for Faculty Orientation at Geneva Park.

Kristan has been involved in the proposal and development of several new programs and initiatives including the development of the new BSc in Workplace Wellness, the initiation of a school-wide Academic Integrity program, and is a founding member of the Centre of Healthy Living.  Kristan is the project leader, working with the School of Health Sciences to develop a proposal for a Centre of Innovation in Collaborative Health and Wellness Education.

Kristan holds a Master of Science degree in Kinesiology from York University and an Honours Bachelor of Science from the University of Western Ontario.  She is a Certified Exercise Physiologist and Registered Kinesiologist.  Other professional affiliations include the American College of Sports Medicine, the Cardiac Rehabilitation Network of Ontario, the Canadian Association of Cardiovascular Rehabilitation and the Ontario Fitness Council.

Please join me in giving Kristan a warm welcome to her new role.

Best,

Susan Somerville
Dean, School of Hospitality, Recreation & Tourism