With 25 years of experience working in amateur sport and recreation and 30 years of coaching experience, Kate works with sport organizations at the local, provincial, national, and international level to help them improve their practices to improve the quality of experiences for all participants. She is a Chartered Professional Coach with the Coaching Association of Canada and a certified Master Coach Developer in Canada’s National Coaching Certification Program. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Kinesiology, a master’s degree in Human Kinetics (coaching sciences focus), a PhD in Interdisciplinarity (focus in coach education) and a Diploma in University Teaching. Kate currently teaches at the University of the Fraser Valley and leads research focuses on effective practices to support Safe Sport initiatives.