Professor Gretchen Kerr is a world-renowned kinesiology and physical education scholar, expert on the treatment of youth and women in sport, and dean of the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Kinesiology & Physical Education (KPE). Kerr’s research on the treatment of women and youth in sport is widely acknowledged to have had a tangible and lasting impact on Canada’s sports landscape, particularly through her collaborations with organizations such as the Canadian Olympic Committee, Canadian Paralympic Committee, Canadian Centre for Ethics and Sport and the Coaching Association of Canada. She also played a key role in developing the Universal Code of Conduct to Prevent and Address Maltreatment in Sport, which all Canadian national sports organizations must adopt, and chaired U of T’s Expert Panel on Sexual Violence Education and Prevention, helping to lay the groundwork for many of the programs offered by U of T’s Sexual Violence Prevention & Support Centre. As an expert on gender-based violence in sport, Kerr’s research focuses on athletes’ experiences of maltreatment in sport, and systemic changes needed to advance safe, healthy, inclusive and welcoming sport.

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