Stephen McGinley

Steve McGinley is a PhD. Candidate in the Faculty of Education, Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy, Health Outdoor and Physical Education (HOPE) program area at the University of British Columbia. Steve’s current research and passion lies in investigating the collaboration, relationships, leaderships, and network alliances at the multisectoral stakeholder-level necessary to advance the future of physical activity and physical literacy in school contexts. Most recently, Steve supported the development, implementation and evaluation of the School Physical Activity and Physical Literacy (SPA-PL) prototype project aimed to build the capacity of BC educators to support and deliver physical activity and physical literacy opportunities in the school setting.
He is a trained K-12 Physical Education (PE) teacher, consultant and has extensive experience in schools as a PE teacher, PE department head, and an assistant athletic director. In his spare time he enjoys being outdoors, camping, out on the water, mountain biking, playing ice hockey, being active and coaching a plethora of youth sports in the community