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Certificate in Social Justice and Community Engagement: Sport, Physical Activity & Health

Learn how sport, physical activity and health can contribute to more equitable and inclusive communities. Designed for students in the BA and BSc in Kinesiology and Health Science, this certificate examines the social, cultural and policy dimensions of sport, health, and physical activity.

Through coursework and community-based learning, you will develop the knowledge and skills to work with diverse communities and advance accessibility, equity, inclusion, truth and reconciliation through equitable physical activity and health.  

What You Will Learn 

Throughout the certificate, you will:  

  • Explore key social justice concepts, including decolonization, equity, diversity and inclusion; power and privilege; oppression; systemic and structural forms of discrimination; social citizenship; and social entrepreneurship. 
  • Develop the skills to apply social justice and community engagement principles to real-world situations, including evaluating policies, practices and programs. 
  • Collaborate with diverse community partners in an ethical, culturally responsive and professional manner. 

Eligibility

The certificate is open to students enrolled in the Honours BA or BSc in Kinesiology and Health Science program. It can be completed concurrently with the degree, and certificate courses also count toward major credit requirements.

Completing the Certificate

No application is required to enter this Certificate, however to obtain the certificate a student must:

  1. Complete all required foundational and required capstone courses plus an additional 15 credits from the approved elective courses (see Certificate Requirements Below)
  2. In the term you are applying to graduate, you must submit the  which includes attaching:鈥
  1. Completed  form
  2. The completed Certificate Checklist Excel | PDF 
  3. A copy of your Grade report from  

Application Deadlines: October 31 (February Convocation); March 1(June Convocation); July 31 (October Convocation).

Certificate Requirements

Students are responsible for reviewing course prerequisites, availability and degree requirements before enrolling. 

Students must complete the following requirements: 

Course CodeCourse TitlePre-Requisites
KINE 1001 3.00Sociocultural Foundations in Kinesiology: Tools of Inquiry None
KINE 2001 3.00Sociocultural Insights and Applications in Kinesiology KINE 1001
Course CodeCourse TitlePre-Requisites
KINE 4880 3.00Knowledge-to-Action Capstone: Community, Physical Culture
and Health 		KINE 1000 or KINE 1001 and KINE 2001

Students must complete an additional 15 credits from the approved elective list below, including at least 6.00 credits at the 4000 level. 

Course CodeCourse TitlePre-Requisite
KINE 2040 3.00Communities in Motion: Exploring the Behavioural and Sociocultural Study
of Sport and Physical Activity 		None
KINE 3360 3.00Gender and Sexuality in Sport and Health KINE 1000 or KINE 1001 and
KINE 2001
KINE 3430 3.00Histories of Sport, Physical Activity and Health in Canada None
KINE 3485 3.00Social and Structural Determinants of Physical Culture and Health 
KINE 3490 3.00Sport Policy and Politics 
KINE 3595 3.00Ethics and Relations of Power in Kinesiology and Health 
KINE 4310 3.00Sport, Global Development & Transformative Justice KINE 1001 and KINE 2001
KINE 4315 3.00Indigenous Health and Physical Cultural Practice 
KINE 4340 3.00Sport, 鈥淩ace鈥 and Popular Culture in Canada KINE 1000 or KINE 1001 and
KINE 2001
KINE 4480 3.00Critical Policy Studies of Sport, Physical Activity and Health 
KINE 1000 or KINE 1001 and
KINE 2001
KINE 4635 3.00Immigration and Culture KINE 1000 or KINE 1001 and
KINE 2001
KINE 4636 3.00Crises of Capitalism 
KINE 4645 3.00Active Living and Ageing KINE 3350

For applications and further information, please contact:

341 Bethune College

ugkhs@yorku.ca

Please note that students may only be enrolled in one certificate at a time.