Elke is a Professor for Sport Pedagogy and Physical Education at Paderborn University, Germany. She is head of the Physical Education Teacher Program. Her research is particularly focused on PE teachers´ competencies in dealing with heterogeneity as well as on students´ perspectives in physical education (PE). Her studies are mainly anchored in pedagogical-psychological theoretical frameworks, and based on multi-methodological research designs, with the idea of developing research-informed concepts for PE and PE teacher education. Each qualification work (PhD thesis, habilitation) was awarded. Her habilitation was awarded with the 3^rd prize of the Scientific Award of the German National Olympic Sport Federation. The work focused on inclusion and exclusion processes among students in PE, and identified learning situations where exclusion processes are even provoked and lead to the humiliation of students. With this work, she opened the discussion about the `dark´ side of PE and why PE is not always well experienced by students. Thus, the perspective on PE teachers and how they can be trained for a `criticial´ teaching style is part of her research and teaching activities. Improving PE for those students who do not fit in the mainstream inspires her internationally recognized work. She is an associated member of the interdisciplinary research laboratory “Sport and Social Sciences” at the Strasbourg University, France. In this context, she works with colleagues from France, Italy and Switzerland on questions about social (in)equality and health issues. Furthermore, she is an elected member and fellow of the Scientific Committee of the European College of Sport Science (ECSS).

Janice Forsyth, member of the Fisher River Cree First Nation, is recognized nationally and internationally for her research and advocacy on Indigenous sport development in Canada. This recognition comes in many forms, including her election to public leadership positions. Currently, she is the vice-president for the Aboriginal Sport Circle, a national not-for-profit that provides advocacy and support for Indigenous-led sport development in Canada, and a director for the Ontario Physical and Health Education Association, which reaches nearly 2.1 million youth through 72 school boards and 4,934 schools across Ontario annually. In terms of research excellence, in 2019, she was elected to the College of the Royal Society of Canada. As well, The Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, released in 2015, cited several of her publications, demonstrating how her research is relevant well beyond sport. She has delivered keynote presentations to local community groups and at global forums, and regularly provides commentary and insight for major media. She is a former board of director for Athletes CAN and Chair of CAAWS, has assisted Sport Canada with their evaluation of the North American Indigenous Games (NAIG), was Assistant Chef de Mission for Team Manitoba at the 2008 NAIG, and continues to serve as a key informant at the federal level for sport. Her co-edited collection, Aboriginal Peoples and Sport in Canada: Historical Foundations and Contemporary Issues (2013), is a standard text in many classrooms throughout Canada, while her recently released monograph, Reclaiming Tom Longboat: Indigenous Self-Determination in Canadian Sport (2020), is already generating positive attention; in September 2020, it was one of thirteen books featured in the prestigious Saskatchewan Book Week. She lives in London, Ontario where she works as an Associate Professor in Sociology and Director of Indigenous Studies at Western University.

lisahunter (pronoun-it, non-identifying) is a Senior Lecturer at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. lisahunter has researched, taught and published in areas of pedagogy, diversity, movement, health, gender and sexuality, teacher education, physical culture and sport, and qualitative methodologies. Its research, consultations and evaluations have contributed to a broad range of programs and organisations in education, health, and sport and recreation. lisahunter leadership style is reflected in building and supporting interdisciplinary research collaborations and facilitating the ongoing academic development of others. Strong elements of its work include creating research links with community and service/industry sectors, facilitating academic writing and publication, and accelerating early career academic trajectories. lisahunter has recently been developing experience in Indigenous knowledges and Creative Industries for their efficacy in critical analysis and social transformation.

Louise Humbert is a Professor in the College of Kinesiology at the University of Saskatchewan. She spent the first decade of her career as a teacher and consultant and then moved to a faculty position at the University of Saskatchewan. Her career as a teacher continues to inform her research as she focuses on the physical activity experiences of girls and young women, community based strategies to increase physical activity, the experiences of athletes and parents in sport, and the development of physical literacy in children of all ages. A former president of PHE Canada, Louise is passionate about the role that schools and teachers can play in developing a lifelong love for movement in children and youth. Born in Alberta, and a mountain lover, Louise is honoured to close our conference.