Matt Barr

Ph.D., CSCS
Executive Director

A Manitoba native, Matt has extensive experience in sport leadership positions while working in international sport for Rugby Canada and the Canadian Sport Institute Pacific, in professional sport with the Toronto Argonauts and New Zealand Warriors, in university sport with the University of Manitoba and York University and the sport technology sector with STATSports. While pursuing a career primarily as a Strength and Conditioning Coach, he graduated from the University of Manitoba (BESS), the University of Western Ontario (MSc) and Edith Cowan University (PhD). He has published several research papers and text book chapters primarily exploring the influence of strength and speed training with elite athletes as well as assessing sprinting biomechanics using video and GPS.

Land Acknowledgement

The Canadian Sport Centre Manitoba acknowledges that our offices are situated on Treaty 1 Land, the original lands of the Anishinaabe, Cree, Ojibway-Cree, Dakota, and Dene Peoples, and on the homeland of the Métis Nation.

The Treaties made on these territories are respected by all those who work at CSCM. We acknowledge the harms and mistakes of the past that were made. In a spirit of collaboration and reconciliation, we dedicate ourselves to continually move forward in partnership with Indigenous communities for ongoing education and learning.

We understand that acknowledging this truth, though important, is only a small part in cultivating the strong relationships we strive to build and maintain with Indigenous communities. We continue to work towards this, with particular attention being paid to the sport specific calls to action #87-91 from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

We recognize we are not the first to live on this land, and thank these Nations for allowing us access to their land and water.

Matt Barr

Ph.D., CSCS Executive Director

Land Acknowledgement

Ph.D., CSCS
Executive Director