Western Mustang Cross Country
2010-11 Team Staff
Dr. Janice Forsyth
Academic Mentor for Men’s & Women’s Cross Country Student-Athletes
Office: Health Science Building #336 & International Centre for Olympic Studies
Phone: 519-661-2111 x84113
Email: janice.forsyth@uwo.ca
Hometown: Timmins, Ontario
Education:
BA: History, University of Western Ontario, 1997
MA: Kinesiology (Sport History), University of Western Ontario, 2000
PhD: Kinesiology (Sport History), University of Western Ontario, 2005
Academic Posts:
2005 to 2008, University of Manitoba
2008 to 2010, University of Alberta
2010 appointed Assistant Professor in Western’s School of Kinesiology and Director of the International Centre for Olympic Studies
Janice is a distinguished Western graduate, having left her mark as three-sport student-athlete as a Western Mustang, first in Badminton, then moved on to become as Western great in Cross Country and Track & Field.
Her primary research area is in Canadian sport history, with a specific interest in contemporary Aboriginal sport practices. In addition, Janice provides her leadership skills to many organizations including Sport Canada, the Aboriginal Sport Circle, Athletes CAN, and the Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women and Sport and Physical Activity.
Her collegiate athletic career here began in Badminton where she was a medalist at the OUA Championship. After taking up competitive running, over a three period she developed into a national level athlete. In her 5-year career in Cross Country, Janice was a starter on Mustangs squads that won three OUA Championship team titles (1992, 1994, 1995) and CIS team silver twice (1994 & 1995). She was twice an OUA 1st Team All-Star (1994 & 1995) and her 8th place finish at the 1995 CIS Nationals and 9th place finish at the 1994 CIS Nationals garnered her 2nd Team All-Canadian honours. In Track, Janice won the silver medal in 3000m at the 1995 OUA Track & Field Championship with a personal best of 9:52.15. Her other pb’s over her Track career are 2:55.9 for 1000m and 4:35.0 for 1500m. Janice was awarded the 1995 Don Wright Trophy and earned a Purple Blanket in recognition of her breath and depth of Mustang athletic achievements.
