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Kirsten Barnes, PhD

Director, Health & Performance Services Canadian Sport Institute Pacific

Kirsten has been a proud member of the CSI Pacific team since 2009. She has the privilege as the current Director, Health and Performance Services to support our amazing team of sport science and sport medicine applied practitioners. As well, Kirsten works directly with our Director, Performance Solutions to enable the best possible performance solutions for our National and Provincial sport programs and collaboratively works with senior leadership on the overall strategy and direction of CSI Pacific. After more than 20 years working in the field of applied sport psychology as a mental performance consultant, Kirsten brings high performance sport knowledge and leadership to her current role at CSI Pacific.

Kirsten has been a proud member of the CSI Pacific team since 2009. She has the privilege as the current Director, Health and Performance Services to support our amazing team of sport science and sport medicine applied practitioners. As well, Kirsten works directly with our Director, Performance Solutions to enable the best possible performance solutions for our National and Provincial sport programs and collaboratively works with senior leadership on the overall strategy and direction of CSI Pacific. After more than 20 years working in the field of applied sport psychology as a mental performance consultant, Kirsten brings high performance sport knowledge and leadership to her current role at CSI Pacific.

What this project means and Why it matters

The implementation of effective, helpful and impactful mental health support is a critical component of health and performance services to our athletes, coaches and staff within the sport system - which makes this project meaningful. As the case with implementing any strategy, the opportunity to reflect and review is a critical step in its effectiveness moving forward. I am very interested to hear from individuals in our high-performance sport community and get input for improvement or potential change. I am also curious about how a mental health strategy can play a role with our provinces and territories and providing support throughout our sport landscape in Canada.

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