Jay Johnson

Jay Johnson is an associate professor in the faculty of kinesiology and recreation management at the University of Manitoba. His current interdisciplinary research explores the impacts of climatic change on our physical experiences and the interfaces with the environment. He is investigating how Indigenous youth experience the built environment and outdoor adventure-based education; community-based research examining the function of the bicycle, culture and community in activism; child labor issues; bullying; doping; and the cultural intersections of gender, race, ethnicity, sexuality and homophobia in team initiation rituals. He has published extensively on hazing, co-editing Making the Team: Inside the World of Sport Initiations and Hazing.