Kristi Allain holds a Canada Research Chair in Physical Culture and Social Life. She is an Associate Professor of Sociology at St. Thomas University, Fredericton, NB.

Drawing together the themes of aging, physical activity, gender, and national identity, and through academic and popular research dissemination, Kristi Allain’s work challenge the ways that national celebrations of sport marginalize certain groups, particularly those in later life. By emphasizing an ethics of pleasure, resistance, and intergenerational community-building her work creates more space for for the participation and celebration of national “others” in Canadian sport.