Areas of Instruction

• Physical Education 
• Teacher Wellness 
• Land-Based Learning 

Areas of Scholarship 

• Teacher candidate health 
• In-service teacher health 
• Post-secondary health promotion 
• Equity and inclusion in health promotion 
• Systems and complex thinking 

Selected Publications 

Taylor, L. M., & Morrison, H. (2025, in press). Activate: Renaming a journal to actualize equity and challenge ableism in physical and health education. Activate: The Journal of the Health and Physical Education Council of The Alberta Teachers’ Association, 56(1). https://www.hpec.ab.ca/activate

Taylor, L, M. (2025). Moving away from the Beep Test in physical education. PHE Journal. https://phecanada.ca/professional-learning/journal/moving-away-beep-test-physical-education

Kilborn, M., Taylor, L., Kelly, B., Bourne, S., Dawson, M., Stryde, J., Allison, T., Vogan, K., Mondin, M., & Marcil, Z. (2024). A wisdom response to physical and health education: Part II - class interpretations. Revue phénEPS/PHEnex Journal, 14(2), 1–19. https://ojs.acadiau.ca/index.php/phenex/article/view/4445

Kilborn, M. & Taylor, L. (2024). A wisdom response to physical and health education: Part I – course design. Revue phénEPS/PHEnex Journal, 14(1), 1–17. https://ojs.acadiau.ca/index.php/phenex/article/view/4444

Selected Presentations 

Taylor, L. M., Maniate, J. M., Do, V., Potwarka, M., Gamboa, P. A., Eubank, B., & Skinner, K. (2025, June 16–19). Exploring system levels of post-secondary health promotion in Canada: Lessons from the microsystem to the macrosystem [Symposium]. The International Health Promoting Campuses Conference (IHPCC 2025), Limerick, Ireland.

Taylor, L. M. (2025, May 1). Addressing the wicked problem of teacher burnout: A trans-systemic health promotion approach to supporting in-service and pre-service teachers [Conference presentation, accepted]. Physical and Health Education Canada Research Council (PHECRC) Forum, Physical and Health Education (PHE) Canada, Niagara Falls, ON, Canada.

Taylor, L. M. (2025, Feb 13). Teamwork makes the dreamwork: A collaborative approach to teacher wellness [Conference presentati

Taylor, L. M., Tingle, E., Pratt, A., Russell-Mayhew, S. (2025, Jan 30). Physical activity for everybody: Inclusive approaches in comprehensive school health [Conference presentation]. Shaping the Future, Ever Active Schools, Lake Louise, AB.on]. Calgary City Teachers’ Convention, Alberta Teachers’ Association, Calgary, AB.

Taylor, L. M. (2024, August 1–2). Applying complexity thinking to exploring health and wellness: A catalyst for including health and physical education in the learning sciences [Conference presentation]. 8th International STEM in Education Conference 2024 (ISSE2024), Online.

Relevant Community Service

Lisa has been the Editor of Activate: The Journal of the Health and Physical Education Council of the Alberta Teachers’ Association, formerly known as the Runner, since 2021. This role involves recruiting writers, reviewing, assigning peer-review, and providing feedback regarding final edits for the annual publication. The readership of the journal includes physical and health education teachers in Alberta; however, the publication is available online, open-access, and features articles from researchers and teachers across the nation and internationally. https://www.hpec.ab.ca/activate

As Co-Chair of the Physical and Health Education (PHE) Canada Research Council Forum, Lisa leads an organizing committee that engages in double-blind peer review of abstract submissions, engages a keynote speaker, plans, and facilitates the annual Forum, as well as liaises with the Physical and Health Education (PHE) Canada main conference. https://phecanada.ca/events/2024-phe-canada-research-forum 

In 2025, Lisa joined the Research Advisory Committee for Take me Outside, a non-profit organization that fosters nature connections within education (for students and teachers) on Turtle Island. https://takemeoutside.ca/