Faculty

Khatija Westbrook, PhD, PT, CAT (C)

Academic Title: Associate Professor

Education
PhD, University of Alberta
MSc,University of Alberta
BSc(PT), University of Toronto
BPHE Diploma, University of Toronto 

Contact Information
Email: kwestbrook@mtroyal.ca
Phone: 403.440.7759


Khatija has been a practicing physiotherapist and athletic therapist for more than 25 years. She has taken her passion for elite athletics into working with varsity athletes at three different universities, working with two national teams and at numerous major games, graduate work in sport epidemiology and the classroom. She teaches in Athletic Therapy and Physical Literacy.

Khatija has a concomitant passion for complementary, alternative and integrated medicine. She has taken courses, workshops and seminars in acupuncture, craniosacral therapy, visceral manipulation, cupping, Qi Gong, Reiki and holistic energy healing.

Areas of Instruction

  • Rehabilitation of injuries
  • Health and wellness
  • Issues in health and physical education
  • Professional practice

Areas of Scholarship

  • Sport epidemiology
  • Complimentary, alternative and integrative medicine