Student Society
The Acadia Kinesiology Society (AKS) strives to serve as a voice and advocate for all Kinesiology students in both program and school decision-making, and to coordinate and enhance students’ educational experiences through activities for both social and professional development.
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President -Will Dauphinee
Vice-President - Aidan Ferguson
Professional Events Coordinator -Anne-Sophie Le Rudulier
Social Events Coordinator- Jesse Alder
Fundraising Coordinator - Sophie Sutherland
Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Coordinator - Kate Bemrose
Faculty Advisor - Justin Oliver
1st Year - Lyndsi Jessome , Aslan Richard
2nd Year - Olivia Mowat
3rd Year - Maggie Graves, Kaysha Turner
Grad Class -Daxon Lackie
November 2025 - Will Dauphinee
Will is an outstanding fourth-year Honours Kinesiology student who consistently brings energy and care into everything he does.
Will is completing an Honours thesis supervised by Dr. Emily Bremer (Canada Research Chair), examining concussion management and education among Special Olympics athletes across Canada, an important and timely area of research. He previously worked as a research assistant on a national qualitative study exploring athletes’ concussion experiences, which he presented at SCAPPS 2025 and is now preparing for publication. He also received a USRA to support summer data collection, providing concussion education at Special Olympics events across the Maritimes and Quebec in both English and French. Will’s research experience further includes investigating pectoralis major muscle properties under Dr. Sarah Bohunicky and presenting at both APES and CSEP in 2024.
Beyond maintaining a high academic average and being an active researcher, Will is deeply involved in the Acadia and Wolfville communities. He is a Student Director of the Friday night S.M.I.L.E. program, works at L'Arche Homefires supporting individuals with intellectual disabilities, the current AKS president, and is a teaching assistant for several Kinesiology core courses. Will is also a former varsity swimmer.
Across every domain, Will has been caring, strategic, and driven. He is the type of student who lifts the spirits of those around him, finds humour in all situations. Will truly has been a core member of the Acadia Kinesiology community over the last three years and is very deserving of Student of the Month.
Congratulations Will!
Previous: 2024-2025, 2023-2024, 2022-2023, 2021-2022, 2020-2021
Each year the Kinesiology graduating class gives back to the school with a gift.
Class of 2022 gave a display case for in the student lounge. The first display is in memory of Kai Matthews.
Class of 2021 gave a sign that was installed outside the student lounge (metal A with red lights).
Class of 2020 gave accessible signage for the school.
Class of 2019 gave a television for practising presentations in the Student Lounge.
Class of 2018 worked hard to renovate the Student Lounge as their class gift.