PARC People

PARC Advisory Committee

PARC is overseen by the PARC Advisory Committee, led by Dr. Andrea Bundon, and includes faculty researchers and staff from the University of British Columbia and clinicians from GF Strong. Current Advisory Committee members are: Janice Eng, Sue Forwell, Andrei Krassioukov, Nancy Thorogood, William Miller, Cheryl Niamath, Bonnie Sawatzky, Christina Sequeira, Shannon Sproule.

PARC Staff

Student Staff

PARC employs six UBC Work Learn students: five supervisors, and a personal trainer. Their role is to support the smooth operation of the PARC facility, to aid the ongoing research projects, to oversee volunteers and work integrated learning (WIL) students, and to develop and maintain good relationships with all PARC participants. The personal trainer designs and facilitates training programs for PARC participants. 2025 supervisors (L-R): Sydney Cormack, Elijah Sun, Chelsea Yang, Julie Kim, Tony Na, Thomas Renovich.

 

Manager

Milly Zaletelj is the PARC Manager. She’s responsible for overseeing all the operations of the PARC facility, mentors Work Learn students and volunteers, and supports the Faculty Advisor with coordinating the PARC research activities and exploring funding for future research opportunities. Milly’s role also involves implementing suggestions for further development of PARC’s facility and its programs.

 

Faculty Advisor

Dr. Andrea Bundon took over as PARC Faculty Advisor from Dr. Tania Lam in 2020. The faculty advisor oversees all academic and research related activities pertaining to the PARC facility. This includes supervising ongoing research project, developing grant applications to fund future research, and coordinating collaboration with other ICORD/UBC research groups. As a faculty member in Kinesiology, Dr. Bundon’s role also involves ensuring opportunities for UBC students to engage in PARC as volunteers supporting PARC participants to be physically active.

PARC Volunteers

Since the opening of PARC in 2013, there have been over 450 volunteers who have devoted their time and energy to support PARC. Currently, there are approximately fifty dedicated volunteers and/or WIL students, each contributing two to four hours of their time each week to help PARC or help with our online exercise classes.

The responsibilities of our volunteers include creating a positive and social environment and fostering the inclusion of others.  They are also responsible for providing support and assistance with equipment use and aiding in adapting equipment to the specific needs of each participant, while maintaining the safety of participants and protecting the equipment.

Many of our volunteers are students from university with a passion for fitness who are looking to gain more experience into healthcare and human physiology.  If you are interested in volunteering at PARC, please email parc@icord.org for more information.

Current and Past PARC Volunteers & WIL Students (Updated May, 2025)

Aaron Menon Aaron Moulson Abbey Wright Abby Watterson Abhiram Cherukupalli Ada Chang Adam Nishi Adrian Ho Ahmed Elsayed Ailsa Siros Alan Bennett Alan Chang Aleksander Saddlemyer Alex Artuso Alexandra Akl Alexandra Huckova Alexandra Ing Ali Farrokhi Alison Williams Aliyah Muniff Allan Guan Allison Yu Amanda Giacomazza Amanda Wong Amanda Zacharuk Amelia Savazzi Amy Baatz Amy Young Andrew Kilback Angelica Rossi Angelina Porras Angus Chan Anna Sarafis Anna Tsigounis Annie Jain Annie Lu Anthony Chen Anthony Janalino Anthony Sha Arden Sauer Arella Law Ariel Hung Arvinder More Ashley Hultman Ashley Oh Aysha Brown Bavenjit Cheema Ben Bowyer Benjamin Masuch Bhavjot Naraina Braeden Skyes Brendan Chia Brian Hayes Brian Kwok Bryan Foronda Caitie Manser Caitlin Chiu Caitlin Newman Cameron Kline Cameron Sihoe Camila Remolina Candace Chau Carina Wong Caris Tin Carly Peterson Catherine Yip Chanden Mann Charlotte Drennan Chelsea Dumasal Chelsea Yang Chloe Chan Chloe Plecash Chris Curtis Chris Lee Chris Sinclaire Chris William Christian Lacsamana Christine Hsin Christine Thomas Christine Zawadzki Cindy Yu Claudia Lee Clement Leung Collin Seto Conor Regan Constance Bos Daisy Parti Dan Dayrit Daniel Do Daniel Elesin Daniel Kaiser Daniel Kang Daniela Cameron-Hinojosa Danielle An Danielle Curtis Danielle Jayme Daphne Xuan David Ko David Pham Dhaliwal Neena Donald Yu Donna Mae Malinlay Edmond Gu Edwin Su Eileen Jue Elaine Chan Eli Wang Elijah Sun Elisa Sasse Elizabeth Mori Ellie Gang Emilia Maras-Hilling Emilu Butts Emily Brewer Emily Chong Emily Munson Emily Shiu Emma Beattie Emma Gerrard Eric Franks Eric Jin Esther Chiang Ethan Yeung Eunice Wong Faith Park Fiona Drewbrook Florence Chan Gabriel Leung Gabriel Olano Gagan Bahia Gavin Hutton Geoffrey Cotter Gevorg Eginyan Grace Schouten Guangyu Cai Gwyn Narayan Hadi Zulkarnain Hailey Perry Hanna-Madeleine Williams Hannah French Hargun Dhillon Hattie Shu Henry Xu Hirad Nourbakhsh Hirmand Nouraei Hiroki Sato Holly Potozny Ian Nelson Ian Standish Ignacio Casal Indigo Bashford-Luong

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