Matt Dolf

Background

About Matt Dolf

Providing strategic direction for health and wellbeing promotion at UBC, Matt takes a systems-wide approach to supporting UBC Wellbeing – a collaborative effort to make the University a better place to live, work, play, and learn for all community members. He currently co-chairs the Canadian & International Health Promoting Campus Networks. Matt holds a Doctorate in the field of sport and sustainability from the UBC School of Kinesiology. His research examined how sport events can measure and improve their environmental performance with Life Cycle Assessment methods and how they might leverage human and ecological wellbeing. He completed his Master of Advanced Studies in Sports Administration & Technology (MSA) at AISTS in Lausanne, Switzerland and a B.A. in Sport and Leisure Administration at the University of Victoria, Canada. Matt has researched and published in the areas of sport management, environmental impact assessment, sustainability, and health promotion. Matt has travelled extensively; he has lived on four continents and speaks English, French, and Swiss German fluently. He also has a competitive sport background as a former tennis athlete, coach, and official at the national level. In his spare time he loves spending time outdoors with his wife and daughter. Matt feels priveledged to live on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and Sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples