Paul Jurbala is a Senior Associate with the Canadian Sport for Life Leadership Team. He has been a coach, educator, and sport administrator for over 30 years, and currently manages his own consulting and management business, communityactive consulting. Since 2005 he has worked on over 40 projects, creating strategic plans, coach education programs, Long Term Athlete Development plans and program reviews for over 25 National and Provincial Sport, Para-sport and Multi-Sport Organizations. He has taught in Sport Management programs at York University and Humber College in Toronto. In a voluntary capacity, Paul is Chair of Community Sport Councils Ontario.
Paul holds a Master of Science degree in Exercise Physiology and is a Ph.D. candidate in the Sport Management program at Brock University, where his focus is change and decision-making in community sport organizations.