There are many research groups with which faculty and students in the department are associated including:
- Campus Athletics Research Network (CARN)
- Canadian Index of Wellbeing (CIW)
- Cultivating Care-full Futures
- Healthy Communities Research Network
- Nature Leisure Community Research Group
- Partnerships in Dementia Care Alliance (PiDC)
- Spectator Experience and Technology (SEAT) Laboratory
- Uncertain Futures: Women Leaving Prison and Re-Entering Community
There are a number of other research groups through the Faculty of Health with which faculty members and students in the department are also associated.