Critical friendship: Tips for graduate students and early career academics in physical and health education
Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to provide physical and health education graduate students and early career academics in Canada with information on: critical friendship; the benefits to engagement with critical friendship; vignettes from personal experiences, and; examples of critical friendship from the PHE field. The paper offers a list of ten top guiding questions for forming and maximising critical friendship, which was gathered from our own, and colleagues experiences, research, and collaborations. Ultimately, we hope this paper provides readers with insight into how critical friendship is a beneficial approach and experience for personal and professional growth.
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2026-04-29
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Focus and Viewpoint / Point de mire et Point de vue
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