About Maggie
Phillips-Scarlett

Maggie grew up in Nova Scotia, where she competed in many sports including road cycling, soccer, and ski racing. At age 15, she endured her first ACL injury, an event that paved the path for her career journey.

Maggie earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Kinesiology with Honours from Acadia University in 2000, where she specialized in Athletic Therapy and Sports Medicine. At Acadia, she was an athletic therapist for Acadia’s football team and conducted research on concussion with the varsity hockey program. Following graduation, she worked in California as a certified strength & conditioning coach (CSCS) at the Riekes Center.

Upon returning to Canada, she earned a Masters of Kinesiology (2004) from the University of Calgary, where she was trained in the Human Performance Lab working with elite athletes (alpine skiers, speed skaters, swimmers, and cyclists) and earned her certification as an Exercise Physiologist (CEP). Realizing her strengths were in combining exercise with sports medicine, she then did her Master’s in Physical Therapy (2007) at UBC.

In 2005, Maggie began working with Canada’s Paralympic Ski Team as the physiotherapist, and strength and conditioning coach, which culminated in a career highlight of being part of the staff of the Canadian Para-alpine ski team during the Vancouver Olympics in 2010. Since 2012, Maggie has consulted and travelled with the Canadian Freestyle Ski Team. A career highlight was working with the Halfpipe ski team at the Olympic Winter Games in Milan-Cortina in February 2026.

Maggie continues to practice as a sports first responder and helps with injury prevention at the grassroots level in both hockey and soccer in Squamish. She has two sons, a dog, and a husband, and continues to strive to find balance between her family life, work life, and play.