Gayle is the Director of Equine Guelph and played an instrumental role in its birth and ongoing development as a Centre for the horse owner at the University of Guelph since 2003. She has dedicated her energies to advancing the equine industry through education and communications on health, welfare and safety. Gayle continues working on a ‘pyramid of education’ model – an educational approach that provides learning pathways for career development at all levels (youth education > industry skills > Equine Certificates and Diploma >leading to higher education) in the equine industry. In collaboration with the Office of Open Learning, Gayle developed the Equine Studies program targeted to the equine industry to provide over 20 online courses that can be combined for Business, Science and Welfare Certificates or an Equine Studies Diploma. She also acts as an instructor in many of the courses, and also for several courses on The Horse Portal. Her horse background includes years of experience in both racing and non-racing sectors of the industry. Gayle completed her Hon. B.A. at Western in Human Exercise Physiology, with an Athletic Injuries focus, followed by her B.Ed from Althouse College. Her M.Sc. was completed at University of Guelph, where she did research on fluid and electrolyte losses in horses over long distance riding and she was part of the On To Atlanta research team from Canada studying heat stress and acclimation in horses. She is also Certified in Equine Welfare Assessment from Colorado State.