News & Features
KPE hosts 24th annual Bertha Rosenstadt national undergraduate research conference
Posted:The multidisciplinary conference offers undergraduate students the opportunity to present literature reviews, critiques, term papers and findings from research projects covering a range of topics,…
AthletesCAN relaunching EDI membership survey in partnership with U of T and E-Alliance
Posted:The goal of the survey, which was originally unveiled in May 2022, is to assess the demographics of AthletesCAN members, the quality of their sport experiences with respect to EDI, and ways that EDI…
Inaugural Peter Donnelly lecture kicks off with talk on removing obstacles to sport & physical activity
Posted:Donnelly established the centre in 1999 to initiate research, publication, colloquia and public interventions on the most pressing issues of Canadian and international sports. At the time, it was…
Rankings show U of T enjoys broad public awareness
Posted:The University of Toronto is routinely ranked as one of the world’s top universities for research and teaching – and the public is taking notice.
Consistently ranked among the world’s top 25…
Town hall meeting provides update on how Faculty’s academic plan is progressing
Posted:KPE faculty and staff were treated to a surprise as they walked into the lecture hall in the Benson building recently to hear an update on the advances made towards realizing the Faculty’s academic…
KPE’s Wendy Pais, Timothy Linden & Darryl McSherry win Excellence Through Innovation award
Posted:Wendy Pais, registrar and director of student services, Timothy Linden, assistant registrar, and Darryl McSherry, student advisor at KPE, were all part of the university-wide Student Advising Service…
Reach Ahead to Kinesiology program hosts Black & Indigenous youth over March break
Posted:Following the initial success of the program, originally designed for Black high schoolers from the GTA interested in the study of health, sports and recreation, physical activity and movement, the…
TISS and DSI partner to seed research to advance wearable health technology
Posted:Wearable devices have long been praised as the future of healthcare, fitness tracking and athletics. However, the reliability of these devices has been hampered by the presence of motion artifacts,…
KPE student athlete centers movement in leadership program for racialized students
Posted:Juggling it all sparked questions on how to navigate leadership – and the body’s response in the process.
“In kinesiology, we often think about the body as something to train and prefect. This often…
Study finds protein requirements increased in endurance athletes, but similar between females and males
Posted:The study, recently published in the Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise flagship journal for the American College of Sports Medicine, was part of a doctoral thesis by Eric Williamson, who…
Documentary on women’s stickball kicks off International Women’s Day celebrations – and conversations
Posted:In the short film, the women reflect on the significance of stickball to their community and how they’ve had to enjoy it from the sidelines for many years because they were discouraged from taking…
KPE mourns Elizabeth (Betty) Mortimer, member of the first School of Physical and Health Education graduating class
Posted:On April 20, 2020, Dr. E.M. Roberts celebrated her 100th birthday some 77 years after receiving her BPHE degree. In 1943, Elizabeth (Betty) Mortimer was a member of the first School of Physical and…