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KPE's Catherine Sabiston named Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences
Posted:Thirteen University of Toronto researchers have been named Fellows of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (CAHS) in recognition of their leadership, creativity and commitment to advancing…
TISS speaker series launches with a panel discussion on the potential of AI within sport science & medicine
Posted:On September 13, Jacobs, who is a professor and former dean at the U of T Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education (KPE), hosted the institute’s first speaker series with a panel discussion on…
FIBA Basketball World Cup results explained: Q & A with Ira Jacobs & Allon Bross
Posted:Jacobs is a professor of exercise physiology and former dean in the Faculty of Kinesiology & Physical Education (KPE), and director of the University of Toronto Tanenbaum Institute for Science in…
2023 Orange Shirt Day and National Day for Truth & Reconciliation Commemoration
Posted:The University of Toronto will commemorate the day on Friday, September 29th with remarks from Alexandra Gillespie, Vice-President & Principal, University of Toronto Mississauga, and Rose Patten…
Coming full circle: KPE alum Sabrina Razack appointed assistant professor at the Faculty
Posted:Razack graduated with a PhD from KPE with a collaborative specialization in women and gender studies. Her doctoral research, Joy as a mode of resistance: Black Girl Hockey Club’s ongoing quest for…
Canadian Disability Participation Project, featuring KPE researcher as co-investigator, awarded $2.5 million in SSRHC Partnership Grant
Posted:“This grant builds on the CDPP 1.0 project, also funded via a SSHRC Partnership Grant in 2013, to address issues of inequitable access to quality physical activity for Canadians with disabilities,”…
Meet Zainab Bilal, KPE’s 2023 Pearson scholar
Posted:“I’ve been studying sciences my whole life—chemistry, physics, biology… and anatomy in particular. Learning about the human body is almost like uncovering a story. It’s mesmerizing,” she said.
The…
Catherine Sabiston receives SSHRC Partnership Grant for research project focusing on girls and youth in sport
Posted:Catherine Sabiston, a professor at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Kinesiology & Physical Education (KPE) knows sport has the power to transform lives and boost mental health.
“Community…
Welcome to the 2023/24 academic year: a message from Dean Gretchen Kerr
Posted:Welcome to the 2023-24 academic year at the Faculty of Kinesiology & Physical Education!
I hope you’ve had a fantastic summer, one replete with rest, connection, movement and play. As the summer…
KPE alum takes his skills around the world with Swimming Canada
Posted:When Ron Castro graduated from the University of Toronto's undergraduate kinesiology program in 2005 (then called the Bachelor of Physical Education & Health), his career direction was decidedly…
Could psychedelics be used to help manage athletes' mental health?
Posted:Why do people who take DMT, a powerful psychedelic drug, feel a strong sense of familiarity about places, things or entities that are not a part of waking life?
David Lawrence, a medical director at…
KPE welcomes new faculty member, Indigenous scholar Tricia McGuire-Adams
Posted:She received her PhD from the Faculty of Health Sciences (Human Kinetics) at the University of Ottawa, from which she published a book titled Indigenous feminist gikendaasowin (knowledge):…