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The pressure's on: can restricting blood flow to athletes’ limbs boost performance?
Posted:But could it be used to enhance athletic performance?
“IPC has been shown to have a protective effect on the body’s tissues to subsequent ischemic episodes – events where there is inadequate blood…
U of T dance team crowned champions of all three competitions this past season
Posted:“This is the first time UofT has ever won a competition and to my knowledge, no team has ever won all three in a row,” says Tong, a fourth-year student of industrial engineering, who started dancing…
The IMPACT of training: Old-school fundamentals meet cutting-edge sports science
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IMPACT is a gym-based training regimen that combines old-school fundamentals with cutting-edge sports science. Working with barbells and dumbbells, kettle bells and medicine balls, participants…
Black History Month 2023: What's on across U of T's three campuses
Posted:Feb 1. – Feb. 4
BE-STEMM 2023 Conference
The Canadian Black Scientists Network is hosting a four-day virtual conference that brings together researchers in Science, Technology, Engineering,…
Joe’s Basketball Diaries Episode 6: Women in Sports
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Guests highlight the systemic and structural nature of sexism and racism in sports, and the importance of representation – particularly in leadership.
“You can’t be what you can’t see,” says …
Joe's Basketball Diaries Episode 3: The model minority
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“I was called Yao Ming my whole life growing up, and I just wanted to be Jeremy Lin,” says basketball star Jeremy Lin.
Wong, who has written about the personal impact of anti-Asian racism, is…
Joe’s Basketball Diaries Episode 2: Athletes and mental health
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What expectations do athletes face? Are Black and racialized women athletes more likely to face scrutiny if they open up about mental health? And are organizations changing to destigmatize mental…
2022 Qatar World Cup: Varsity Blues soccer coach & captain discuss the Greatest Show on Earth
Posted:The day before the match that broke the spell, the University of Toronto Varsity Blues men’s soccer team trained with the national team at BMO field, “an experience the boys will never forget,”…
Joe’s Basketball Diaries: U of T video series focuses on the bigger stories behind our favourite sports
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Within seconds, the discussion is no longer simply about that moment, or even basketball per se, but about us, our city and society more broadly – all through the lens of sport.
“I don’t do…
‘The longest-lasting injury’: U of T marks Orange Shirt Day, National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
Posted:As many as 100 people – most wearing orange shirts – attended a ceremony at Hart House on the St. George campus that was streamed live over YouTube, where hundreds more watched.
Keynote speaker …
Major League Medicine: My Role as the Blue Jays’ Team Doctor
Posted:Growing up in Toronto, I loved baseball. I played in a city neighbourhood league out of Christie Pits — even making the cut for the touring team that traveled all over Ontario.
As a family, we also…
Seven ways to connect with campus life at U of T
Posted:This year’s back-to-school season promises to be bigger than ever at the University of Toronto.
With many upper-year students returning to campus in earnest after two years of virtual and hybrid…