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Raising funds, lifting spirits: KPE alumna leads fundraising efforts for Kids Help Phone during COVID-19
Posted:Jenny Yuen, vice president of national partnerships and chief community officer at Kids Help Phone, is an alumna of the Faculty's physical education and health program
According to Jenny Yuen, vice…
Elizabeth Mortimer Roberts celebrates her 100 birthday
Posted:Betty currently resides in Madison, Wisconsin, where she retired in 1989 after spending 28 years on the Physical Education/Kinesiology faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW-M). In…
Varsity Blues Tennis Coach Helps to Share the Love of the Game in Rwanda
Posted:As both a Varsity Blues alumnus and Varsity Blues tennis coach, Ian Griffin (1974) has an undeniable passion for the game. And for the past decade, he’s been helping to spread that love of the game…
Blues Tennis Coach Nabil Tadros Keeping Kids Active in Egypt
Posted:It was a simple coincidence that connected Varsity Blues Men’s Tennis Coach Nabil Tadros to the orphanage-turned-school in Egypt that has since become a central part of his life. Nabil, who is also a…
A degree in PHE leads to friendship for life
Posted:In September of 1974, Vince Diniz, Doug Fox and Greg Sora were among the first-year students in the University of Toronto’s School of Physical and Health Education (PHE), a precursor to the Faculty…
KPE alumni recognized with Arbor Awards for outstanding volunteering service
Posted:KPE's winners of the 2018 Arbor Awards, Debbie Low and Thomas Nguyen, are flanked by Beth Ali, executive director of athletics and physical activity (left) and Ashley Stirling, vice dean of academic…
Meet the KPE alum named Best Teacher in the World
Posted:After defending her thesis, which dealt with basketball as a medium of female empowerment in Tanzania, MacDonnell applied for a teaching job in Salluit, Que. The province’s second-most northern…
A tale of friendship: from U of T to Zambia
Posted:Chintu was a student in the Faculty of Medicine at U of T, who went on to be known as the “father of pediatrics” in his native Zambia. He was also a brilliant member of the U of T track and field…
U of T’s Maggie MacDonnell wins Global Teacher Prize 2017
Posted:“The definition of a teacher here is a lot more broad than it might be if you were a teacher in Toronto, Halifax or Montreal,” MacDonnell says in a video posted by the Varkey Foundation, which awards…
Career Café gets KPE undergrads thinking about the less treaded path to the future
Posted:Stephanie Rudnick had it all figured out. The Bachelor of Physical Health and Education (BPHE) graduate and Varsity Blues basketball player was going to complete her degree in five years, become an…
Transforming popsicles one Happy Pop at a time
Posted:Health and nutrition have played a big role in Leila’s life. A recent graduate of the University of Toronto’s Kinesiology program, she understands the importance of staying healthy and eating right.…
Paul Carson honoured with Thomas R. Loudon Award
Posted:Carson has been associated with the athletics and recreation program at the University of Toronto and the OUA/CIS for more than 50 years.
As a student, he was involved with game operations for…