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‘I feel proud to be a woman in sport’: kin student & Blues midfielder Yasmeen Al-Kas shares her story
Posted:Growing up, I played soccer ever since I was eight. I knew I wanted to play at university.
I just didn’t know which university! But I came to one of the recruiting camps held at U of T where you…
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…
Kingsley Belele scores a hat trick: soccer, studies, scholarships
Posted:I was playing with Woodbridge Soccer club and the Varsity Blues head coach reached out to me.
This was after high school. First we were just talking, and then he showed me around U of T and told me…
“Your university experience is dictated by what you put into it": KPE grads share their experience
Posted:Mandy Wang knew she wanted to study kinesiology going into grade 12 because she wanted to learn more about the human body. In grade 10, she had gone to a summer camp at a medical school in Taiwan,…
From bake off to face off, KIN student combines her love of baking and sport
Posted:Lam learned from watching bakers work under pressure to meet challenging demands and applied those skills to operate her own cake business called Nateau.
“At the beginning, I was baking for family…
Student athlete Will Brooks on creating his own path
Posted:After switching his major from human biology to kinesiology, University of Toronto Varsity Blues catcher Will Brooks has found his calling.
“While I have always enjoyed the sciences, I realized that…
A former boxer and fitness trainer, KPE grad finds his calling in academic research
Posted:He qualified for the Commonwealth Games, but eventually decided not to pursue a boxing career further. Instead, he turned to personal training, which occupied the next 13 years of his life – and…
“If you weren't capable, the opportunity would have never come your way”: KPE graduate Anika Taylor
Posted:Taylor was taking a course on sport and popular culture at KPE and the instructor played the clip during a class discussion on sports and the media. In the clip, Ingraham tells LeBron to “shut up and…
KPE entrepreneur series: How Amanda Sottile is making the world more inclusive, one necklace at a time
Posted:“I decided then that I wanted to be a physical therapist for youth and individuals with physical disabilities,” she says.
Over the past three years as a kinesiology student, she has considered a…
In a challenging year, U of T students inspire hope for the future
Posted:The students who competed on world athletics’ highest stage
Kylie Masse and Lucia Stafford
Kylie Masse, who graduated from the Faculty of Kinesiology & Physical Education this year, ascended…
From learning to teaching: KPE students share their experience with knowledge translation
Posted:Megan Torrance, Sephora Sandor and Stephen Stothers-Robertson have all gone through one or more courses on physical activity pedagogy taught by KPE Assistant Professor Tracia Finlay-Watson, who says…
Meet the KPE students graduating this fall
Posted:Brenaven (Bren) Kugamoorthy was always passionate about sport, especially basketball. As a student of the Bill Crothers Secondary School, he competed for their varsity prep team across Canada and the…