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The role of physical activity and sport in reconciliation: A conversation with Wilton Littlechild
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At the time, Littlechild could only speak Cree, but English would become the only language he was allowed to speak for the next 14 years that he spent in the residential school system, a network of…
KPE's Michael Jorgensen discusses concussion research with CBC Sports
Posted:Michael Jorgensen believes he's suffered two concussions playing rugby, including one that caused him to miss the opportunity to take the law school admission test when he was in university.
Now a…
New project to raise awareness about equity, diversity and inclusion in health research
Posted:The project, called Navigating EDIIA in physical activity and health research: Defining terminology and approaches, was spearheaded by Eun-Young Lee of Queen’s University and funded by the Canadian…
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…
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,”…
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…
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):…
Talk It Out, Work It Out: collaboration between U of T social work and kinesiology marries mental and physical health for local seniors
Posted:It’s Friday morning and the Jane/Finch Centre is rocking to the soca groove of Kevin Rougier and Mr. Legz.
Inside, the revelers, all of them seniors, are up out of their chairs. One 83-year-old…
Madeleine Orr appointed assistant professor, sociocultural studies of physical activity and health
Posted:Orr’s work bridges sport management, natural resource science, and environmental policy research. She is recognized for her theoretical contribution in establishing sport ecology as an area of study…