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Reaching ahead to kinesiology: New March break program wraps up
Posted:“I thought the States were my best option for that, but after touring the Varsity Centre and seeing the courts in the Goldring Centre, suddenly U of T came out on top,” he said.
Layla Pottinger, a…
Canadian sport gets a low grade on gender equity: Q & A with Dean Gretchen Kerr
Posted:The researchers looked at data on leadership positions and athlete participation in Canadian National Sport Organizations (NSOs), with a spotlight on Hockey Canada, and Team Canada at the 2022 Winter…
KPE entrepreneur series: PhD student launches cardiovascular screening startup
Posted:Stephanie Buryk-Iggers is on a personal mission to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease. The second-year PhD student in the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Kinesiology & Physical…
“Hopefully, they’ll reflect on their good fortunes and come to a reasonable deal,” KPE prof on MLB lockout
Posted:Why is this happening now and what does it mean for the start of the season?
This is happening because Major League Baseball, like most professional sports, regularly struggles to come to an…
Faculty of Kinesiology & Physical Education reaches out to Black high school students with new March break program
Posted:The University of Toronto’s Faculty of Kinesiology & Physical Education (KPE) is offering new March break program this year that targets Black high school students in the Greater Toronto Area who…
Figure skating furor: KPE expert on the doping scandal gripping Beijing Games
Posted:Valieva tested positive for the heart medication, trimetazidine, at the Russian national competition in December, but the lab result didn't surface until a week ago – only after she had helped…
Outburst by Blackhawks exec highlights need to challenge culture of abuse in sport: U of T's Simon Darnell
Posted:Wirtz cut off the team's CEO, his son Danny, while he was answering a reporter's questions, and said: “What we're going to do today is our business... I think you should get onto the next subject…
U of T experts weigh in on whether to mix intermittent fasting and exercise
Posted:Matthew Lees and Eric Williamson, both of the University of Toronto's Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education, have studied the effects of intermittent fasting on muscle health in the general…
Learning to lead through movement: KPE launches new leadership program for BIPOC students
Posted:Facilitators of the program are racialized women, who have focused their professional careers on serving the BIPOC population.
“They are all well known in the Greater Toronto Area for their physical…
COVID-19 takes toll on health of children and youth with disabilities: KPE researchers
Posted:Kelly Arbour-Nicitopoulos, an associate professor in the Faculty of Kinesiology & Physical Education (KPE), and her team found that 17 per cent of children and 24 per cent of youth with…
January 19 Update from the Dean re: Winter 2022 term
Posted:Updated: January 19, 2022
Dear KPE students,
I hope you’ve been keeping well over the past few weeks. As a follow up to the University’s January 19 message about the gradual return to campus, I am…