News & Features
'Flexibility and choice' needed for athletic uniforms: U of T's Catherine Sabiston
Posted:What’s your take on this particular uniform regulation?
Regulations for uniforms without any flexibility and choice demonstrate a lack of regard for the athlete’s integrity and sense of self, a…
Sex testing at the Olympics should be abolished once and for all
Posted:Like the proverbial whack-a-mole, the Olympic sex test keeps coming back — with disastrous effects for women athletes across the globe — no matter how many times athletes and human rights’ advocates…
The STEAM Sisters win 2021 Youth Media Alliance Award of Excellence
Posted:An episode featuring Jenni Sidey-Gibbons, an astronaut with the Canadian Space Agency, was recently selected as the winner of the 2021 Youth Media Alliance Award of Excellence for Best Program, Short…
The Olympics are ‘on the wrong side of history’ when it comes to free speech: Bruce Kidd in The Conversation
Posted:The advocates include Canadian decathlete Damien Warner, an Olympic bronze medallist in 2016, who has said: “If there’s something on their mind, then athletes should be allowed to speak.” The IOC, he…
Erin Willson wins award for study exploring Canadian youth athletes’ experiences of maltreatment
Posted:The project seeks to understand the prevalence of athlete’s experiences of all forms of harm in Canadian sport, including sexual, physical and emotional, and to explore how race, gender and sexual…
KPE celebrates class of 2021 in virtual graduation reception
Posted:Dressed in his ceremonial convocation robe, Professor Ira Jacobs, dean of KPE, congratulated the newly minted graduates on their tremendous achievements.
“During my time as dean, I have enjoyed many…
U of T mourns 750 people discovered in unmarked graves at residential school in Regina
Posted:As we learn of the more than 750 unmarked graves found on the grounds of Regina’s former Marieval Indian Residential School, we are once more confronting a shameful period of Canadian history that…
Meet the 2021 KPE graduates
Posted:When Hassan Adenola moved with his family from Nigeria to Canada at age 10, everything was different - the people, the climate, the language. But, he discovered a love of basketball in middle school…
U of T hosts vaccine clinic pow wow at Varsity Stadium
Posted:Steve Teekens, the executive director of Na-Me-Res, a Toronto emergency shelter for Indigenous men, said the clinic was held to provide First Nations, Inuit and Métis people with a culturally safe…
Man with a plan: Dean Ira Jacobs leaves legacy of building capacity and driving change
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“I told him this was a special call because it was the first time I was speaking to him as a dean at his alma mater,” says Jacobs. “His response was that he now knows how his parents must…
Support Through Sport: Helping coaches influence healthy relationships of teen athletes
Posted:The surveyed athletes shared that they believe coaches have a role to play in listening, supporting and educating athletes in the event of a conflict in their relationship. The coaches’ responses, on…
Naomi Osaka forces important conversations: Q & A with KPE’s Simon Darnell
Posted:There is much talk in sport about the importance of letting your body recover from the physical strain of training or playing a sport. However, there doesn’t seem to be as much talk about mental…