News & Features
The role of cricket in an inclusive city: KPE's Peter Donnelly shares insights in new book by Toronto author
Posted:Cricket has been part of the colonial Canadian imagination longer than the Canadian project itself. According to Peter Donnelly, a University of Toronto professor of sports policy and politics,…
KINections Research Labs Café offers undergraduate students a glimpse into the world of research
Posted:KINections, launched at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic to keep KPE students connected and engaged, has been offering a variety of programs and events designed by students for students, including…
KPE snatches four out of 10 SIRC Researcher Practitioner Match Grants
Posted:KPE doctoral student Michael Jorgensen is one of the recipients of the SIRC Researcher/Practitioner Match Grants for a project investigating referee experiences managing concussion injury risk in…
KINections Career Café presents women in kinesiology and physical education
Posted:While the Faculty hosts an annual Career Café that draws a big crowd of alumni to share their career stories with students, Sandhya Mylabathula, a doctoral student at the Faculty, came up with the…
KPE students help keep youth, seniors and special needs groups active during lockdown
Posted:Under the faculty’s KINections program, students filmed themselves performing movement breaks called Movement Minutes for a variety of community partners, including schools, youth groups, children…
Researchers at KPE team up with Ontario University Athletics for anti-racism study
Posted:“With 9,500 student athletes, 200 coaches and 2,000 athletic staff, OUA is an ideal focus of research and action on anti-racism in sport and in education,” says Joseph, an assistant professor in the…
No lab? No problem. KPE student finds benefits to socially distant research
Posted:Michael Rosenblat, left, and Professor Scott Thomas presented a talk at the Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology conference in 2018 (image courtesy of Michael Rosenblat)Michael Rosenblat, a…
Gretchen Kerr appointed dean of U of T's Faculty of Kinesiology & Physical Education
Posted:Currently the vice-dean, programs and innovation at U of T’s School of Graduate Studies, Kerr will assume her new role at KPE on July 1, 2021 for a five-year term.
Being named dean of KPE marks yet…
KPE students who crushed it in 2020
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Maeghan James is a second year PhD candidate studying under the supervision of Associate Professor Kelly Arbour-Nicitopoulos. Her research is focused on physical literacy in the early years,…
KINections keeps spirits high at KPE
Posted:“Working collaboratively with KPE student groups, Sport & Rec and U of T Student Life, KINections delivers curated activities that support student wellness and success,” says Wendy Pais, KPE’s…
Minister of Heritage applauds launch of Research Hub for Gender+ Equity in Sport
Posted:Directed by Professor Gretchen Kerr from the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education, Professor Guylaine Demers of Laval University and Professor Ann Pegoraro of the…