News & Features

The role of cricket in an inclusive city: KPE's Peter Donnelly shares insights in new book by Toronto author

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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“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

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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

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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

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“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

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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…