News & Features
How climate change is changing sport: Q and A with sport ecologist Madeleine Orr
Posted:Orr shares stories of athletes, teams and events that have been directly affected by climate hazards in her book called Warming up: How climate change is changing sport, which also explores the…
KPE study explores why VR and AR technologies change how people interact with objects
Posted:“While virtual (VR) and augmented reality (AR) are often associated with gaming, these technologies are increasingly used in training for tasks that require hand-eye coordination through fine motor…
Dean’s Student Leadership Awards celebrate student leaders who contribute to Faculty’s mission
Posted:Winners of the 2024 Dean's Student Leadership AwardsProfessor Gretchen Kerr, dean of KPE, congratulated the students on all their accomplishments and said she was continually impressed by the…
TISS Research Accelerator Grants support research projects bridging sport science & sport medicine
Posted:“I’m very gratified that our first cycle of TISS Accelerator Grants attracted the attention of excellent groups of sport medicine and sport sciences researchers,” said TISS director Ira Jacobs, a…
Melissa deJonge among seven U of T graduate students awarded 2023-2024 Inlight Research Fellowships in support of mental health research
Posted:Seven students from across the University of Toronto are recipients of the 2023-2024 Inlight Research Fellowships awarded by Inlight Student Mental Health Research, a U of T institutional strategic…
KPE’s Allison Scully awarded Northrop Frye Award
Posted:Scully was part of a 14-member team that worked on the Academic and Advising Training Program (AATP) nominated by Rhonda McEwen, president and vice-chancellor of Victoria University, for the award,…
KPE hosts 24th annual Bertha Rosenstadt national undergraduate research conference
Posted:The multidisciplinary conference offers undergraduate students the opportunity to present literature reviews, critiques, term papers and findings from research projects covering a range of topics,…
Inaugural Peter Donnelly lecture kicks off with talk on removing obstacles to sport & physical activity
Posted:Donnelly established the centre in 1999 to initiate research, publication, colloquia and public interventions on the most pressing issues of Canadian and international sports. At the time, it was…
Town hall meeting provides update on how Faculty’s academic plan is progressing
Posted:KPE faculty and staff were treated to a surprise as they walked into the lecture hall in the Benson building recently to hear an update on the advances made towards realizing the Faculty’s academic…
KPE’s Wendy Pais, Timothy Linden & Darryl McSherry win Excellence Through Innovation award
Posted:Wendy Pais, registrar and director of student services, Timothy Linden, assistant registrar, and Darryl McSherry, student advisor at KPE, were all part of the university-wide Student Advising Service…
Reach Ahead to Kinesiology program hosts Black & Indigenous youth over March break
Posted:Following the initial success of the program, originally designed for Black high schoolers from the GTA interested in the study of health, sports and recreation, physical activity and movement, the…
KPE student athlete centers movement in leadership program for racialized students
Posted:Juggling it all sparked questions on how to navigate leadership – and the body’s response in the process.
“In kinesiology, we often think about the body as something to train and prefect. This often…