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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 impacted by climate hazards in her book called Warming up: How climate change is changing sport, due to come out on May 7 in…
U of T ranks among top 20 globally across all five broad fields tracked by QS World University Rankings by Subject
Posted:The University of Toronto is ranked among the top 20 universities globally across all five broad subject fields featured in the latest QS World University Rankings by Subject 2024 – including a…
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,…
AthletesCAN relaunching EDI membership survey in partnership with U of T and E-Alliance
Posted:The goal of the survey, which was originally unveiled in May 2022, is to assess the demographics of AthletesCAN members, the quality of their sport experiences with respect to EDI, and ways that EDI…
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…
Rankings show U of T enjoys broad public awareness
Posted:The University of Toronto is routinely ranked as one of the world’s top universities for research and teaching – and the public is taking notice.
Consistently ranked among the world’s top 25…
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…