News & Features
Gambling is strangling the beauty of sports, says KPE's Bruce Kidd
Posted:Ever since the federal government officially lifted its ban on single-game sports betting in 2021, enabling provinces to legalize it in their own jurisdictions, watching sports on TV has felt like…
Varsity Blues honour 2021-22 top student-athletes
Posted:University of Toronto Vice-Provost of Students, Sandy Welsh, Professor Gretchen Kerr, dean of the Faculty of Kinesiology & Physical Education, as well as Beth Ali, executive director of athletics…
2023 Reception for Scholars: Celebrating a culture of generosity and compassion
Posted:“The entire Faculty stepped in to support me,” he said. “From sending me emails, to stopping me in the hallways to ask me how I was doing, inviting me for coffee or lunch …
“I’ll never forget this…
Student athlete Will Brooks on creating his own path
Posted:After switching his major from human biology to kinesiology, University of Toronto Varsity Blues catcher Will Brooks has found his calling.
“While I have always enjoyed the sciences, I realized that…
These 2-minute exercise bursts may be better than your regular workout
Posted:Here’s an easy and effective way to add physical activity to your daily routine during the new year: turn your exercise into a snack.
New research shows exercise “snacks,” which consist of brief…
From problems to solutions: U of T sport scholars outline steps to address challenges facing Canadian sport
Posted:The sport scholars addressed issues such as widespread maltreatment and abuse of athletes and other participants, including referees, the lack of participation by women, girls, persons with…
Happy Holidays from Dean Gretchen Kerr
Posted:As the Fall term comes to a close, I want to take a moment to reflect on the past few months. They have been eventful, inspiring, challenging and rewarding, to say the least. The term started with U…
Joe's Basketball Diaries Episode 3: The model minority
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“I was called Yao Ming my whole life growing up, and I just wanted to be Jeremy Lin,” says basketball star Jeremy Lin.
Wong, who has written about the personal impact of anti-Asian racism, is…
'Enormous pride': Faculty of Kinesiology & Physical Education celebrates classes of 2020 and 2021
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A couple of days later, an email from the faculty explained classes would be shifting to a virtual format due to COVID-19, “something none of us, students or faculty, were truly prepared for,”…
Canada’s first ever physical activity report card for children and adolescents with disabilities released
Posted:Led by Kelly Arbour-Nicitopoulos, an associate professor at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education (KPE), the panel of experts used a set of previously established…
The hope of the World Cup: Musings of a student blogger
Posted:Like so many other students, I’ve become possessed by the FIFA World Cup that’s taking place in Qatar - from waking up early, sometimes as early as 5 a.m., to catch a match to staying up late to…
Recognizing the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women
Posted:On December 6, 33 years will have passed since the Montreal Massacre. On that day in 1989, 14 young women—the youngest aged 20 and the eldest, 31—were murdered at Montreal’s École Polytechnique (now…