News & Features
Black History Month feature: Marlene Donaldson
Posted:A member of the Varsity Blues from 1996 to 2000, Donaldson became the first University of Toronto student-athlete to earn CIAU all-Canadian honours in rugby in 1998. A four-year captain with the…
Faculty of Kinesiology & Physical Education reaches out to Black high school students with new March break program
Posted:The University of Toronto’s Faculty of Kinesiology & Physical Education (KPE) is offering new March break program this year that targets Black high school students in the Greater Toronto Area who…
Figure skating furor: KPE expert on the doping scandal gripping Beijing Games
Posted:Valieva tested positive for the heart medication, trimetazidine, at the Russian national competition in December, but the lab result didn't surface until a week ago – only after she had helped…
Safiya Muharuma, a common link between some of Varsity Blues’ most successful women’s hockey teams
Posted:Whether it is as a player or as an assistant coach for the past eight years, Muharuma has been a part of the last four Varsity Blues teams to win an OUA championship (2000, 2001, 2003, 2020).
As a…
Outburst by Blackhawks exec highlights need to challenge culture of abuse in sport: U of T's Simon Darnell
Posted:Wirtz cut off the team's CEO, his son Danny, while he was answering a reporter's questions, and said: “What we're going to do today is our business... I think you should get onto the next subject…
U of T experts weigh in on whether to mix intermittent fasting and exercise
Posted:Matthew Lees and Eric Williamson, both of the University of Toronto's Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education, have studied the effects of intermittent fasting on muscle health in the general…
Learning to lead through movement: KPE launches new leadership program for BIPOC students
Posted:Facilitators of the program are racialized women, who have focused their professional careers on serving the BIPOC population.
“They are all well known in the Greater Toronto Area for their physical…
COVID-19 takes toll on health of children and youth with disabilities: KPE researchers
Posted:Kelly Arbour-Nicitopoulos, an associate professor in the Faculty of Kinesiology & Physical Education (KPE), and her team found that 17 per cent of children and 24 per cent of youth with…
Got a snack craving? Student blogger shares her recipe for chocolate chip protein bites
Posted:These chocolate chip protein bites are extremely easy to make and hit the spot while also being extremely healthy at the same time. They are my go-to when I am not quite ready for a meal, but have a…
International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust
Posted:In 2005, the United Nations General Assembly declared January 27 as the International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust.
January 27 marks the liberation—just 77 years…
January 19 Update from the Dean re: Winter 2022 term
Posted:Updated: January 19, 2022
Dear KPE students,
I hope you’ve been keeping well over the past few weeks. As a follow up to the University’s January 19 message about the gradual return to campus, I am…