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Survey to assess nature and quality of Team Canada’s athlete experiences
Posted:The goal of the survey will be to develop an enhanced understanding of national team athletes’ experiences within their National Sport Organization (NSO) environment to help address systemic…
Bodies of Knowledge student conference highlights importance of equity, diversity and inclusion in research practice and design
Posted:The theme of the 2022 conference was equity, diversity and inclusion in research practice and design, and featured Nicole Kaniki, U of T’s first director of equity, diversity and inclusion in…
Statement from the Vice-President, People Strategy, Equity & Culture and the Executive Director, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion on the Mass Shooting in Buffalo
Posted:We recognize that this event and other recent events of intersecting forms of racial violence have imposed an enormous burden of pain, fear, anger, and fatigue on racialized members of our community…
Sixth annual Honouring Our Students Pow Wow brings together Indigenous community
Posted:On a recent sunny afternoon at the University of Toronto’s back campus fields, Lua Mondor took her place in front of the cameras.
With music by Young Tribe blaring on the speakers, the metal cones…
KPE’s Sandhya Mylabathula wins 2022 Course Instructor Teaching Excellence Award
Posted:Mylabathula won the award for her course on the impact of concussions – from management and recovery to concussion policy and science communication.
“Winning the CI Teaching Excellence Award feels…
“KPE provided me with a community, family & team,” says winner of Dean’s Student Leadership Award
Posted:Professor Gretchen Kerr, dean of KPE, congratulated the awarded students on behalf of the Faculty, telling them she was “impressed by their commitment and enthusiasm for their academic, athletic and…
With new documentary, KPE alumna – and former Olympian – explores how women are defined in sport
Posted:“The hours and hours and hours of preparation. The sort of monomaniacal focus. The idea that you can never give up. Fighting to the finish … There’s a total commitment, and also a lot of learning…
Data for change: Embracing demographics to advance equity in sport
Posted:The project aimed to clarify the value of embracing data practices concerning race and other identity factors for organizations working to achieve greater equity for youth in sport, while calling…
The politics of sport: KPE's Simon Darnell on Wimbledon's ban of Russian and Belarusian players
Posted:The Championships, held annually at the All England Club in London, broke from the rest of the tennis world since Russian tennis players have been allowed to remain on the ATP and WTA tours following…
KPE experts contribute to digital book on safe sport movement in Canada
Posted:Recently, Professor Gretchen Kerr, dean of KPE, Professor Emeritus Bruce Kidd, U of T’s ombudsman, Professor Emeritus Peter Donnelly, sessional instructor Marcus Mazzucco, senior research associate…
U of T ranked first in Canada across all five categories in QS World University Rankings by Subject 2022
Posted:U of T also ranked among the top 25 universities globally in 32 specific subjects – a feat matched by only six other schools: Harvard University, the University of California, Berkeley, Stanford…
U of T celebrates student athletes with in person award ceremony
Posted:“These have been two long, extraordinary years,” said Gretchen Kerr, professor and dean at the Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education (KPE) in her welcome address. “We missed celebrating all…