News & Features
Keeping the community spirit alive: KPE launches KINections
Posted:Ask any student at the Faculty of Kinesiology & Physical Education (KPE) what they love most about KPE and you’ll probably get the same answer: the sense of community.
This fall, that community…
An unprecedented week in sport: U of T experts weigh in on major leagues postponing games and matches to protest racial injustice
Posted:We spoke to Assistant Professor Janelle Joseph and Associate Professor Simon Darnell of the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education about the unprecedented week in sport…
Dean's Welcome Message - September 3
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Welcome to a new academic year at the Faculty of Kinesiology & Physical Education (KPE)! The start of a new academic year is always an exciting time, rich with potential for new experiences…
U of T multi-sport summer program brings joy to children, relief for parents
Posted:So, when the University of Toronto's Sport & Recreation division decided to offer a summer multi-sport program for children of the university’s staff, faculty, librarians and students, many…
From Singapore to Saskatchewan; A Varsity Blues’ pandemic journey
Posted:Brenna Hamel is on the Varsity Blues track and field team (photo by Seyran Mammadov)
Hamel wasted no time and was on a flight to her hometown of Shellbrook, Saskatchewan, 140km north of Saskatoon,…
KPE well represented in new sport coaching book
Posted:David Cooper, on the far right in the back row, with the 2014-15 Varsity Blues women's squash team (photo by Jill Clark)
The book, called Tactical Decision-Making in Sport: How Coaches Can Help…
Plans for future pandemics should include strengthening community sport and sport for development, say KPE experts
Posted:Sport England, an arms-length body of government responsible for growing and developing grassroots sport and getting more people active across England, found a small impact of COVID-19 on overall…
In conversation with Tamara Tatham, the Varsity Blues interim head coach of the women’s basketball team
Posted:This week, the U of T community was invited to join Tatham and Sportsnet’s Donnovan Bennett online in a wide ranging Q & A that touched upon the issue of race and gender in sport, her coaching…
Color of Hockey: Lowe's jersey finds home in Hockey Hall of Fame:Forward became Canada's first Black Olympic player in 1984
Posted:Darren Lowe isn't in the Hockey Hall of Fame. But his jersey is, thanks to Will Tudoroff.
Tudoroff recently gave the Hall the red and white jersey that Lowe wore at the 1984 Sarajevo Olympics, when…
U of T study finds style of athletic clothing can have an impact on women’s motor performance
Posted:According to a new study from the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education, wearing tight and revealing outfits over loose and concealing clothing may have a negative …
Varsity Blues hockey player lends a helping hand during COVID-19
Posted:Curtis Harvey flanked by his father Dave and mother Jayne (photo courtesy of Curtis Harvey)
Countless students headed home when the university announced the cancellation of all in-person classes due…
Labs may be closed, but research is humming along at the Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education
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Sara Sutherland will be going into her third year of kinesiology in September. The Varsity Blues water polo player is the recipient of the University of Toronto Excellence Award (UTEA) in social…