News & Features
Riding the rocket to a career
Posted:Working alongside leading practitioners in downtown Toronto and across the GTA, students have the opportunity to network and advance their expertise through 600 hours of professional, structured…
MoveU blogger: What my injury has taught me
Posted:I loved leaping across the floor and adored all the cool outfits we got to wear for recitals, but I’ll admit, dancing was not my natural talent. Next, I played softball for four years and then came…
Meet the KPE students graduating this fall
Posted:Laksiitha Balasurbramaniam shows off her R. Tait McKenzie Society Award (photo provided by LB)Laksiitha Balasubramaniam completed her undergraduate degree in kinesiology before starting in U of T’s…
What is physical literacy and why does it matter? Q & A with Professor John Cairney
Posted:What is physical literacy?
Physical literacy refers to the competence, confidence and knowledge to be physically active for life. A single generation ago, many Canadian children had the opportunity…
Blues swimmers go from virtual to physical race against Britain's Loughborough University
Posted:Varsity Blues swimmers going into battle (photo by Martin Bazyl)
"This was a big initiative and I thank the Loughborough folks for getting onboard to help make it happen," he said. "I am always…
MoveU blogger: How my relationship with my body has evolved
Posted:I now understand that a person’s body type is influenced by many other factors, including genetics and metabolism, but I didn’t have that knowledge when I was younger. So I started counting calories…
Professor Scott Thomas recognized by The Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology
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"This award means a lot to me. It highlights the importance of our efforts to make exercise for health safe, effective and accessible to Canadians," said Thomas.
His research into the role of…
KPE student is one of the G(irls)20
Posted:Fourth year student of Kinesiology and Physical Education Ambareen-Rose Velji represented Canada at the 2018 G(irls)20 Summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Velji’s application was greatly helped by the…
MoveU blogger: Embracing Halloween with Scary Skate
Posted:I always looked forward to our annual trip to Walmart to costume-hunt, me and my sister racing through the aisles of costumes, yanking one after another off the rack. To be a vampire or a witch--…
KPE remembers Guido Geisler, mental training coach for the Varsity men’s soccer program
Posted:Previous to that he led theoretical and applied courses in sport/performance psychology at the University of Edinburgh and at the University of Toronto (U of T), where he taught the theory and…
KPE remembers Dr. Brian Pronger, scholar and activist
Posted:“This is a great loss for the Faculty and the critical study of sports and physical activity. Brian challenged us to question our traditional thinking in so many ways—about science and received…
KPE alumni recognized with Arbor Awards for outstanding volunteering service
Posted:KPE's winners of the 2018 Arbor Awards, Debbie Low and Thomas Nguyen, are flanked by Beth Ali, executive director of athletics and physical activity (left) and Ashley Stirling, vice dean of academic…