News & Features
Canadian Disability Participation Project, featuring KPE researcher as co-investigator, awarded $2.5 million in SSRHC Partnership Grant
Posted:“This grant builds on the CDPP 1.0 project, also funded via a SSHRC Partnership Grant in 2013, to address issues of inequitable access to quality physical activity for Canadians with disabilities,”…
Meet Zainab Bilal, KPE’s 2023 Pearson scholar
Posted:“I’ve been studying sciences my whole life—chemistry, physics, biology… and anatomy in particular. Learning about the human body is almost like uncovering a story. It’s mesmerizing,” she said.
The…
Catherine Sabiston receives SSHRC Partnership Grant for research project focusing on girls and youth in sport
Posted:Catherine Sabiston, a professor at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Kinesiology & Physical Education (KPE) knows sport has the power to transform lives and boost mental health.
“Community…
Welcome to the 2023/24 academic year: a message from Dean Gretchen Kerr
Posted:Welcome to the 2023-24 academic year at the Faculty of Kinesiology & Physical Education!
I hope you’ve had a fantastic summer, one replete with rest, connection, movement and play. As the summer…
KPE alum takes his skills around the world with Swimming Canada
Posted:When Ron Castro graduated from the University of Toronto's undergraduate kinesiology program in 2005 (then called the Bachelor of Physical Education & Health), his career direction was decidedly…
Could psychedelics be used to help manage athletes' mental health?
Posted:Why do people who take DMT, a powerful psychedelic drug, feel a strong sense of familiarity about places, things or entities that are not a part of waking life?
David Lawrence, a medical director at…
KPE welcomes new faculty member, Indigenous scholar Tricia McGuire-Adams
Posted:She received her PhD from the Faculty of Health Sciences (Human Kinetics) at the University of Ottawa, from which she published a book titled Indigenous feminist gikendaasowin (knowledge):…
Talk It Out, Work It Out: collaboration between U of T social work and kinesiology marries mental and physical health for local seniors
Posted:It’s Friday morning and the Jane/Finch Centre is rocking to the soca groove of Kevin Rougier and Mr. Legz.
Inside, the revelers, all of them seniors, are up out of their chairs. One 83-year-old…
Kingsley Belele scores a hat trick: soccer, studies, scholarships
Posted:I was playing with Woodbridge Soccer club and the Varsity Blues head coach reached out to me.
This was after high school. First we were just talking, and then he showed me around U of T and told me…
U of T ranked 21st globally, 2nd among North American public universities: QS World University Rankings
Posted:U of T climbed 13 spots in the latest edition of the highly regarded annual ranking by U.K. analytics firm Quacquarelli Symonds, placing it first in Canada and 21st out of the 1499 universities…
Madeleine Orr appointed assistant professor, sociocultural studies of physical activity and health
Posted:Orr’s work bridges sport management, natural resource science, and environmental policy research. She is recognized for her theoretical contribution in establishing sport ecology as an area of study…
Joseph Baker appointed professor at KPE and inaugural chair in sport science, data modelling and sport analytics at TISS
Posted:Baker completed his PhD in motor learning and skill acquisition at Queen’s University in 2003. He completed a post-doctoral year between 2003-04 in physical activity epidemiology at Queen’s…