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Happy Holidays from Dean Gretchen Kerr
Posted:As the Fall term comes to a close, I want to take a moment to reflect on the past few months. They have been eventful, inspiring, challenging and rewarding, to say the least. The term started with U…
Joe's Basketball Diaries Episode 3: The model minority
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“I was called Yao Ming my whole life growing up, and I just wanted to be Jeremy Lin,” says basketball star Jeremy Lin.
Wong, who has written about the personal impact of anti-Asian racism, is…
'Enormous pride': Faculty of Kinesiology & Physical Education celebrates classes of 2020 and 2021
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A couple of days later, an email from the faculty explained classes would be shifting to a virtual format due to COVID-19, “something none of us, students or faculty, were truly prepared for,”…
Canada’s first ever physical activity report card for children and adolescents with disabilities released
Posted:Led by Kelly Arbour-Nicitopoulos, an associate professor at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education (KPE), the panel of experts used a set of previously established…
The hope of the World Cup: Musings of a student blogger
Posted:Like so many other students, I’ve become possessed by the FIFA World Cup that’s taking place in Qatar - from waking up early, sometimes as early as 5 a.m., to catch a match to staying up late to…
Recognizing the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women
Posted:On December 6, 33 years will have passed since the Montreal Massacre. On that day in 1989, 14 young women—the youngest aged 20 and the eldest, 31—were murdered at Montreal’s École Polytechnique (now…
Joe’s Basketball Diaries Episode 2: Athletes and mental health
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What expectations do athletes face? Are Black and racialized women athletes more likely to face scrutiny if they open up about mental health? And are organizations changing to destigmatize mental…
Can restricting blood flow to limbs while training boost athletic performance? KPE’s Liam O’Brien investigates
Posted:“IPC has been shown to have a protective effect on the body’s tissues to subsequent ischemic episodes – events where there is inadequate blood supply and, therefore, oxygen supply to a tissue or…
Hiking to de-stress: Student blogger takes a break from studying
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In nature, you can get away from the hustle and bustle of the big city, school or whatever philosophical problem you might be currently exorcised by (for me, it’s the problem--of the problem--of…
How is Qatar’s temperature affecting World Cup athletes? KPE's Ira Jacobs explains
Posted:After their first two World Cup games, the outcome of the Canadian men’s national team games is somewhat predictable. They’ll start off strong, with a high press, lots of energy, and ruthless…
Beyond the pitch: KPE's Simon Darnell on the controversies swirling around the World Cup in Qatar
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Simon Darnell
Earlier this month, FIFA’s president Gianni Infantino wrote to all competing nations asking them to “focus on football,” but that hasn’t stopped some teams, players, fans and human…
2022 Qatar World Cup: Varsity Blues soccer coach & captain discuss the Greatest Show on Earth
Posted:The day before the match that broke the spell, the University of Toronto Varsity Blues men’s soccer team trained with the national team at BMO field, “an experience the boys will never forget,”…