News & Features
KPE entrepreneur series: PhD student launches cardiovascular screening startup
Posted:Stephanie Buryk-Iggers is on a personal mission to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease. The second-year PhD student in the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Kinesiology & Physical…
“Hopefully, they’ll reflect on their good fortunes and come to a reasonable deal,” KPE prof on MLB lockout
Posted:Why is this happening now and what does it mean for the start of the season?
This is happening because Major League Baseball, like most professional sports, regularly struggles to come to an…
Statement from President Meric Gertler on the War in Ukraine
Posted:We have all witnessed President Putin’s decision to invade Ukraine with horror, outrage, anguish, and utter disbelief. On behalf of the University of Toronto, I condemn this decision and the violence…
Yat family scholarship to support Black student athletes
Posted:“My hope is that this scholarship will help varsity students have the same rewarding experience I did playing competitive soccer through school, without the financial stress,” he said.
The Yat…
Black History Month feature: Marlene Donaldson
Posted:A member of the Varsity Blues from 1996 to 2000, Donaldson became the first University of Toronto student-athlete to earn CIAU all-Canadian honours in rugby in 1998. A four-year captain with the…
Faculty of Kinesiology & Physical Education reaches out to Black high school students with new March break program
Posted:The University of Toronto’s Faculty of Kinesiology & Physical Education (KPE) is offering new March break program this year that targets Black high school students in the Greater Toronto Area who…
Figure skating furor: KPE expert on the doping scandal gripping Beijing Games
Posted:Valieva tested positive for the heart medication, trimetazidine, at the Russian national competition in December, but the lab result didn't surface until a week ago – only after she had helped…
Safiya Muharuma, a common link between some of Varsity Blues’ most successful women’s hockey teams
Posted:Whether it is as a player or as an assistant coach for the past eight years, Muharuma has been a part of the last four Varsity Blues teams to win an OUA championship (2000, 2001, 2003, 2020).
As a…
Outburst by Blackhawks exec highlights need to challenge culture of abuse in sport: U of T's Simon Darnell
Posted:Wirtz cut off the team's CEO, his son Danny, while he was answering a reporter's questions, and said: “What we're going to do today is our business... I think you should get onto the next subject…
U of T experts weigh in on whether to mix intermittent fasting and exercise
Posted:Matthew Lees and Eric Williamson, both of the University of Toronto's Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education, have studied the effects of intermittent fasting on muscle health in the general…
Learning to lead through movement: KPE launches new leadership program for BIPOC students
Posted:Facilitators of the program are racialized women, who have focused their professional careers on serving the BIPOC population.
“They are all well known in the Greater Toronto Area for their physical…