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Kylie Masse: Made in Canada
Posted:Kylie Masse's landmark swim in the 100-metre backstroke at the world aquatics championships in Budapest, Hungary, heralds a victory on several Canadian fronts.
It's a very personal win for a young…
Kylie Masse: The day bronze became gold
Posted:As I sit and stare at a blank screen, with a deadline looming, I realize how difficult a task writing about myself is.
Not because I don’t know my story or I forget the details, but because talking…
Rosie MacLennan tops trampoline podium at nationals
Posted:MacLennan, who hadn't competed since winning gold in Rio, put down a safe routine to win her sixth senior title, and looks to add to her repertoire heading into the world championships this November…
U of T hosts Toronto Community Housing track and field meet for 300 kids
Posted:The event, a track-and-field-meet, was an expansion of a partnership between U of T's Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education and TCH that brought Midnight Madness basketball to TCH youths in…
Sport for a better world? Q & A with Assistant Professor Simon Darnell
Posted:What were the key issues you were looking at in terms of SDP programming in these 5 regions of the world?
The project had three main objectives. The first was to develop a better understanding of…
The Finest of Athletes
Posted:This is the 10th North American Indigenous Games. Teams from 13 provinces and territories of Canada and 13 regions from the U.S. are participating. This is the largest-ever sporting and cultural…
Canadian runner Gabriela Stafford finds strength step by step
Posted:Gabriela Stafford has improved her times every year since she started running seriously as a grade 10 student in Toronto.
She dropped more than a minute off her 1,500-metre time and ran in the Rio…
Playground super-heroes: KPE research shows kids overestimate physical abilities
Posted:It’s a discovery that could not only console exasperated parents, but could also create new guidelines for sport training and help individuals with movement disorders.
“In this study we measured how…
Homophobia in sports: Q & A with KPE’s Caroline Fusco
Posted:Immediately after the incident, Pillar took to Twitter to issue an apology, while Getzlaf expressed remorse for using vulgar language. When is an apology enough? Is it ever enough?
If you reflect on…
John Cairney wins Alex Leighton Award
Posted:This award honours Professor Alex Leighton, a leader in Canadian psychiatric epidemiology, and is given to those who advance Canadian psychiatric epidemiology through innovative studies, methods,…
Meet the KPE alum named Best Teacher in the World
Posted:After defending her thesis, which dealt with basketball as a medium of female empowerment in Tanzania, MacDonnell applied for a teaching job in Salluit, Que. The province’s second-most northern…
KPE placement mentors recognized at annual Mentorship Appreciation Banquet
Posted:Keynote Fergie Jenkins, the only Canadian baseball player in the National Baseball Hall of Fame, spoke about how mentors have contributed to his success in 284 Wins and over 3,000 Strikeouts. The…