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Excellence in student research: KPE hosts largest annual undergraduate research conference to date
Posted:For the 84 undergraduate students from across Canada presenting their work, the opening moments of this one-day event certainly felt like the start of something exciting and represented the…
SOAR introduces indigenous high school students to life on campus
Posted:The Faculty of Kinesiology & Physical Education (KPE) has been running SOAR since 2009. Open to Indigenous teens (14 – 17) from all across Ontario, the program is funded through the Ministry of…
‘Sweat is the best antidepressant’: U of T opens one of first mental health and physical activity research centres
Posted:Opened on February 25, this multidisciplinary centre will address the enormous burden of mental health issues. According to the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, one in five Canadian adults…
NBA all-star comes to town and basketball fans get a boost
Posted:“For any basketball fan the NBA all-star weekend is always a highlight of the year, probably more so from an entertainment value, but this year across Canada we've really felt as though the game has…
Raptors' dentist preps for NBA All-Star Game: “When they're hit, they're hit hard”
Posted:“I teach at the Faculty one day a week, and run my practice four days a week, as well as one Saturday a month,” Nkansah says.
“I’d say I spend about one per cent of my clinical time as the team’s…
Sports and politics: How Beyonce stole the Super Bowl halftime show
Posted:While the controversy continues, we spoke to assistant professor Simon Darnell of the U of T Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education about the mix of sport and politics, and its potential to…
What the NBA All-Star Game means for Toronto
Posted:“Toronto is the perfect place to host the All-Star Weekend," says Mahal De La Durantaye, a guard on the women’s Varsity Blues basketball team. "I’m happy Lowry is on the All-Star Team.”
Lowry’s…
Varsity Blues Achievement Awards honour student-athletes, celebrate donors
Posted:The VBAAs are an opportunity for donors to see first-hand the impact of their generosity on the lives of the student-athletes they have supported - often meeting them for the first time. The student-…
Playing for Change - How Bruce Kidd inspired a book
Posted:The book was edited by Kidd’s former doctoral student Russell Field, who is now assistant professor at the Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management at the University of Manitoba. Yesterday,…
Australian Open overshadowed by allegations of match fixing
Posted:How prevalent is match fixing in sports, in tennis in particular?
Match fixing is directly related to gambling, and it seems to have increased exponentially since international online betting on…
Five ways to keep active and healthy in 2016
Posted:“I definitely use physical activity to manage stress," says undergraduate student Najiba Sardar. "Every time my course load gets a little bit overwhelming, including extracurriculars, it’s nice to go…
Research finds popular free fitness apps are inaccurate and unreliable
Posted:The evaluation was led by Professor Guy Faulkner and KPE master's student Krystn Orr and was published in the journal, BMC Research Notes.
“We know that more and more Canadians want to take their…