News & Features
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…
Avoid exercising outdoors when air quality is poor, says KPE's Ira Jacobs
Posted:"That's the reason why we have schools that are very justifiably closing activities that will be occurring outside; cancelling recess. It's definitely warranted when we have these air quality…
How to design the perfect city playground: KPE's Kelly Arbour-Nicitopoulos shares her thoughts
Posted:Kelly Arbour-Nicitopoulos, associate professor at the University of Toronto’s faculty of kinesiology and physical education, said Canada is far behind the U.S. and Europe in building play areas for…
KPE researchers investigate potential of exergames to promote physical activity
Posted:A team of researchers from the University of Toronto Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education (KPE), working collaboratively with a University of Montreal research team, wanted to explore how…