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Varsity Blues Gabriel Mastromatteo named 2022-23 U SPORTS men's athlete of the year
Posted:Gabriel Mastromatteo, a swimmer from the University of Toronto, and Sarah Gates, a basketball player from McMaster University, are the Lois and Doug Mitchell Award winners as the U SPORTS Male and…
Blues pick up four 2022-23 OUA Honour Awards
Posted:In recognition of outstanding leadership and celebrating the exceptional contributions of the many prominent women across the OUA, Toronto's Beth Ali is the recipient of the 2022-23 OUA Woman of…
Blues water polo goalie invited to UN conference on Indigenous issues
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Varsity Blues women's water polo goalie Averi Doxtator was recently invited to the United Nations headquarters in New York City. Doxtator, who is of Anishinaabe, Oneida and Dakota ancestry,…
Blues student-athlete, Jada Roach, wins award of excellence for contributions to equity, diversity, & inclusion
Posted:Jada Roach has made her mark in more ways than one as a track and field student-athlete with the Toronto Varsity Blues. The team captain was named the 2022-23 recipient of UofT's Clara Benson Honour…
Executive Director of Athletics, Beth Ali, honoured with OUA award of distinction
Posted:Being at the helm as Executive Director of Athletics & Physical Activity for the Blues athletic department for the past 13 seasons, Ali has tirelessly contributed to the OUA community in many…
Debating intermittent fasting and exercise
Posted:Matthew Lees and Eric Williamson, both at the Faculty, have studied the effects of intermittent fasting on muscle health in the general population and older adults. Lees, a postdoctoral researcher,…
Blues Before Sunrise: Varsity Blues alum shares memories of rowing at U of T
Posted: What is your history with U of T and rowing?
I was on the U of T rowing team from 1993 to 1997 - twice on Ontario University champion crews - and have coached in the years since. As a…
The pressure's on: can restricting blood flow to athletes’ limbs boost performance?
Posted:But could it be used to enhance athletic performance?
“IPC has been shown to have a protective effect on the body’s tissues to subsequent ischemic episodes – events where there is inadequate blood…
KPE dean salutes Federal Minister's announcement of reforms to Canada's sports system
Posted:Earlier today, the Federal Minister Pascale St-Onge announced several programmes and initiatives that respond to the recent barrage of athletes’ stories of maltreatment and that represent significant…
Bodies of Knowledge conference challenges graduate students to translate their knowledge
Posted:First year PhD student at KPE Gael Chaubet discussed his research at the 2023 BOK conference (photo by jd)
“There's this tendency to push athletes to failure to get the most out of them,” says…
KPE faculty launch campaign to ban sport betting ads in Canada: Q & A with Bruce Kidd
Posted:The federal government made single-event sports betting legal in 2021, arguing that the move would provide Canadians with a safe, legal and competitive online gaming market. The new rules would have…
KPE course challenges students to break down complex research one video at a time
Posted:In Professor Jenna Gillen’s class, KPE 371: Lifestyle and Metabolic Disease, Todjar and classmate Malieka Shahid teamed up to fulfill a knowledge transfer assignment that involved creating a 10-…