News & Features
Study on Special Olympics’ Unified Sports explores experiences of students and coaches
Posted:Unified Sports are sport programs that offer opportunities for students with and without intellectual disabilities to participate on sports teams together.
“The intent of Unified Sports is to…
U of T welcomes back Toronto Community Housing Midnight Basketball League
Posted:Friday's season opener featured dinner for youth, skills development drills, and special guest speakers including Toronto Raptors assistant coach and former NBA all-star Jamaal Magloire, and Madhav…
U of T welcomes back Toronto Community Housing Midnight Basketball League
Posted:Toronto Community Housing (TCHC)'s Midnight Basketball League (MBL) is one of its flagship programs made possible through partnership with MLSE Foundation, as well as with support from the University…
Seven KPE graduate students awarded prestigious inaugural scholarships from TISS
Posted:In their applications for the scholarship, graduate students had to demonstrate how their research thesis proposal or ongoing thesis research is aligned with the mission and vision of the institute…
KPE celebrates National Biomechanics Day
Posted:KPE Assistant Professor Timothy Burkhart
The National Biomechanics Day was started in 2016 by Paul DeVita, a professor of kinesiology at the East Carolina University and past president of the…
KPE Class of 8T2 reunites to reminisce and pay it forward
Posted:The day was filled with stimulating activities, including tours of the U of T's state-of-the-art facilities, a chance to watch the #1 nationally ranked women’s hockey team in action and dinner at the…
‘I didn’t have time to be anxious’: Varsity Blues player Jett Alexander on playing with the Maple Leafs
Posted:“It’s pretty crazy – you watch these guys on television and then you’re sitting next to them in the change room,” he says, noting that his family was watching from inside a packed Scotiabank Arena…
U of T dance team crowned champions of all three competitions this past season
Posted:“This is the first time UofT has ever won a competition and to my knowledge, no team has ever won all three in a row,” says Tong, a fourth-year student of industrial engineering, who started dancing…
Sandhya Mylabathula named People’s Choice winner in French-language three-minute thesis competition
Posted:Sandhya Mylabathula has won the People’s Choice Award in the Toronto competition of Ma Thèse en 180 Secondes.
The University of Toronto alumna and PhD student was the only anglophone participating…
Varsity Blues goalie Jett Alexander makes his NHL debut: Toronto Star
Posted:Alexander, a student in the University of Toronto's Faculty of Arts & Science and goaltender on the Varsity Blues men’s hockey team, was called on to play in the last minute of the Leafs' 7-1 win…
The IMPACT of training: Old-school fundamentals meet cutting-edge sports science
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IMPACT is a gym-based training regimen that combines old-school fundamentals with cutting-edge sports science. Working with barbells and dumbbells, kettle bells and medicine balls, participants…
Faculty celebrates student leaders with Dean’s Student Leadership Awards
Posted:Professor Gretchen Kerr, dean of KPE, congratulated the students on all their accomplishments, saying she’s continually impressed by the passion and commitment they have for their academic and…