News & Features
Welcome to the 2022/23 academic year: a message from Dean Gretchen Kerr
Posted:Welcome to the 2022-23 academic year at the Faculty of Kinesiology & Physical Education!
I hope your summer has been good, with many opportunities for movement, exploration, connection and rest…
Academic Resources for 2024-25
Posted: Student SupportsAcademic AdvisingAcademic advising is delivered by KPE's Student Advisor via in-person, phone or virtual with one-on-one private academic advising appointments and group sessions. …
Why are some athletes injury prone? Timothy Burkhart's research could offer clues
Posted:Growing up, as he watched NBA small-forward Grant Hill go down with yet another ankle injury, or point guard Derrick Rose rip up one or the other knee again, Burkhart used to wonder: Why are some…
Seven ways to connect with campus life at U of T
Posted:This year’s back-to-school season promises to be bigger than ever at the University of Toronto.
With many upper-year students returning to campus in earnest after two years of virtual and hybrid…
KPE’s Aarohi Pathak wins NSERC award, serves as role model for community
Posted:Aarohi Pathak (in pink) moved with her family from India to Canada when she was nine years old. This photo from downtown Toronto was taken shortly after they immigrated.
“I came from a big joint…
Inclusive play: KPE researcher studies the playground experiences of children with disabilities
Posted:Since 2018, Arbour-Nicitopoulos and her research team have been working with Canadian Tire Jumpstart Charities (Jumpstart) to evaluate the impact of the playgrounds built through the charity’s…
Dr. John C. S. Cameron leaves legacy of excellence and care
Posted: Cameron started out as a fellow of David L. MacIntosh, a pioneer in orthopaedic sport medicine, in 1978 and carried on his legacy of excellence in providing care at U of T’s Athletic Injuries Clinic…
Faces of leadership: U of T welcomes its newest deans
Posted:Like many during the pandemic, Vice-Provost, Faculty & Academic Life Heather Boon spent a lot of time interacting with her colleagues through the rectangle of her computer screen.
It struck her…
Former exchange student from Zambia writes book on women in sports inspired by her KPE experience
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One of those students was Tomaida Phiri, who spent a year at the Faculty between 2008 and 2009. Phiri recently published a book called Women in Sport: Their stories told, one of few books focusing…
Equity in sports programming is key to Change the Game
Posted:With COVID-19 having such devastating effects on youth participation in sport, MLSE Foundation and the University of Toronto recently partnered for the Change the Game study to look at the impact and…
U of T's Ian Cohen is chief medical officer for Team Canada at The Maccabiah Games (aka the Jewish Olympics)
Posted:Ian Cohen, staff physician in the U of T David L. MacIntosh Sport Medicine Clinic is the chief medical officer for Team Canada at the 21st Maccabiah Games (photo courtesy Ian Cohen)
The 21st Games…
To the Varsity Blues, thank you: Rachel Zack on her experience as a student athlete
Posted:Things don’t always go according to plan.
In terms of my long relationship with sports, hockey was my first love. While it was my childhood dream to become a professional hockey player, it became…