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The real secret to a healthy holiday season? Ease up on yourself: Expert
Posted:Be generous with yourself
“Self-compassion is a fairly new concept in our modern society, but the philosophy has deep historical roots in Buddhist traditions,” she explains. The holidays, a time for…
U of T ranked 6th in the world for sport-related programs
Posted:The QS Subject rankings are based on four measures: academic survey results, employer review survey results, citations per faculty and the H–Index, which attempts to measure both the productivity and…
Drawing a different roadmap: MPK students deliver kinesiology-based programming to kids with developmental needs
Posted:MPK graduate Elaine Abramov discovered a passion for improving physical literacy in this population of kids. “Every week we saw a major milestone reached. We need more programs that allow these kids…
Reception for Scholars celebrates KPE students and donors
Posted:“We are so proud of our daughter’s accomplishments,” said Cedric Coutinho, whose daughter Adelaide Joanna Coutinho won the Jane Forster Entrance Award for outstanding achievement in secondary school…
IOC bans Russia’s Olympic team from the 2018 Winter Games in South Korea
Posted:Are you surprised by the ruling, the harshest yet in Olympics history?
No. I think this is a sound, well-considered ruling. A great many agencies, including the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (…
MPK graduate work shines at inaugural capstone conference
Posted:Master of Professional Kinesiology (MPK) students convened December 1 to share the research and findings of their capstone projects—marking the first graduating class from the program. The…
Female athletes in team sports need 50 percent more protein than non-active males, U of T study finds
Posted:A new study from U of T’s Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education (KPE), the Hospital for Sick Kids and Ajinomoto Co. suggests it’s 50 per cent more than men who are not active. The study was…
Watch: Swimmer Kylie Masse shows us how to break a world record
Posted:At the world aquatics championships in Budapest, Hungary, in July, KPE student and Varsity Blues swimming super star Kylie Masse broke the women's world record for the 100-metre backstroke. In an…
Advocate, athlete and trailblazer: Remembering Helen Gurney
Posted:“There was so much to admire about Helen,” Professor Bruce Kidd recalls. “She fought for opportunities for girls and women in physical education and sports throughout her life, during the…
Latest report finds that even Canadian babies and toddlers are not active enough: We could do much better, says KPE expert
Posted:This report seems to suggest that parents make assumptions about how much their small children are moving in a kind of innate, organic way. How do we get back to really allowing children to get the…
Varsity Blues honour 2016-17 top student-athletes
Posted:The ceremony honours student-athletes who, while competing on a Varsity team, earned an 80% average or higher in all courses they were enrolled in during the previous academic year. Each recipient…
Athleisure wear not just for the gym
Posted:On a coffee run? Heading to a work meeting? Going for drinks? Athleisure wear — the trend of wearing gym clothes as everyday clothes — has made it socially acceptable for men and women of all ages…