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Canadian team makeup reflects gender gap at Beijing Paralympic Games

Mar 07, 2022
Female athletes at 2022 Games only represent 24 per cent of total competitors Andrea Bundon, an associate professor at the University of British Columbia, studies the Paralympic Games gender gap because of her experience guiding visually-impaired Para-Nordic skiers Courtney Knight (2010) in Whistler and Margarita Gorbounova (2014) in Sochi, Russia. “They had a strong preference […]


“Exploring emotional-modulation of visually evoked postural responses through virtual reality”

Mar 06, 2022
Congratulations to Emma Nielsen, Drs. Taylor Cleworth, and Mark Carpenter on their recent publication “Exploring emotional-modulation of visually evoked postural responses through virtual reality”! Read their study at: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304394022001434


“You’re wrong, I’ll switch, I’m wrong, I’ll stay”: How task-switching strategies are modulated by a partner in a multi-task learning protocol

Feb 28, 2022
Congratulations to KIN BKin alum Brynn Alexander and Dr. Nikki Hodges for their new publication on task-switching strategies in partner exercises. If individuals given control over practice variables make practice decisions based on their current performance, this article investigates if and how a partner’s performance impacts these decisions. The study evaluates this question in a multi-task learning protocol, where individuals […]


Dr. Guy Faulkner and Dr. Madelaine Gierc Were Interviewed on the CSEP Podcast


This Season’s Podcast focuses on equality, diversity, and inclusion. It takes a different approach to the typical format, and instead of a single host conducting a 1-on-1 interview, there is a different panel of guests on each episode. In Episodes 24 and 25, Dr. Guy Faulkner and Dr. Madelaine Gierc are interviewed by Joseph Gibbons on the importance of […]


Paralympic Games left behind in the race towards gender equality, UBC expert says


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