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Ongoing Collaborations: Yukon Aboriginal Sports Circle Engages UBC Students in Arctic Sports
Feb 19, 2026
This marked the second year of collaboration between the University of British Columbia (UBC) and the Yukon Aboriginal Sport Circle (YASC) to engage UBC students in Arctic Sports. The collaboration is guided by two primary objectives. First, it seeks to introduce students to Indigenous sports that Inuit Elders have carried forward from land-based ways of […]
School of Kinesiology welcomes Dr. Jesse Charlton, Assistant Professor in Biomechanics of Human Movement
Feb 04, 2026
The UBC School of Kinesiology is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Jesse Charlton as an Assistant Professor in Biomechanics of Human Movement. Dr. Charlton joins the School following a postdoctoral fellowship awarded through Michael Smith Health Research BC and NSERC Banting in the labs of Dr. Jean-Sebastien Blouin, School of Kinesiology and Dr. […]
Congratulations Dr. Jasmin Ma, and Kin Alumni Grace Schouten, Recipients of UBC’s 2025 Partnership Recognition and Exploration Fund
Feb 02, 2026
Congratulations to Dr. Jasmin Ma (Faculty of Education; UBC Movement for All Lab, Arthritis Research Canada) and KIN alumna Grace Schouten,on receiving UBC’s 2025 Partnership Recognition and Exploration (PRE) Fund. The PRE Fund awards up to $1,500 to bridge resource gaps to enable students, faculty, and staff to build reciprocal relationships with diverse community partners. This award […]
Congratulations Carmen Golnaraghi, Recipient of UBC’s StEAR Enhancement Fund!
Jan 28, 2026
Congratulations to Carmen Golnaraghi, an MA in Kinesiology student at UBC who has been awarded funding through the Strategic Equity & Anti-Racism (StEAR) Enhancement Fund! The StEAR Enhancement Fund provides grants to help support community-led initiatives that advance equity and anti-racism goals. Carmen has been recognized for her proposed project, UBC TogetherActive: Supporting Connections Through […]
PhD. Candidate, Marta Oliver Álvarez, Tackling Humiliation in Sport and PE through Narrative Pedagogy
Dec 09, 2025
Meet Marta Oliver Álvarez, a third-year PhD candidate from the University of Valencia (Spain) and a member of the Physical Activity, Education and Society (AFES) research group. To enrich her project and collaborate with a research group with shared interests, Marta completed two research stays with Dr. Erica Bennett and her team, from September to […]