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UBC KIN Games team leaders Mika Fogelman, Grace Huang, Olivia Tobias report on making history at the 2020 KIN Games
Apr 06, 2020
A team of 16 UBC KIN students competed at Brock University in Niagara Falls, Ontario in the 2020 Kinesiology Games. Alongside 35 other teams from schools all over Canada, our team competed in four categories: Dance, Academics, Sports, and Spirit. UBC KIN placed 3rd in Spirit and 2nd Overall! This was a huge accomplishment […]
Julia Tepes on her KIN Co-op journey and pressing pause for pandemics
Welcome to the second of a series of 3 articles I’m writing about my KIN Co-op journey. I last wrote that I’d applied to the Co-op Program to find out what kinds of jobs a KIN degree might get me besides serving as stepping stone to physiotherapy, and about the workshops I took to prep […]
BC Diabetes Research Network Podcast: From Beta Cells to Bicycles with Dr.Robert Boushel
Apr 02, 2020
Episode 5: Dr Robert Boushel Professor and Director, School of Kinesiology, Faculty of Education, University of British Columbia Host Krista Lamb is joined by BC Diabetes Research Network researcher and UBC professor Dr. Robert Boushel, whose research focuses on the effects of exercise on diabetes and other metabolic syndromes. He describes his systems-wide approach to […]
Professor Guy Faulkner on Keeping Fit During COVID-19 Isolation
Mar 25, 2020
“Often when we are in situations like the one that we’re currently in, we may lose interest in doing things because we may not be able to access them,” he says. “Then we are inactive, which then that reinforces a sense of not being able to do the things that you we enjoy.” Click here […]
Eveline Pasman’s PhD Research Journey: Interplays in Brain, Balance and Parkinson’s Disease
My name is Eveline Pasman and I’m an international student from The Netherlands about to finish my PhD in Kinesiology. My PhD is focused on increasing our understanding of what areas of the brain control healthy balance and how these areas are affected in individuals with Parkinson’s disease. My interest in neurology and neuroscience started […]