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UBC Kinesiology ranked #1 in Canada and #4 in the World
Mar 16, 2017
UBC's School of Kinesiology and UBCO's School of Health and Exercise Sciences rank #1 in Canada and #4 in the world, as measured by the 2017 QS World University Rankings by Subject for Universities that specialize in Sports-Related Subjects.
Congratulations to the Physical Activity Research Centre (PARC) on a City of Vancouver 2017 Award of Excellence
Mar 03, 2017
PARC has been selected to receive a City of Vancouver 2017 Award of Excellence in the Accessible City category.
Running can be the key to quitting smoking: study
Mar 02, 2017
Dr. Carly Priebe, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Population Physical Activity Lab discusses how running can help smokers quit.
School of Kinesiology’s Dr. Michael Koehle shortlisted for Canadian astronaut program
Mar 01, 2017
This story is an excerpt published from “Three UBCers shortlisted for Canadian astronaut programs” by Neha Sree Tadepalli, published in the Ubyssey on February 27, 2017. Read the whole story here. In June 2016, for the fourth time in Canadian space history, the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) launched a call for potential astronauts. Of those […]
Dr. Bill Sheel receives federal funding to support study of breathlessness and aging
Feb 28, 2017
Dr. Bill Sheel, Professor and head of the Health and Integrative Physiology Lab, has received $190,317 to study the causes of sex-based differences in breathlessness, with the ultimate goal of improving breathlessness in aging.