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Media Coverage:
Spotlight on a 2018 Grad: Grayson Allen
Dec 07, 2018
Welcome Grayson Allen, BKin 2018, to the Alumni community. Grayson was one of 34 BKins and 17 graduate students to cross the stage this fall! He received an NSERC undergrad researcher award for Kinesiology in the Health and Integrative Physiology Lab under Dr. Bill Sheel. In his 4th year Grayson represented the School in the Kinesiology […]
Portrait of a budding MA student
Dec 06, 2018
by Aishwarya Ramachandran I can still recall walking into Dr. Vertinsky’s undergraduate seminar: ‘Gender Matters in Sport, Health, and Physical Activity’. The course would examine how gender and sex shape the way in which sports and physical cultures are structured, experienced and represented. I was hooked in those first few minutes of the class! I […]
Alumnus Glenn Mulcahy receives Alumni Builder Award
KIN Alumnus, Glen Mulcahy, BPE 91, was recently awarded the Alumni Builder Award by the School and Alumni UBC for his contribution to the Mentorship Program and to the UBC Kinesiology community. See the full list of recipients here. As founder of Paradigm Sports, Glen invites those interested in putting the love of the game back […]
Exercise as Medicine article published in the Province
Nov 28, 2018
“Exercise as Medicine”, published in The Province, discusses the importance of exercise in the treatment regime of cancer patients. Don McKenzie, UBC School of Kinesiology Sports Medicine professor, exercise physiologist, and director of the Allan McGavin Sports Medicine Clinic, is quoted in the article. Don says of exercise, “Physical activity has been overlooked and underutilized […]
Congratulations to Dr. Jordan Guenette, the recipient of Young Investigator’s Award
Nov 06, 2018
Dr. Jordan Guenette, has won the very prestigious Young Investigator’s Award from the Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology. Dr. Guenette received his BHK (2004), MSc (2006) and PhD (2010) in Exercise and Respiratory Physiology in the School of Kinesiology at the University of British Columbia. He is now an associate professor in UBC Physiotherapy and works […]