McEwan, Desmond

McEwan, Desmond

Assistant Professor

Move UBC 2023

Move UBC 2023

This February, explore ways to fit physical activity into your day during Move UBC month! Small changes can add up to big impacts—moving more can help improve mental health and resilience, boost your creativity and productivity, improve your sleep, and even help our planet. Check out highlights for the month below or see a full […]

Walk for Joy 2023

Walk for Joy is back for 2023! The challenge is is designed to get people moving and reduce sedentary time, and is open to all UBC students, staff, faculty, and community members. Over 9 weeks, participants will accumulate points based on how much they walk, roll or take part in physical activity in teams of […]

Research Roundtable: Anti-Racism & Lateral Allyship in Physical Activity & Sport 

Research Roundtable: Anti-Racism & Lateral Allyship in Physical Activity & Sport 

Thursday, February 23 | 9 – 11 AM / 11 AM – 12:30 PM

Healthy Aging Talks: Dr. David Almeida

Healthy Aging Talks: Dr. David Almeida

Monday, January 23 & Tuesday, January 24

Faculty & Staff Headshots – February 17

We have organized a faculty and staff shoot day to have professional headshots taken for our website. Cakewalk Media will be onsite on Friday, February 17 from 9:30am – 5:30pm. Photos will be taken at WMG Room 100. You can book in a 10-minute timeslot for your headshot using this link. Please arrive to your selected […]

Dr. Chris West: Pushing the boundaries of spinal cord research

Dr. Chris West: Pushing the boundaries of spinal cord research

Dr. Chris West is at the forefront of spinal cord research, as part of an interdisciplinary team exploring how innovative, implantable stimulation technologies can help people with spinal cord injuries live longer, healthier lives. Having previously worked with the School of Kinesiology, we would like to congratulate Dr. West on this exciting research achievement! Read […]

The UBC Magazine features KIN alumni ambassador

The UBC Magazine features KIN alumni ambassador

The University of British Columbia Magazine recently featured Robyn Freiheit (BKin’15) and her experiences of living and working abroad in Portugal. Robyn has been living in Porto for the past four years, where she works as a freelance marketing, communications and project management specialist, and serves as the alumni UBC Global Alumni Ambassador for Portugal. […]