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Spotlight on a 2018 Grad: Grayson Allen
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
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 […]
KIN alum Doug Staveley inducted into Richmond Sports Wall of Fame
Doug Staveley, BPE’68, was recently inducted into the Richmond Sports Wall of Fame. Staveley flaunts an impressive career in both athletics and coaching. As an undergraduate student, he played for UBC Thunderbirds’ rugby and football teams, while volunteering as an assistant football coach at Steveston High. Hired by Steveston High after his graduation, Staveley was […]
Dr. Nicola Hodges on the value of effortful practice
“Basically, I study practice,” says Dr. Nicola Hodges, professor and researcher at the School of Kinesiology, as we open up our conversation about her work here. “I’ve been studying how people learn new skills and how to optimize this for better performance for the last 25 years.”
Kinesiology’s newly designed 2016 – 2020 Strategic Plan Brochure
The School of Kinesiology’s newly designed Strategic Plan is now available on our website. This plan includes our mission, vision, values, and covers our four strategic pillars and priorities over four years.
University of Birmingham’s MSc Physiotherapy info session October 19
Are you interested in a career in Physiotherapy and global education? University of Birmingham in the UK, ranked 5th in the world for sports-related subjects, offers an MSc in Physiotherapy program that is open to all international applicants. We are holding an information session on October 19 in War Memorial Gym room 208 at 9:30am. […]
Congratulations Dr. Darren Warburton and team on CIHR grant
Congratulations to KIN faculty Dr. Darren Warburton and his team for being awarded a $75,000 CIHR Operating Grant: Network Environments for Indigenous Health Research. Dr. Warburton’s team includes Dr. Jan Hare and Co-Investigators Dr. Shannon Bredin (KIN), Dr. Tanis Mihalynuk, Dr. Rosalin Miles (KIN), Dr. Moss Norman (KIN), Dr. Paul Oh, and Dr. Ryan Rhodes. The funds will […]
Dr. Patricia Vertinsky the recipient of the 2018 North American Society for Sport History Lifetime Achievement Award
Dr. Patricia Vertinsky, School of Kinesiology faculty, is the recipient of the 2018 North American Society for Sport History (NASSH) Lifetime Achievement Award. Since 1991, NASSH has presented the award to an individual or an organization in recognition of their significant service to the academic field of sport history. Dr. Vertinsky is a historian of physical culture […]
KIN study finds exercise reduces stress, improves cellular health in family caregivers
School of Kinesiology Professor, Eli Puterman’s study on family caregivers shines light on how exercise can reduce stress and improve cellular health. The study found that exercising at least three times a week for six months reduced stress in a group of family caregivers and even appeared to lengthen a small section of their chromosomes […]