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Negin Riazi
Negin Riazi is graduating from UBC KIN with a PhD this Spring and will be continuing a Post Doctoral Fellowship at Brock University with Dr. Karen Patte. Her research will focus on the COVID-19 pandemic and the related impacts of school closures and reopenings on youth mental health. Negin has been selected as the graduate […]
Aayush Malhotra
Aayush Malhotra completed his BKin at UBC and will now receive his Masters in Kinesiology on June 2nd. Aayush says that during the COVID pandemic, “I was presented with a choice regarding how I wanted to spend what turned out to be quite a long time in isolation. I felt it would be more productive […]
Grant Phillips-Hing
Grant is graduating with a BKin, in the health sciences stream and will start his MKin at UBC in the fall. After he completes his Masters, Grant wishes to pursue a career in medicine. “I hope to specialize as a general practitioner to empower individuals through proactive medical support and intervention.” Throughout his undergraduate degree, […]
Kirkland Halliday
Kirkland has pursued a dual BKin and Masters of Management degree and will graduate from Kinesiology this spring with a BKin in the interdisciplinary stream. She will continue her studies in June to complete her Masters of Management degree with the UBC Sauder School of Business. Once she has finished her Masters degree, Kirkland plans […]
Allison Hill
Allison is graduating from KIN’s interdisciplinary stream and plans to apply to a Master’s program in Australia where she hopes to continue her studies in Marketing and Management in the Sports and Entertainment field. “I want to utilize my dual citizenship with Canada and Australia to combine my undergraduate education with my strong interests and […]
Delon Chan
Delon Chan is graduating with a BKin in the health sciences stream. Delon has been selected as the undergraduate speaker for the UBC Spring 2021 graduation ceremonies as a result of his passion and dedication to the KIN community. Upon graduation, Delon will be completing a Masters in Kinesiology at UBC under the supervision of […]
Congratulations to the faculty members who have won awards in recent external research grant competitions
Congratulations to the faculty members who have won awards in recent external research grant competitions. These include: SSHRC Insight Grants Dr. S. Bredin-PI, Co-I: Drs. D. Warburton, M. Norman, R. Miles Engaging Indigenous youth through traditional land-based activities Dr. P. Crocker-PI, Co-I: Drs. A. Bundon, E. Bennett Exploring psychological well-being and adaptation processes in Paralympic and Olympic […]
School of Kinesiology working with Athletics Canada for Tokyo Olympics
With the Tokyo Olympics scheduled to take place this summer in Japan, the School of Kinesiology expects to have significant on-site representation working with Athletics Canada (Canada’s Track & Field athletes). Dr. Trent Stellingwerff, Adjunct Professor in the School of Kinesiology and Senior Advisor for Innovation & Research at the Canadian Sport Institute (CSI) Pacific, […]
CHIR Indigenous COVID-19 Rapid Research Funding Approved
Congratulations to Darren Warburton, Rosalin Miles, Shannon Bredin, and Jan Hare for successfully receiving CIHR Funding for their project, “Enhancing culturally-safe ways for community wholistic health and wellness aspirations during COVID-19.” This novel Indigenous-led initiative aims to address and mitigate potential impacts on Indigenous community health and wellbeing.
Congratulations Kai Kaufman, recipient of the 2021 Dean’s Award for Staff Excellence for Outstanding Service in the Emerging Leader category 2020/21.
The Dean’s Awards for Staff Excellence recognize Faculty of Education staff who have made significant contributions to the Faculty in two categories: Outstanding Service and Emerging Leadership. Kai is a Research Coordinator in Indigenous Studies in Kinesiology, within Indigenous Health and Physical Activity programming, and the Physical Activity and Chronic Disease Prevention Unit. Kai completed […]