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Bandara, Nilanga Aki
1st year Master of Kinesiology student
Aki states, “the pandemic has completely changed our ways of life. Evidence from health care professionals working on the frontlines shows that their mental health has been negatively impacted by the pandemic.
Maxwell, Jenna
Graduating year: 2009
Degree: BHK
Jenna attributes her ability to think out of the box to her favourite KIN professor Dr. Karim Kahn, and believes that her psychology courses have been very helpful in understanding human behaviour. “I wouldn’t be able to do my job without my KIN background.”
Shalom Howe
Shalom Howe is a fourth year Kinesiology student who is set to graduate this coming May, 2021, from the interdisciplinary Stream. She recently received the Qwasen Graduating Student Award from the School! She joined the School of Kinesiology “because it has so many different academic areas included. We learn about human movement from a physical […]
From the Exposome to the Socioexposome in COVID-19 Research – A Call for More Multidisciplinary Research
by Sarah Koch, Liv Yoon and Bieke Gils. Three recent UBC Kinesiology PhD grads, Sarah Koch (2018), Liv Yoon (2019), Bieke Gils (2014), have recently published an article in the JAMA Network (December 29, 2020). In their Commentary, the KIN alumnae make a call for a multidisciplinary research approach that encompasses perspectives from both natural […]
Andrea Bundon Guest Co-Editor of Special Issue of QRSEH Journal: Contemporary Digital Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health
QRSEH is one of the leading international academic journals for researchers from various disciplines (including such areas as sociology, psychology, history, pedagogy, and philosophy) that use qualitative methods. As Andrea explains, “a special issue is essentially the academic equivalent of an Instagram takeover!” The editors of an existing journal hand over the reins to […]
The KUS BIPOC Committee Recipient of the SLC Showcase Award
Shalom Howe, who is a fourth year Kinesiology student in the Interdisciplinary stream, is the KUS BIPOC Committee Founder and Coordinator. “The committee began this past summer, in hopes of bringing Black students, Indigenous students and students of colour together in Kinesiology. We have a website and social media pages where we curate online […]
Grant Phillips-Hing
My name is Grant Phillips-Hing, I am a fourth-year Kinesiology student in the Health Science stream and I currently serve as the Vice President, Campus Engagement within the Student Alumni Council (SAC). The SAC consists of a team of charismatic student leaders from all areas on campus, dedicated towards bridging the gap between UBC alumni […]
KIN Student Kseniya Yakovenko, Recipient of the UBC Presidential Scholar’s Award
My name is Kseniya Yakovenko and I am a first-year Kinesiology student. I consider it a huge honour and accomplishment to have been accepted into the UBC School of Kinesiology with a Presidential Scholar’s Award this year. You see, my family immigrated to Canada from the Ukraine in the early 2000’s with very little in […]
Ava Katz, a 2020 KIN Community Champion, reflects on life during Covid
Ava Katz is a second-year UBC Kin student who was profiled in March 2020 as a Kin Community Champion. The Kin Community Champions initiative recognizes and celebrates the students, staff, faculty and alumni who are making a difference in their communities during the Covid-19 pandemic. People whose service to others and acts of support show […]