UBC Library acquires the personal archive of Hanne Wassermann Walker
UBC Library’s Rare Books & Special Collections (RBSC) has acquired the personal archive of Hanne Wassermann Walker (1893-1985), a significant figure of pre-WWII Viennese cultural and social life. Her remarkable story has been relatively unknown until now. A well-known figure of Viennese society during the 1920s and 1930s, Wassermann Walker was at the forefront of the Weimar-era […]
School of Kinesiology hosts winter lab crawl
On Thursday, February 28, the School of Kinesiology opened labs in Osborne, War Memorial Gym, and the Chan Gunn Pavilion to students once again. This biannual event expands students’ knowledge about the type of research that exists within the School and shares how they can get involved as undergraduate students. This semester was the first […]
School of Kinesiology recognizes student leadership and community engagement contribution during 2018/19
Photo credit: Saphren Ma On March 7, 2019, the School of Kinesiology returned to the Ponderosa Ballroom to host its 10th annual Student Leadership Recognition Evening. This event recognizes the commitment, dedication, and service of undergraduate Kinesiology students who have held a leadership role within the School of Kinesiology or the Kinesiology Undergraduate Society (KUS) […]
Indigenous Community and Institutional Research Reconciliation Workshop
Indigenous community leaders, Elders, academic, students and other institutional partners gathered at the Musqueam Cultural Pavilion on January 22, 2019, to brainstorm in-depth strategies to promote new innovative concepts for Indigenous research reconciliation. The goal of the meeting was to listen and reflect Indigenous community perspectives on how to foster a system that supports young […]
In Memoriam: May Brown, 1919-2019
It is with sadness that the School of Kinesiology, Faculty of Education announces the passing away of May Brown (1919-2019) at the age of 99.
Dr. Jack Taunton, Professor Emeritus
Dr. Jack Taunton, professor emeritus of UBC KIN, has known the importance of sports medicine since he was a boy. Despite suffering major health setbacks in his youth (he contracted polio at seven and was in a bike-car collision at fifteen), he made a full physical recovery due to extensive physiotherapy. With an interest in […]
UBC’s 24-hour movement guidelines video wins 2018 Runner Up IHDCYH Award
Congratulations to Dr. Guy Faulkner, Negin Riazi, and Dr. Erica Lau, for winning the Institute of Human Development, Child and Youth Health (IHDCYH) 2018 Talks Video Runner Up award. The team’s video, 24-hour movement guidelines for the early years (0-4 years): Disseminating the guidelines through an animated video is an informative and engaging approach to ensuring the […]
Congratulations KUS President Andrew Au 2019 recipient of the Premier Undergraduate Scholarship & Wesbrook Scholar award
Congratulations to Andrew Au, KUS President and recipient of the 2018-2019 Premier Undergraduate Scholarship & Wesbrook Scholar award. The scholarships are the University’s most prestigious designations, given to senior students at all levels of study with outstanding academic performance, leadership, involvement in student and community activities, and participation in sports. Andrew is one of 20 outstanding students […]
Dylan Brown, Active Kids Program Director
Dylan Brown, School of Kinesiology’s Active Kids Program Director, has been involved in sports in some capacity for as long as he can remember. “As a kid, physical activity and sports were what I was drawn to immediately,” he says. “My mother always said, ‘stick him in the backyard with one tennis ball and he’ll […]
The missing link to lifelong exercise habits
By Jean Buckler, PhD candidate I chose Kinesiology as my field of study because I was passionate about science and how the body worked! Like many KIN undergrads I planned to pursue a career in physiotherapy, but the research experience I gained during my undergraduate degree inspired me to go pursue more in-depth research! […]