Dr. Stanley R. Brown (1923-2019), Professor Emeritus
The School has learned that Dr. Stanley Brown passed away on March 13, 2019 in Vancouver, BC. Born in San Francisco, Stan moved to New Zealand in 1934. After war broke out, at aged 17, Stan applied to join the Royal New Zealand Navy but found he had first to renounce his American citizenship. After […]
School of Kinesiology hosts 10th annual Mentorship Wrap-up Event
On April 4, the School of Kinesiology held its annual Mentorship Program Wrap-up event in the Ideas Lounge in Sage Bistro on UBC’s Vancouver campus. This event formally wraps the year’s program, recognizes mentor and mentee contributions, and provides participants an opportunity to reconnect one final time before the program concludes. Over the past six […]
KIN Grad student Ben Hives wins Killam Teaching Assistant Award
This week, KIN Grad student Ben Hives was awarded the Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Award. As one of six Killam institutions, UBC offers yearly awards from the Killam Endowment Fund to faculty and teaching assistants who demonstrate excellence in teaching. Each year, 16 receipients across campus are recognized for the valuable role that Teaching Assistants […]
Dr. Eric Broom, Professor Emeritus
Dr. Eric Broom moved from England to Canada in 1964, when he was invited by Robert Osborne to join the UBC School of Kinesiology (then known as the School of Human Kinetics). At a time when many academics were researching biomechanics and physiology of the human body, Dr. Broom began to study the national institutions, […]
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 […]