Read about great UBC KIN students before you and where they are today as alumni
Chong, Tyler
Graduating year: 2015
Degree: BKin
Tyler works in orthopaedic clinics that specialize in the management of sport and work related injuries, motor vehicle accidents, and vestibular conditions. Tyler’s treatment philosophy revolves around the body’s natural ability to adapt and recover. As a result, he prioritizes the return to normal movement patterns by creating individualized exercise programs for all his patients.
Eleiter, Amelia
Graduating year: 2001
Degree: BHK
With entrepreneurial blood in the family, in 2008, Amelia and co-founder Wes Baker, launched Cinder Creative Inc. which would later become Debrand Services Inc. In 2013, the two serial entrepreneurs established Reiten Right Equestrian Inc. the creator of an innovative equestrian footing product derived from recycled natural rubber yoga mats
Reyes, Alyssa
Graduating year: 2014
Degree: BKIN
During Alyssa’s time as an undergraduate, she captained the UBC KIN Games team, was an active member of her sorority, Alpha Gamma Delta, and served as President in her final active year.
Smith, Casey (1958-1988)
Graduating year: 1998
Degree: BHK
The late Casey Smith, a 1988 Kinesiology graduate, happens to be one of only three UBC head coaches to guide the ‘Birds to Canada’s university football championship, the Vanier Cup.
Tolhurst, Art
Graduating year: 2002
Degree: BHK
Tolhurst played pro football in Hamburg Germany and with the BC Lions in 2003. Following his pro career Art embarked upon a football coaching career in Vienna Austria then later served as an intern at the University of South Florida.
Morrow, Al
Graduating year: 1979
Degree: BPE
Morrow’s UBC rowing experience was an early chapter in what would evolve to become one of Canada’s most impressive coaching resumes. For five decades Morrow either rowed for or coached Canada’s National team with his teams winning eighteen medals at World Championships in addition to four golds, one silver and eight bronze in Olympic competition.
Babul, Shelina
Graduating year: 2001
Degree: PhD
Dr. Babul’s journey to becoming a North American leader in concussion recognition, response, management and prevention began over a decade ago. In response to this gap in knowledge, Shelina used what she had learned during her time in the School of Kinesiology and her experience as a sport injury specialist.
Geary, Caitlin
Graduating year: 2019
Degree: BKin
An Indigenous Undergraduate alumnus, as a student, she had started to work in Professor Bill Sheel’s Health and Integrative Physiology Lab the summer before her fourth year, after receiving an NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Award.
Eatmon, Rebekah
Graduating year: 2009
Degree: BHK
Rebekah is currently a Family Medicine Resident at UBC in the Vancouver Indigenous site. Her program is a small distributed program, with strong ties to Indigenous communities. “I am learning how our preceptors help to build strength at a community level by building up individuals. As a multitude of our patients have experienced trauma, building safe spaces in health care is of utmost importance,” she says.
Aaron Rodriguez-Correa
Future Alumni Committee Lead 2019/20 Aaron is an active student leader in the final year of his studies at UBC’s School of Kinesiology. As a transfer student, he found new connections and communities within the School, and is grateful for the opportunities that KIN has provided him. He has served in a work-learn position for […]