Grant Phillips-Hing on Campus KINnections
Campus KINnections is a brand new initiative that pairs upper-year Kin students with incoming Kin students in a year-long partnership. Throughout the year, students meet in-person within their pairings, attend Campus KINnection events designed to strengthen the overall community (including socials, pumpKIN carving, and gingerbread house decorating), and provide regular feedback on the program […]
Event Recap: 2020 motionballU UBC Benchball Tournament
Every year, as part of KIN games, KIN students from universities and colleges across Canada work towards raising funds to support Motionball and Special Olympics. On January 31st 2020, the KUS joined forces with UBC and Special Olympics BC (SOBC) to host the motionballU UBC Benchball Tournament at the Osborne Outdoor gym. The tournament […]
Event Recap: 2020 KUS Health and Wellness Career Fair
The KUS Health and Wellness Career Fair, Kinesiology’s annual event involving a variety of employers and organizations in the field, took place in the AMS Great Hall on Wednesday, January 29th from 11:00am-3:00pm. With the hard work of the KUS, the KUS Professional Development Committee, coordinators Morgan Lorenz and Monica U, and the incredible […]
Student profile: Andy Hung
Hey everyone! My name is Andy and I’m in my 5th year of KIN’s Interdisciplinary stream. I love the field of Kinesiology because it encompasses a wide range of disciplines. The School reflects this in its diverse course offerings and as a result, it has opened many doors for me to engage in a […]
Active Kids Gymnastics Invitational
Hosted at the UBC Osborne Center by Active Kids, this gymnastics competition is by invite only to select local high schools and clubs. It is a chance for high school athletes to practice their routines in a fun and friendly competition format prior to the Zone and Provincial competitions that are part of the BC […]
Mind in Motion: Exercise as mental health care
A partnership between UBC BodyWorks, UBC Counselling Services, and Kinesiology Professor Guy Faulkner is offering meaningful opportunities for UBC students. Mind in Motion is an exercise intervention for students seeking mental health care on campus and has been integrated as part of UBC’s stepped care model. Students are referred by UBC Counselling Services to […]
Sustainability Scholars Program
Call for applications: The Sustainability Scholars Program is an innovative paid internship program. We match UBC graduate students with on- and off-campus sustainability partners to work on applied research projects that advance sustainability across the region. Are you a UBC graduate student interested in . . . Solving real-world sustainability questions and challenges? Getting paid […]
Dr. Eli Puterman speaks about how exercise can reduce stress during the holidays on Global News
UBC School of Kinesiology’s Professor Dr. Eli Puterman explains how our bodies handle stress and how exercise can be used to combat this stress around the holidays. See the interview in its entirety on Global News.
Student Profile: Julia Tepes
Hi! My name is Julia Tepes and I am a third year KIN transfer student in the Interdisciplinary stream. I chose to study KIN because I love people, fitness and health. Kinesiology seemed like the perfect fit! So far, my favorite course at UBC has been KIN 373, Research Methods in Kinesiology. I love research […]