Origins of Balance Deficits & Falls Annual Conference
Event Details: Start: 2nd December 2019, 08:30 AM to 4 PM End: 3rd December 2019, 08:30 AM to 4 PM Location: Ponderosa Ballroom, 6445 University Blvd, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z2 The Origins of Balance and Deficit Research Cluster will gather together on December 2nd-3rd at UBC for our Annual December Conference.
School of Kinesiology Seminar Series: What startles tell about motor control in health and disease
Event Details Start: 4 December 2019 12:30 PM End: 4 December 2019 2:00 PM Venue: Centre for Brain Health, Rudy North Lecture Theatre (LL 101) Speaker: Dr. Vivian Weerdesteyn, Associate Professor, Donders Institute for Brain Cognition, and Behaviour, Radboud University Host: Dr. Mark Carpenter, Professor, UBC School of Kinesiology Title: “What ‘startles’ tell about motor […]
Industry Night – Spotlight on Cannabis
Event Details: Start: 18 November 2019 6:00 PM End: 18 November 2019 8:00 PM Venue: Robert H. Lee Alumni Centre At this exclusive event for UBC students, alumni and faculty, you are invited to discover all the opportunities within the Cannabis industry, now valued at $5.7 billion dollars in Canada, and how you can position […]
Student profile: Riya Virdi
Hello, my name is Riya, and I’m a first-year student in the UBC School of Kinesiology. Being a student in Kinesiology at UBC has been my dream since I was 15 years old. I was looking forward to attending a university that is globally recognized and to study in an area that I am […]
National Kinesiology Week
National Kinesiology Week runs from November 11-18, 2019 Evidence-based studies tell us that if we were to decrease the number of inactive Canadians by even 10%, we’d see a 30% reduction in mortality and a major savings in health care. It is estimated that more than $2.4 billion, or 3.7 per cent of all healthcare […]
Remembrance Day Ceremony at UBC, November 11, 2019
Event Details Start: 11 November 2019 10:45 AM Venue: War Memorial Gymnasium Since the opening of the War Memorial Gym in 1951, The University of British Columbia has held a ceremony commemorating November 11. This year, 2019 will mark sixty-eight years that The University of British Columbia has hosted a Remembrance Day ceremony. This special […]
Lest We Forget
UBC’s war dead included Physical Education graduate, James Douglas Hamilton. After serving as a navy patrolman in the North Atlantic during World War II, Hamilton enrolled in the UBC Canadian Officer Training Corps while studying for his Physical Education degree, and returned to action as a lieutenant in the battle for the Korean Peninsula. After […]
Student Profile: Christy Wee
Hi! My name is Christy and I’m in my 5th year in the Interdisciplinary stream, minoring in Psychology. I never really expected to end up in Kinesiology – I actually spent most of my childhood and early teens wanting to become a vet. But after 2 concussions from hockey and a lot of health issues, […]
Student Profile: Grant Phillips-Hing
Hello, my name is Grant! I am a third year undergrad Kinesiology student in the Health Science Stream. I am proud to say that this year, I worked to establish a new program in the KUS titled “Campus Kinnections”, which pairs upper year students with first year and transfer students in Kinesiology. Campus Kinnections […]
2019 Kinesiology Research Forum
Event Details: Start: 29 October 2019 12:30 PM End: 29 October 2019 2:00 PM Venue: Life Sciences Centre (room 1003) Categories: Research Events, Student Events 2019 Research Forum What is Kinesiology Research Forum? Kinesiology Research Forum is a 90 minute event designed to provide undergraduate students insight into the broad array of research being conducted […]