Speaker: Professor Nanette Mutrie, MBE, Chair in Physical Activity for Health, Director of the Physical Activity for Health Research Centre (PAHRC), University of Edinburgh Host: Dr. Guy Faulkner, Professor, UBC School of Kinesiology Title: ‘Is walking the best buy for public health? – talking the walk’ Nanette Mutrie has been Chair of Physical Activity for Health at the […]
SEMINAR CANCELLED Speaker: Dr. Jostein Hallen, Professor in Physiology, Department of Physical Performance, Norwegian School of Sport Sciences Host: Dr. Robert Boushel, Director, Professor, UBC School of Kinesiology Title: Longitudinal changes in maximal oxygen uptake, hematological variables and heart dimension in adolescent girls and boys with different training backgrounds Blood volumes, heart dimensions as well as […]
**SEMINAR CANCELLED Speaker: Dr. Kristin Stanford, Associate Professor, Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, Department of Internal Medicine, Endocrinology Associate Director, Diabetes Metabolism Research Center, Investigator, Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, The Ohio State University WexnerMedical Center Hosts: Dr. Robert Boushel, Director, Professor, UBC School of Kinesiology and Dr. Jean Sebastien Blouin, Professor, UBC School […]
The Perfection Trap This talk will be all about the hidden epidemic of perfectionism in the Western world. Dr. Curran will discuss the overzealous, hypercriticality that germinates in a society that always wants more, and how, while perfectionism ostensibly seeks to improve us, it ultimately leads to hugely negative consequences for our personal wellbeing, performances, […]
School of Kinesiology Distinguished Speaker Series: Dr. Jostein Hallen (CANCELLED)