Jul. 2, 2020 – New paper out by Dr. Guy Faulkner, Katie Weatherson, and colleagues based on longitudinal COMPASS data. Read the paper here: ‘Are one year changes in adherence to the 24-hour movement guidelines associated with flourishing among Canadian youth?‘
New Paper Out
Jul. 2, 2020 – New paper out! Led by Dr. Richard Larouche and co-authored by Dr. Guy Faulkner, PhD candidate Negin Riazi, and colleagues. Check out: ‘Relationships Among Children’s Independent Mobility, Active Transportation, and Physical Activity: A Multisite Cross-Sectional Study.‘
Indigenous Graduation Celebration Spring 2020
Longhouse Ceremonial Door
Please join the First Nations House of Learning this Saturday, June 27th at 11:00am, for a live stream virtual graduation celebration to honour and recognize the educational achievements of participating UBC and KIN Indigenous graduates.
View the event: Click Here
Congratulations to our Indigenous KIN graduates:
Maddison Chow
Cayden Orallo
Graduation 2020
A Message of Congratulations from the Director of the School of Kinesiology, Robert Boushel
This page recognizes all the outstanding and resilient students who have received either a Bachelor, Master or PhD degree. Please Scroll down to see the list of student award winners.
Congratulations go to the following Undergraduate Students for receiving their Bachelor of Kinesiology:
| Ackerman, Lindsey |
| Afshar Zanjani, Ali |
| Aiken, Koji |
| Akagami, Misaki |
| An, Jae Sung |
| Anandalingam, Stephen |
| Anthony, Claire |
| Arambarri, Abigail |
| Ashamalla, Mark |
| Ashlee, Michaela |
| Ashrafologhalai, Soheil |
| Bahia, Paneet |
| Bailey, Makenna |
| Barakso, Carolyn |
| Baron, Gil |
| Becerra Celis, Paula |
| Becker, Kyle |
| Berdusco, Corey |
| Besler, Zachary |
| Bodnaruk, Alexander |
| Boughner, Jennifer |
| Brown, Fiona |
| Bungay, Abigail |
| Busch, Matthew |
| Cagdan, Tantrick |
| Cahill-McMahon, Nicole |
| Cala, Nicole |
| Carson, Isabelle |
| Caston, Allison |
| Chan, Adrian |
| Chan, Terrence |
| Chan, Amber |
| Chee, Esther |
| Chen, Christopher |
| Chen, Jacky |
| Cheung, Johnson |
| Cheung, Ching Yee |
| Cho, Rachel |
| Choi, Vincent |
| Chow, Christopher |
| Chow, Maddison |
| Chow, Meagan |
| Chow, Stanley |
| Choy, Nicolas |
| Chu, Jordan |
| Chua, Elizabeth |
| Clarke, Zoe |
| Conanan, Richard |
| Cool, Krystel |
| Cortese, Sarah |
| Cosma, Robert |
| Dean, Sumayya |
| Dial, Manveer |
| DiCesare, Cierrah |
| Dong, Jing |
| Drewbrook, Fiona |
| Elmi, Nima |
| Flores Ramirez, Balba |
| Fong, Cheryl |
| Fong, Katherine |
| Foronda, Bryan |
| Foronda, Pio |
| Fraser, Connor |
| Fu, Yolanda |
| Gallacher, Cameron |
| Galo, Deanica |
| Garland, Nicole |
| Gaspar, Sabrina |
| Ghaly, Holy |
| Gill, Jasdeep |
| Gray, Lisa |
| Grgic, David |
| Grishin, Nikol |
| Gupta, Pahul |
| Hamming, Chelsea |
| Hanna, Jacob |
| Hansen, Rachel |
| Hanson, Jessica |
| Harasymchuk, Sophie |
| Harrison, Andrew |
| Hawes, Devan |
| Hayer, Manraj |
| Hu, Christina |
| Hu, Tracy |
| Huang, David |
| Hubbard, Cody |
| Hum, Lauren |
| Hundle, Prubjeet |
| Hung, Andy |
| Iemoto, Kent |
| Ignatieff, Delaney |
| Ing, Alexandra |
| Ip, Nelson |
| Ivankovic, Dragana |
| Jagdeo, Amritpal |
| Jestin, Ashley |
| Kim Stefanuto, Giovanna |
| Jiang, Daria |
| Johal, Sajan |
| Johal, Devin |
| Johnson, Stefanie |
| Jones, Tanner |
| Judge, Amrinder |
| Kainth, Ryan |
| Kano, Ai |
| Kara, Atiya |
| Keffer, Cole |
| Khadhair, Ahmad |
| Kim, Hanna |
| Kim, Sunwon |
| Ko, Angelina |
| Koo, Stephen |
| Kwan, Jasmine |
| Kwok, Kevin |
| Lam, Brandon |
| Lam, Caitlyn |
| Largaespada, Gabriel |
| Law, Angela |
| Le, Daniel |
| Lee, Michael |
| Lee, Claudia |
| Lehmann, Kathryn |
| Leisen, Trenton |
| Leung, Bonnie |
| Li, Joanna |
| Liang, Henry |
| Lim, Jennifer |
| Liu, Jackson |
| Lo, Annika |
| Lopes, Sydney |
| Lumba, Nina |
| Mackenzie, Claudia |
| Macneil, Delaney |
| Magdangal, Bianca |
| Mah, Eric |
| Mahairhu, Sukhraj |
| Malhotra, Aayush |
| Malik, Waleed |
| Marconato, Dante |
| Marks-Worling, Christopher |
| Martin, Hannah |
| McArdle, Marne |
| McGregor, Reannon |
| Menard, Aidan |
| Menard, Shamus |
| Minhas, Gurinder |
| Modeste, Lauren |
| Moller-Hansen, Emily |
| Musico, Liesanne |
| Mustapich, Christian |
| Navoa, Gianne |
| Newell, Anthony |
| Ng, Asahi |
| Ng, Samuel |
| Ng, Sing Lok |
| Ng, Suzanne |
| Nguyen, Minh |
| Nguyen, Daniel |
| Nightingale, Tara |
| Noseworthy, Brett |
| Ogrodniczuk, Mikayla |
| Ogryzlo, Carey |
| Ogunyannwo, Oluwatoyin |
| Okano, Hanae |
| Orallo, Cayden |
| Parag, Harika |
| Parag, Nishtha |
| Parag, Akira |
| Pasin, Isabelle |
| Penacerrada, Francis |
| Pham Tran, Nhi |
| Plater, Cole |
| Quan, Joshua |
| Radford, Connor |
| Rai, Jaspreet Justin |
| Ranahan, Alexa |
| Randing, Chris |
| Randles, Shaena |
| Reiter, Emma |
| Ribeiro, Luisa |
| Roberts, Mikaia |
| Rodriguez, Jan |
| Rodriguez-Correa, Aaron |
| Rounce, Declan |
| Rudy, Merlena |
| Rushworth, Lianna |
| Sadaka, Arielle |
| Sagaysay, Ivy |
| Sakakibara, Rena |
| Sandall, Jirina |
| Sandhu, Jadin |
| Sarafis, Anna |
| Savoie, Cassandra |
| Scarr, Nicolas |
| Scavazza, Stefan |
| Schreiber, Christopher |
| Sekhon, Amit |
| Shamei, Radmehr |
| Shih, Sunny |
| Shu, Hattie |
| Sidey-Phillips, Hayden |
| Sidhu, Harry |
| Sindhar, Jasmine |
| Singh, Alisha |
| Sinik, Borislav |
| Sirois, Ailsa |
| Sise Odaa, Bashiru |
| Smith, Benjamin |
| St. Cyr, Michaela |
| Standish, Ian |
| Stevens, Allison |
| Stone-Kerr, Delaney |
| Stothers, Bennett |
| Sudom, Terri-Lyn |
| Taddei, Adrian |
| Tadrous, Grace |
| Talman, Adam |
| Tam, Otto |
| Tin Tsin Fong, Elsie |
| Trinh, Tiffany |
| Tsuei, Valerie |
| Tu, Joanna |
| Turrin, Jordan |
| Vallabh, Priyanka |
| Varady, Heather |
| Varty, Rebecca |
| Vila, Samuel |
| Walker, Taryn |
| Wang, James |
| Wangsangthong, Pichada |
| Wardowicz, Martin |
| Warner, Michele |
| Watson, Holly |
| Wee, Christy |
| Welch, Kassandra |
| Williams, Oliver |
| Williams, Reid |
| Woldring, Tess |
| Wong, Jolie |
| Wong, Martin |
| Wong, Samuel |
| Wu, Geoffrey |
| Yan, Jane |
| Yan, Michelle |
| Yang, David |
| Yao, Jonathan |
| Yip, Kalon |
| Yiu, Rachel |
| Yorke, Taylor |
| Yu, Dominic |
| Yu, Johnson |
| Yu, Lia |
| Yu, Stephanie |
| Zhang, Julia |
| Zhang, Skye |
Congratulations go to the following Graduate Kinesiology Students for receiving their Masters degree:
| Fossey, Mary (MSc) |
| Hergott, Cole (MKin) |
| Humphrey, Brandon (MKin) |
| Jakins, Jesse (MHPCTL) |
| Lai, Henry (MSc) |
| Mallow, Nicole (MKin) |
| Morgan, Conor (MKin) |
| Ng, Tobias (MHPCTL) |
| Piwowar-Desilets, Cody (MKin) |
| Sinnen, Nadine (Msc) |
| Smith, Mark (HPCTL) |
| Vo, Anh Khoa (MSc) |
| Wong, Rachel (MKin) |
| Wunderlich, Kelly (MSc) |
| Yeates, Neil (MKin) |
Congratulations go to the following Graduate Kinesiology Students for receiving their PhD:
| Carter, Eric |
| Forde, Shawn |
| Mang, Daniel |
| Waldman, Devra |
Students Award Winners:
Head of Class in Kinesiology and Health Science
& CSEP (Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology) Undergraduate Student Award:
Carolyn Barakso
Carolyn M. Barakso, a graduating student in the Kinesiology and Health Science Program finished her 4th year with an overall 94.4% average. She has spent the past year working as a research assistant with the UBC Pacific Parkinson’s Research Centre and volunteering with the VGH Emergency Department, SPH Heart Rhythm Research Group, and UBC Active Kids. Her involvement with the Kinesiology Undergraduate Society for 2019/2020 includes being a Grad Committee Member, Campus KINnections Mentor, and KIN Camp Leader. Past awards include the Trek Excellence Scholarship, William B. McNulty Kinesiology Scholarship, and Physical Education Alumni and Kinesiology Faculty Scholarship. Her other personal accomplishments include solo thru-hiking the Pacific Crest Trail and summiting Mt. Kilimanjaro. Carolyn plans to follow up her undergraduate degree with a career in health care.
Head of Class in Physical and Health Education: Stefan Scavazza
Stefan G. Scavazza, a 4th year student in the Physical Health and Education stream has an overall 78% average. Over his years studying kinesiology, Stefan has spent time coaching soccer at the club and recreational level. Through the Kin program at UBC, Stefan found a passion for inspiring others to be active and making physical activity accessible to all. Stefan plans to gain more experience and work for the City of Richmond as an instructor and recreation planner. Lastly Stefan would like to thank his family for the support through his education which led to his success.
Head of Class In Interdisciplinary Studies
& R. W. Schutz Faculty Prize in Kinesiology – Head of the 2020 Graduating Class:
Adrian Taddei
Adrian Taddei, fifth year student in the Interdisciplinary stream. During his undergraduate degree, Adrian worked as a Support Worker, Behaviour Interventionist, Rehabilitation Assistant and a Student Athletic Trainer with the UBC Men’s Soccer Team. His past awards include the TREK Excellence Scholarship and Bob Hindmarch Award. Adrian plans to follow up on his undergraduate degree with further studies in a Master’s of Science Degree in Physical Therapy at Queen’s University.
UBC Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Award: Henry Lai, MSc
Henry is a UBC Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Award winner who worked under the supervision of Darren Warburton in the Cardiovascular Physiology and Rehabilitation lab. During his time as a graduate student, Henry worked on a UBC TLEF project to co-create and deliver a blended-learning course specializing in Indigenous Health and Wellness.
Henry worked with the Health and Fitness Society of BC to co-create knowledge translation resources that promote culturally safe messaging for members of the Indigenous community in physical activity participation. These resources were shared with the broader community, and included organizing local walk/run events, facilitating community-based experiential learning placements for undergrads, and hosting the 6th and 7th annual National Indigenous Physical Activity and Wellness Conference.
Past awards include the National Collaborating Centres for Public Health Knowledge Translation Award, Canadian Association of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation Student Abstract Award, Canadian Institutes of Health Research Indigenous Gender and Wellness Idea Fair and Learning Circle Travel Award, Donald and Ellen Poulter Scholarship, William B. McNulty and Captain C. Y. Wu Kinesiology Scholarships, Kinesiology Head of Class Award, and the Trek Excellence Scholarship.
Jump Start 2020
Getting ready to start first year at UBC School of Kinesiology this September?
Jump Start orientation is your chance to get to know your professors, make friends with your classmates and learn about different UBC services available to you, all before classes start.
Register by Monday, July 6.
New article out!
Jun. 30, 2020 – New article out in The Conversation Canada by PhD candidate Negin Riazi and Dr. Guy Faulkner on the importance of children’s independent mobility. Check it out here!
In Memoriam: Phyllis Barbara ‘Bim’ Schrodt – UBC will hold a flag lowering in her honour.
It is with great sadness that the School of Kinesiology, Faculty of Education announces the passing away of Emerita, Phyllis Barbara ‘Bim’ Schrodt (1929-2020) at the age of 91.
Dr. Schrodt played field hockey and swam for UBC during the late 1940s, graduating in 1951 and earning her Bachelor of Physical Education. She taught in the Physical Education Faculty, and coached the UBC women’s field hockey team for eighteen years. She lead women’s field hockey as a coach, umpire, manager, and administrator.
Dr. Schrodt laid the foundation for the women’s athletic program at UBC in 1957-58 and served as Women’s Athletic Director for six years developing opportunities for women. Dr. Schrodt had a passion for field hockey and established the BC Women’s Field Hockey Federation in 1966, drafting its constitution. She developed a handbook of regulations and procedures for which the national level modeled. She was president of the Vancouver Women’s Field Hockey Association and founding director of the Canadian Women’s Field Hockey Association.
Her early efforts led to the establishment of a national umpiring certification still used today. Dr. Schrodt led the Blue & Gold to six Canada West championships in the eight years in which UBC competed in the Western Canadian League. She coached the gold medal BC Team at the 1973 Canada Games, and umpired at four consecutive world championships. Dr. Schrodt launched the first publication on women’s field hockey, “Field Hockey for Women,” and edited the Canadian Women’s Field Hockey Rules and Umpiring Guide. Her teams’ celebrated record was passed on to her successor, Gail Wilson, and continues to hold a special place in UBC history. She completed her PhD in Physical Education in 1979 at the University of Alberta.
Dr. Schrodt spent 40 plus years as a UBC player, coach, administrator and teacher and the game of field hockey, women’s athletics, and students continue to be the beneficiaries of her work and dedication. Dr. Schrodt was chair for the Vancouver Centennial Celebrations of Women’s Field Hockey in 1996, and was inducted into both the UBC and British Columbia Sports Halls of Fame. Details of Dr. Schrodt’s incredible career are captured here. Our deepest condolences to the Schrodt family, and friends.
UBC will hold a flag lowering in her honour.
National Indigenous Physical Activity Awareness Week (NIPAAW)
National Indigenous Physical Activity Awareness Week (NIPAAW) is June 21st – June 27th.
NIPAAW aims to promote physical activity in urban and rural Indigenous communities in Canada through organizing fun and simple initiatives to improve overall health and wellness. During this week, people are encouraged to engage in physical activity with their family, community, and workplace to Show Their Active Spirit by participating in activities, traditional games, contests and downloading a tool kit.
Click Here to learn more.
UBC study identifies social and behavioural factors most closely associated with dying
Smoking, divorce and alcohol abuse have the closest connection to death out of 57 social and behavioural factors analyzed in research published today in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
The study analyzed survey data collected from 13,611 adults in the U.S. between 1992 and 2008, and identified which factors applied to those who died between 2008 and 2014.
“It shows that a lifespan approach is needed to really understand health and mortality,” said Eli Puterman, assistant professor at the University of British Columbia’s school of kinesiology and lead author of the study.
“For example, instead of just asking whether people are unemployed, we looked at their history of unemployment over 16 years. If they were unemployed at any time, was that a predictor of mortality? It’s more than just a one-time snapshot in people’s lives, where something might be missed because it did not occur. Our approach provides a look at potential long-term impacts through a lifespan lens.”
Life expectancy in the U.S. has stagnated for three decades relative to other industrialized countries, raising questions about which factors might be contributing. Biological factors and medical conditions are always at the top of the list, so this study intentionally excluded those in favour of social, psychological, economic, and behavioural factors.
Click Here to read more.
June 26th – Exercising during stressful experiences: Impacts on physical and psychological wellbeing
The Schools of Kinesiology (UBC Vancouver) and Health and Exercise Sciences (UBCO) are co-hosting a weekly webinar series featuring current faculty research topics. The series runs May through June. All are invited to attend these free academic presentations on Friday afternoons from 3:00pm-4:30pm PST.
Dr. Eli Puterman PhD
Assistant Professor
Canada Research Chair in Physical Activity and Health,
Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Scholar
School of Kinesiology
Title: Exercising during stressful experiences: Impacts on physical and psychological wellbeing
Description:
Even though populations are ageing, older adults are not necessarily increasing their healthspan (i.e., years of maintained good health). Population aging has given rise to an increase in the incidence of non-communicable diseases, which account for the majority of deaths among older adults across the globe. Aging cells play a crucial role in the pathogenesis of non-communicable diseases.
Telomere shortening in cells plays a part of this aging process and is recognized as a biomarker of disease. Telomeres are DNA-protein caps at the ends of chromosomes that protect genetic material from degradation and their lengths indicate cellular aging. Although aging, genetic variants, and lifetime exposures (i.e. smoking or chronic psychological stress) contribute to telomere shortening across the lifespan, research indicates that certain health behaviours, like exercise, can protect against changes in telomere length.
In the current presentation, research highlighting the critical – and opposing – roles that life stress and exercise have on telomere length will be examined. Evidence from observational and prospective studies will demonstrate the role that stress has on health in general, and telomere length specifically.
Importantly, evidence from exercise-based intervention trials will be presented that emphasizes the influence of a physically active lifestyle to telomere length maintenance, especially when faced with chronic stress. Psychological and biological mechanisms of the benefits of physical activity and exercise on telomere maintenance will be explored.
Details:
Friday, June 26, 2020
3:00pm – 4:30pm
All Welcome – Free admission
Zoom link