New Graduate course: "Killam Connection: Healthy Aging from Cells to Societies"

New Graduate course: “Killam Connection: Healthy Aging from Cells to Societies”

The School of Kinesiology at UBC is pleased to announce that Dr. Eli Puterman’s “Healthy Aging from Cells to Societies” is the winner of the 2019-2020 Killam Connection Competition.

Every year, the Killam Connection program provides up to $25,000 to enable UBC faculty to host an innovative and interdisciplinary research forum and graduate course focused around a theme of general interest and public importance. The purpose of this grant is to provide an opportunity for faculty and graduate students to engage with leading scholars on matters of importance. The grant is also meant for students to gain experience developing and possibly implementing scholarly projects that have a public impact.

 
“Killam Connection: Healthy Aging from Cells to Societies” will tackle the complexities of healthy aging across the lifespan and support the training of future scientists in developing practical skills in translating scientific knowledge to successfully engage the public. In this graduate course and seminar series, healthy aging will be explored through these lenses – through an examination of the ground-breaking research on cellular, social, cultural, behavioural, structural, and environmental factors that intersect to predict how long and well we live, both physically and mentally. This course also seeks to address the current public discourse on healthy aging and the myths about healthy aging that persist in the public sphere. This 13-week course will include UBC, national and international speakers from across the biological, social and behavioural sciences.

Some of the speakers expected to participate in the course are Rachel Yehuda, PhD, from Mount Sinai’s Hospital in New York; Catrin Tudor-Locke, PhD, from University of Massachusets; Tim Caulfield, LLM, from University of Alberta, journalist Mary Beth Pfeiffer; Stanford University’s Lloyd Minor, MD, among others.

This Graduate Lecture-Seminar, KIN 500P 001 is under Special Topics in Kinesiology and will be offered to graduate students in January 2020. For more information please click here.

Congratulations to Dr. Eli Puterman for the SSHRC Partnership Grant

The PGs are the largest grant by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) and the program is designed to advance research partnerships and knowledge mobilization in the social sciences and humanities through shared intellectual leadership and mutually beneficial collaboration between researchers at postsecondary institutions and organizations of various types.

Research topic: Scaling up Trauma and Violence-Informed Outreach with Women Affected by Violence
Applicant: Dr. Victoria Bungay, UBC with co-applicant, Dr. Eli Puterman, and 27 others.
Partner organizations: 2 universities and 12 non-profit and government organization partners
SSHRC award: $2,499,946
Partners cash/in-kind commitments: $1,966,154
MSFHR match funding grant: $380,000
Other funding sources: $490,000
Total project budget: $5,336,100

Congratulations on this exceptional achievement!

Running Free: Documentary Première and Panel

For generations, there was an expectation that children would spend their free time playing outdoors, developing friendships, and exploring their neighbourhoods without direct parental supervision. However, in recent decades we have seen a dramatic decline in the independent mobility of children. A worrying consequence of this shift is that Canadian society is now facing a physical inactivity crisis among children and youth. What is driving these changes and how can we reverse this trend?


 
September 18th was the première screening of Running Free: Children’s Independent Mobility, produced by Professor Guy Faulkner of UBC’s School of Kinesiology. Told through the eyes of three families, this 26-minute documentary explores the concept of children’s independent mobility, the benefits for children’s mental health, and challenges viewers to consider solutions to this issue. Following the screening there will was a panel discussion about the film’s themes and a reception that continued the conversation with fellow UBC alumni and friends.

More details at Alumni UBC

View the Trailer

Watch the film here.

Host

Guy Faulkner – Professor, School of Kinesiology, University of British Columbia; Canadian Institutes of Health Research-Public Health Agency of Canada Chair (CIHR-PHAC) in Applied Public Health

Moderator

Shiral Tobin – Director of Journalism and Programming, CBC British Columbia

Panelists

Adrian Crook – Senior Digital Strategist and Civic Advocate; Founder, 5Kids1Condo.com

Mariana Brussoni, MA’96, PhD’00 – Developmental Psychologist; Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics and the School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia

Negin Riazi – Doctoral Candidate, School of Kinesiology, University of British Columbia

Robyn Pitman – Lecturer, Department of Sociology, Faculty of Arts, University of British Columbia; Registered Clinical Counsellor and Registered Marriage and Family Therapist

New Paper Out

Aug. 10, 2019 – New paper out by PhD candidate Negin Riazi and Dr. Guy Faulkner examining the correlates of children’s independent mobility in Canada. Read it here!

New Paper Out

Aug. 9, 2019 – New paper out examining relationship between measures of area-level SES and type of urbanization with measures of active transportation, independent mobility, outdoor time, and physical activity. Read it here!

Margaret Pham named Google Cloud Academic All-America® Team Member of the Year for the College Division

Junior field hockey player Margaret Pham of the University of British Columbia has been named as the 2018-19 Google Cloud Academic All-America® Team Member of the Year for the College Division, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).

The Google Cloud Academic All-America® College Division teams includes two-year institutions, Canadian institutions and any United States four-year institutions that are not affiliated with the NCAA or NAIA. This the eighth year that CoSIDA has named College Division Academic All-America® teams.

It is the first time a UBC athlete has earned Google Cloud Academic All-America® Team Member of the Year recognition.

“This award represents the hard work I’ve put into both my academics and athletics,” said Pham. “Trying to achieve balance takes time and effort. I’m still tackling new challenges and learning from my teammates and university experiences about resiliency, perseverance, and compassion. It’s such an honor to be recognized from such a large pool of athletes!”

Pham, a junior midfielder from Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, has a 4.05 GPA as a kinesiology and interdisciplinary studies major. Pham was twice named a Canada West All-Star and was named to the 2017 U SPORTS All-Canadian team. Pham, who is a member of Canada’s senior national team, was the co-scoring leader in Canada West during 2017. Pham received the Barbara Schrodt Award in Kinesiology along with the John B. Macdonald and Margaret E. Barr Bigelow Memorial scholarships in 2018-19.

Photo credits:Rich Lam/UBC Thunderbirds

Miles, Rosalin

Dr. Rosalin Miles (MHK 1998), research associate in Indigenous Studies in Kinesiology, member of the Lytton First Nation and founder and Executive Director of the Indigenous Physical Activity & Cultural Circle (IPACC), a non-profit which has hosted five annual 5km runs with the Musqueam community to promote physical activity and well-being, has been awarded the Hidden Heroes 2019 award.

Former Chief, Gail Sparrow of the Musqueam band, nominated Rosalin for her role in shaping the non-profit, hosting the annual National Indigenous Physical Activity & Wellness conference, and showing the importance of giving back to the community as a First Nation woman.

Rosalin completed her Education, Doctoral Degree, Curriculum and Instruction, major Exercise Science, and her Graduate Certificate in Non-Profit Management at the University of Central Florida. Her dissertation was on the “Attainment of Doctoral Degree for American Indian and Alaska Native Women”. She obtained her Master’s degree in Human Kinetics, specializing in Coaching Science, at UBC.

Overall, Dr. Miles has a combined 32 years of experience working in the sports, fitness, education and health field in a variety of disciplines as a division one level NCAA level coach, registered Kinesiologist, Active Release Therapist, college and university instructor, Researcher, Nationally awarded Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist, and as a National Level athlete.

Dr. Miles also founded Maaj Consulting Group, which provides services to develop scientific and indigenous knowledge in order to facilitate common understanding for the betterment of Aboriginal communities.

Dr. Miles has published papers that include, Indigenous Long-Term Athlete & Participant Development Model (2016) and “With Every Step, We Grow Stronger”: The Cardiometabolic Benefits of an Indigenous-Led and Community-Based Healthy Lifestyle Intervention (2019). She is a shining light in our School.

More on Hidden Heroes 2019

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Kimoto, Ray

The students of the 1965 UBC Physical Education and Education graduate Ray Kimoto have always marveled at his youthfulness and energy. Ray graduated from UBC having played Thunderbird tennis and baseball, the latter under legendary UBC coach Frank Gnup. This was the “early era” of UBC baseball which produced many good players, memories and stories. It was Ray’s admiration for Coach Gnup that caused him to choose to play baseball at UBC. Ray was one of the very early Asian-Canadians to play this sport at UBC.

Ray’s career, one could say, has been that of a life-long teacher together with being an active participant. He was a high school teacher and counsellor in Vernon as well as the high school basketball coach and community tennis coach. Even today, in the minds of his former students and athletes, he is a memorable and influential mentor. Two current UBC employees, Baseball’s Terry McKaig and Development’s Chrissy Benz both from Vernon, fondly remember Mr. Kimoto.

During and following his years as a teacher Ray served as both a volleyball and basketball referee and together with his wife raised two successful children; all the while amazing students and athletes with his fitness. Ray, one of Canada’s best senior tennis players, experienced a highlight in June 2018 when, at the Vancouver Lawn Tennis Club, he won the BC Senior (0ver 80) Tennis Championship. In so doing he (relatively easily) won the semi-finals and final by defeating, coincidentally, two other Thunderbird athletes from another era, Gene Rizak (UBC basketball) and George Morfitt (UBC tennis, badminton) . . . again demonstrating the benefits of the physical fitness/sports aspect of life.

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Dr. Douglas Clement receives Alumni UBC 2019 Achievement Award

Congratulations to Dr. Douglas Clement, Professor Emeritus of Family Practice (1999) cross-appointed to the School of Kinesiology, for winning one of the Alumni UBC’s 2019 Achievement Awards.

The award recognizes inspiring and exceptional individuals who are making positive changes to the world and the society. Dr. Clement has been known widely as an early advocate for community health, he is also co-founder of the first sports medicine clinic in Canada, as well as the chair of the board of the Heart and Stroke Foundation, and a teacher of sport medicine at UBC for more than 20 years. Dr. Clement is a former Olympic athlete who inspires community spirit through sport as a track and field coach at UBC, as president of the non-profit Achilles Track and Field Society, and as co-founder of the annual Vancouver Sun Run.

On November 21, Doug will receive the Faculty Community Service Award at the Alumni UBC 2019 award ceremony. For more information on the event or to purchase tickets, visit the Alumni UBC website.

The School of Kinesiology extends its congratulations to Dr. Douglas Clement on this achievement.

Mark your calendars!

Aug. 1, 2019 – Mark your calendars for the Running Free: Documentary Première and Panel. Event details below.

Date:
Wednesday, September 18, 2019
6:30-8:30 pm (Program at 6:30 pm. Reception to follow.)

Location:
Robert H. Lee Alumni Centre
6163 University Blvd.
Vancouver, BC

If you would like to register for the event, you can do so here.