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Application deadline for 2023 Fall admission to KPE Graduate Studies...

sanjeev.panigrahy@91˿��Ƶ.Ca — Fri, 02 Dec 2022 17:57:34 +0000

Application deadline for admission to KPE Graduate Studies for September 2023 is January 15th 2023. Submit your application today!

Application deadline for 2022 Fall admission to KPE Graduate Studies...

sanjeev.panigrahy@91˿��Ƶ.Ca — Wed, 05 Jan 2022 18:58:45 +0000

The application window for Fall 2022 admissions has been extended. Applications received after January 15th, 2022 will still be considered. Submit your application today!

Kinesiology & Physical Education New Student Orientation

sanjeev.panigrahy@91˿��Ƶ.Ca — Mon, 23 Aug 2021 18:01:04 +0000

New Kinesiology & Physical Education students are invited to an online Orientation session to be held virtually on Thursday, 26 August from 10:30am to 12:00pm.

Application deadline for 2021 Fall admission to KPE Graduate Studies...

sanjeev.panigrahy@91˿��Ƶ.Ca — Mon, 07 Dec 2020 03:53:07 +0000

Application deadline for admission to KPE Graduate Studies for September 2021 is January 15th 2021.

Congratulations to Tayah Liska for Successfully Defending Her Dissertation

sanjeev.panigrahy@91˿��Ƶ.Ca — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 20:18:32 +0000

Tayah Liska successfully defended her PhD Oral Defence in Currie Room 304 on April 21st, 2026.

The title of her thesis:
"Identifying the conceptual attributes of physical activity maintenance among adults with physical disability"

Oral Defence Comittee:
Prof. Shane Sweet (Supervisor), Dr. Daniel Fortin-Guichard, Dr. William James Harvey, Dr. Kathleen Martin Ginis, Dr. Rebecca Bassett-Gunter, Prof. Guillaume Gervais

Loop Lab Spring Edition: Leadership and Learning in the Great Outdoors

admin — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 21:00:42 +0000

Loop Lab is heading outside for its final spring installment of this academic year! Join us for two student-led workshops:

WiSE by Nature

April 29th @ 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM

Education Convocation Ceremony

admin — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 17:43:10 +0000

Education graduands will be walking the stage and will be conferred with their undergraduate and graduate degrees: Let's celebrate their accomplishments and fill them with inspiration and they begin their new chapters!

Young Athletes are Not Above the Law

admin — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 20:47:07 +0000

Professor Gordon Bloom, Director of 91˿��Ƶ's Sport Psychology Laboratory, was interviewed by CHCH-TV about the felony assault charges against Gavin McKenna who was seen as Canada's rising hockey star and top NHL 2026 draft prospect. "What we have to remind young people is that they're not invincible and they're not above the law," said Bloom.

Program helps future teachers to manage their stress and their emotions

admin — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 15:47:41 +0000

What is the best way to prepare future teachers for the emotional challenges they will face as they pursue their careers?

That’s the question that led 91˿��Ƶ’s Faculty of Education to make well-being in education a strategic priority and create the Regulating Emotions and Stress for pre-Service Teachers Program (RESST), with the support of the Rossy Foundation.

KPE PhD Candidate Cyrille Mvomo Honored with IEEE-EMBS BHI 2025 Best Paper Award and NSF-EMBS-Google NextGen Scholar Recognition

admin — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 03:14:48 +0000

Cyrille Mvomo achieved an outstanding double recognition at the IEEE-EMBS Biomedical and Health Informatics (BHI) Conference held October 26-29 in Atlanta, GA, USA. BHI is one of the world’s leading venues in digital health research.

Best Paper Award (Third Place) — for his paper “Monitoring Parkinson’s Disease In-the-Wild”.

Congratulations to Siobhan Henderson for Successfully Defending Her Dissertation

sanjeev.panigrahy@91˿��Ƶ.Ca — Fri, 05 Dec 2025 19:39:43 +0000

Siobhan Henderson successfully defended her PhD Oral Defence in Currie 304 on December 4th, 2025.

The title of her thesis:
"Understanding and Exploring Coaches’ Perspectives of Mental Health in Competitive Sport in Canada"

Oral Defence Comittee:
Dr. Gordon Bloom (Supervisor), Dr. Shane Sweet, Dr. Bruno da Costa, Dr. Lindsay Duncan, Dr. Odile Liboiron-Ladouceur, Dr. Krista Chandler

Congratulations to Jinan Saboune for Successfully Defending Her Dissertation

sanjeev.panigrahy@91˿��Ƶ.Ca — Tue, 14 Oct 2025 20:29:56 +0000

Jinan Saboune successfully defended her PhD Oral Defence in Currie Room 352 on October 9th, 2025.

The title of her thesis:
"Mind the Age Gap: Female-specific Variability in the Sympathetic Neural Control of Blood Pressure"

Oral Defence Comittee:
Dr. Charlotte Usselman (Supervisor), Dr. Dennis Jensen, Dr. Jenna Gibbs, Dr. Celena Scheede-Bergdahl, Dr. Andreas Bergdahl, Dr. Neil Andersson

Congratulations to Erika Renda for successfully defending her dissertation!

sanjeev.panigrahy@91˿��Ƶ.Ca — Mon, 16 Sep 2024 14:57:01 +0000

Congratulations to Dr. Erika Renda on the successful defence of her dissertation on 13th Sept. 2024!

Topic of her dissertation:
"Influences of hand dominance and sex on the biomechanics of fatiguing unilateral and bilateral repetitive overhead tasks"

Congratulations to Rachelle Aucoin for Successfully Defending Her Dissertation

sanjeev.panigrahy@91˿��Ƶ.Ca — Thu, 17 Jul 2025 16:42:21 +0000

Rachelle Aucoin successfully defended her PhD Oral Defence in Currie Room 304 - Tassone on July 14, 2025.

The title of her thesis:
"Cool Air, Clear Relief: Exploring the Mechanisms and Utility of Fan-to-Face Therapy for Management of Exertional Breathlessness in Chronic Lung Disease "

Oral Defence Comittee:
Dr. Dennis Jensen (Supervisor), Dr. Jenna Gibbs, Dr. Dina Brooks, Dr. Celena Scheede-Bergdahl and Dr. Daniel Fortin-Guichard.

Matthew Slopecki of the BOS Lab Defends Dissertation

sanjeev.panigrahy@91˿��Ƶ.Ca — Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:07:16 +0000

Congratulations to Dr. Matthew Slopecki on the successful defence of his dissertation on February 19, 2025!

Topic of his dissertation:

"Personalized analyses of repetitive upper limb movement patterns: from the lab to the pool".

Dr. Matthew Slopecki is with Dr. Julie Côté's lab, Biomechanics of Occupation and Sport (BOS).