Posts Tagged: School of Kinesiology
Exploring harm and the effectiveness of safeguarding in para sport
May 15, 2023
Conversations about safe sport and the treatment of athletes in Canada have been widespread during the past several months. While…
Study shows how personal stories of health risks got students to stop vaping
January 27, 2023
Babac Salmani, a PhD candidate in the Faculty of Health Sciences, studied the intention and behaviour change of regular vapers after they watched a short video explaining the potential health risks.
Olympic and Paralympic expert available to comment on Canada and 2020 Tokyo Games
March 23, 2020
The Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) and Canadian Paralympic Committee (CPC) announced today that Canadian athletes will not be sent to…
Use of rewards app lifts more than 100,000 Canadians out of ‘high risk’ physical inactivity
March 3, 2020
With the amount of time Canadians spend using their smartphones being linked to an increase in sedentary behaviour, it may…
New study shows menstrual cycles have no effect on cognitive benefits of exercise
November 5, 2019
The majority of exercise neuroscience studies (64 per cent) have not included female participants due to the frequently held belief…
Brain health of older adults enhanced by low-intensity physical activity
February 28, 2019
Older adults who engage in short bursts of physical activity can experience a boost in brain health even if the…
Sport Management experts available to comment on Pyeongchang Olympics and Paralympics
January 22, 2018
With the 2018 PyeongChang Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games just weeks away, members of the Ontario Sport Management Collective are…
New study shows exercise during pregnancy combats high blood pressure and oversized babies
January 28, 2016
A new study led by Western University and the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid presents overwhelming evidence that women should, whenever…
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