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Have you met … Rylan Kafara?

  • 2 December 2024
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Women’s roles in shaping mountain culture highlighted at two international events

  • 29 November 2024
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Convocation Spotlight: Brittany Priel

  • 27 November 2024
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Convocation Spotlight: Brynn Walmsley

  • 27 November 2024
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In for the chill: five useful tips to help you stay fit in the winter

  • James Witts - The Guardian
  • 10 November 2024
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More than an hour of exercise a week may help with ‘baby blues’, says study

  • Andrew Gregory - The Guardian
  • 7 November 2024
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Top 40 Under 40 2024: Rebecca Rubuliak

  • Tom Ndekezi - Edify
  • 1 November 2024
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Researchers simplify digital reconstruction of bones

  • Adrianna MacPherson - Folio
  • 31 October 2024
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La forme physique fait toute la différence

  • Jean-Benoit Legault - La Presse Canadienne
  • 15 October 2024
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In search of ‘ikigai’: Why the Japanese concept could be a key to well-being

  • Sasha Roeder Mah - FOLIO
  • 10 October 2024
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‘Sweat, spike, solve’: Research suggests a new strategy for people with Type 1 diabetes to lower blood sugar after exercise

  • Adrianna MacPherson - Folio
  • 8 October 2024
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Leading research at the top of the world

  • Shirley Wilfong-Pritchard
  • 7 October 2024
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Probing the path to Paralympic glory

  • Geoff McMaster - Folio
  • 2 October 2024
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U of A study identifies skills physical activity specialists can develop to support mental health

  • Jon Pullin
  • 1 October 2024
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Cardiopulmonary fitness is key for helping breast cancer patients manage post-diagnosis symptoms

  • Adrianna MacPherson - Folio
  • 1 October 2024
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Have you met … Dan Mason?

  • 26 September 2024
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‘Experts in their own lives’: amplifying children’s voices in research

  • Adrianna MacPherson
  • 25 September 2024
Green and gold balloons arranged to look like the number 60 in celebration of 60 years of the faculty.

KSR Alumni Celebration: A Day of Connection, Memories and Milestones

  • 23 September 2024
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Paralympians face higher injury rate, harder recoveries than Olympians

  • Washington Post
  • 8 September 2024
2024 Faculty award winners

From the Provost’s Desk: Congratulating the Recipients of the 2024 Awards for Faculty Excellence

  • THE QUAD
  • 5 September 2024
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How to Face Failure

  • Karen Kwan - New Tail
  • 25 July 2024
Charlotte Mitchell

U of A PhD student to advocate for inclusion in sport on an international stage

  • Shirley Wilfong-Pritchard
  • 17 July 2024
Nancy Spencer

Have you met … Nancy Spencer?

  • 11 July 2024
Craig Chapman

What is Hockeyology?

  • Colin Gallant - Taproot
  • 10 July 2024
Image of Timm Döbert (left) and Leanna Carriere with Carriere’s daughter Adalynn. Döbert and Carriere are cycling across Canada in just 30 days to raise environmental awareness — and helping U of A researchers study human resilience along the way. (Photo: CADS Photography)

A study in resilience

  • 27 June 2024
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Convocation Spotlight: Helene Jørgensen

  • 19 June 2024
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Alumnus Brian Sugiyama shares insights on coaching youth hockey

  • Jennifer Fitzgerald
  • 16 June 2024
Donna Johns

A dream becomes reality

  • Shirley Wilfong-Pritchard
  • 12 June 2024
Deborah Okusanya

Convocation Spotlight: Debbie Okusanya

  • 11 June 2024
Dr. John Dunn

U of A expert discusses the essence of sports psychology:

  • Global 630 CHED (Edmonton) (audio)
  • 11 June 2024
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Edmonton Oilers hoping to bring the Stanley Cup home after 3 decades

  • Vinesh Pratap - Global News - Video
  • 10 June 2024
Trei Lindstrom

Convocation Spotlight: Trei Lindstrom

  • 6 June 2024
An aerial photo taken on Aug. 26, 2023, shows athletes as they compete in the women's marathon final during the World Athletics Championships in Budapest. Earlier in May, a video of a woman running the Presidente Prudente Half Marathon in Brazil went viral after her husband let her kids meet her on the course. (Istvan Ruzsa/Pool/AFP/Getty Images)

For many, the video of a Brazilian runner is symbolic for the kind of barriers mothers face

  • Natalie Stechyson - CBC
  • 28 May 2024
PAW participants Courtney Reid and Johann Gnanapragasam play parachute games with a primary class in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

The universal language of play

  • Shirley Wilfong-Pritchard
  • 14 May 2024
Nancy Hernandez

Have you met … Nancy Hernandez?

  • 3 May 2024
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Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation placed 15th in the world this year and third in Canada in QS rankings

  • Oumar Salifou - FOLIO
  • 10 April 2024
Judy Davidson

Have you met … Judy Davidson?

  • Sasha Roeder Mah
  • 3 April 2024
Shenin Mehnaj

Have you met … Shenin Mehnaj?

  • 1 March 2024
Dorothy Harris dance studio

A new class is encouraging adults to step up to the ballet barre

  • 16 February 2024
The Ski Like a Girl research team (from left) — historians Lyndsay Conrad, PearlAnn Reichwein and Charlotte Mitchell — are bringing to light unheard histories of women’s contributions to Nordic sport in Western Canada.

Ski like a girl: Researchers reveal hidden histories of women in Nordic sport

  • Oumar Salifou - FOLIO
  • 9 February 2024
Amber Cleasby and Colton Meronyk

BARST degree offers students the best of many worlds

  • Danica Erickson
  • 7 February 2024
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Improved Fitness Could Lower Prostate Cancer Risk by Up to 35 Percent

  • Lisa Rapaport - Everyday Health
  • 1 February 2024
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Have you met … Dave Collins?

  • 31 January 2024
Adalberto Loyola Sanchez

U of A Steadward Centre announces Adalberto Loyola Sanchez as first-ever research affiliate

  • 31 January 2024
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KSR students make important inroads in pregnancy-health research

  • Sasha Roeder Mah
  • 30 January 2024
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Five tips to help you get outdoors to work out

  • Oumar Salifou - FOLIO
  • 26 January 2024
Genevieve Johnson

Have you met … Genevieve Johnson?

  • 5 January 2024
KSR year end story

Faculty of Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation year-end story round-up

  • 5 December 2023
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Stroke survivor finds sanctuary and healing at the Steadward Centre

  • 4 December 2023
Liane Jean

Have you met … Liane Jean?

  • Sasha Roeder Mah
  • 30 November 2023

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