Dean of Education, Dr. Jan Hare's Statement on the Crisis in Ukraine The UBC Faculty of Education is deeply troubled by Russia’s unjust attacks on Ukraine and the related impact on our community members. We express solidarity with Ukraine and join the international chorus of leaders calling for an immediate end to violence in the region. We support Ukrainians in Canada and abroad. We stand with all people, including those in Russia who are protesting at significant personal risk, who oppose the unprovoked violence.
Read More | | UBC Giving Day Wednesday, April 6, 2022 UBC Giving Day is a 24-hour online fundraising challenge to support the UBC community. What matters most is that you get involved! Give what you can. Share with your network. And challenge others to do the same. When you give on April 6, you could unlock challenges that will amplify your impact by thousands. Whether you give $10, $100, $1000 or even more, what matters is that we all do our part. Learn More | | Spring 2022 Graduation Ceremonies We are pleased to announce that the UBC congregation will return to a live ceremony this year. Students of the School of Kinesiology will graduate on May 26th at 11:00 am PDT at the Chan Centre. We invite all alumni to send in a written or video message of congratulations to the Class of 2022. Please click here to upload your personalized message and a photograph. To see where your messages will appear click the button below. Wall of Wisdom | | | | Rick Hansen Talks With UBC KIN About Accessibility and Inclusion
On March 3rd, KIN alum Rick Hansen, C.C., O.B.C. spoke in a fireside chat format with KIN professors Andrea Bundonand Jasmin Ma and about accessibility and inclusion in community spaces as part of the UBC Exercise, Kinesiology, and Health Seminar Program. Click below to see his presentation, "Accessibility and Inclusion: Unleashing the Potential of People with Disabilities." Watch Recording Here | | | | Atila Ozkaplan, Missing in Action! Humorous tales from the Beijing Olympics "Back-to-back Olympics within 6 months meant living in some form of adaptive quarantine for 6 of the past 10 months. When people ask me how we got through it, I tell them the people...and humor." KIN 2022 Alumni Builder Award Winner, Atila Ozkaplan relays how the NBC TV crew at the Beijing Winter Olympics used humour to help manage some stressful times in Beijing. Read the full story on LinkedIn below! Read More | | | Spotlight on Alumni from KIN's High-Performance Coaching and Technical Leadership (HPCTL) Program Many experienced sport coaches and technical leaders have graduated from KIN’s HPCTL program and applied their new knowledge to enhance their professional coaching approaches. Read articles below about HPCTL alumni Tobias Ng, Ueli Albert, and Jim Jennings on their experiences in the program! Learn About the HPCTL Program Here | | | | Tobias Ng (BKIN 2013, MHPCTL 2020) Tobias Ng is a graduate of the High-Performance Coaching and Technical Leadership program. He was an Olympic athlete in the 2012 Games and is a high-performance coach at the Bellevue Badminton Club in Washington, U.S.A. He currently coaches for the club’s junior badminton program.
Read More | | | | Ueli Albert (MHPCTL 2020) Ueli Albert recently graduated with a Master of High-Performance Coaching and Technical Leadership. He is the founder of Global Wheelchair Athletics and is also currently an adjunct professor at Acadia University. His background in athletics and his decision to move to Canada prompted him to pursue Kinesiology. Read More | | | | Jim Jennings (HPCTL 2016) Jim Jennings is presently completing a Master of High-Performance Coaching and Technical Leadership, and plans to graduate in Spring 2022. He runs a Karate club in Bradford, Ontario, and is the Chair of Karate Canada’s Long-Term Development (LTD) Committee and a member of the High-Performance Committee. Read More | | | | | Dr. Kayla Fewster on Strain Response During Physiological Joint Rotation and Translation Congratulations to KIN professor Dr. Kayla Fewster on her novel study, "Strain Response in the Facet Joint Capsule During Physiological Joint Rotation and Translation Following a Simulated Impact Exposure: An In Vitro Porcine Model". This study quantified the Green strain tensor in the facet joint capsule during rotation and translation range-of-motion tests completed before and following an in vitro simulation of a rear impact collision. Click below to read the full study!
Read More | | | | Dr. Guy Faulker on COVID-19's Impact on Young People's Physical Activity and Fitness With screen time increasing and sleep habits deteriorating during the pandemic, it's important to make physical activity a family priority. KIN professor Dr. Guy Faulkner comments on how physical activity in children and youth is still negatively affected by the pandemic. "The last two years have exposed how reliant we’ve become on structured physical activity. ... We didn’t know how to keep kids, and ourselves, active."
Read the Article Here | | | | | Air pollution and high-intensity interval exercise: Implications for anti-inflammatory balance, metabolome, and cardiovascular responses Congratulations to KIN alum Dr. Sarah Koch and to KIN professor Dr. Michael Koehle for their novel study on the effects of air pollution in high-intensity interval exercise (HIIE). Highlights of their study include: Urban air pollution impairs physiological responses to exercise associated with health, HIIE under air pollution exposure inhibits the expected anti-inflammatory responses, and metabolic pathways related to energy supply and blood pressure were also impaired. Click below to read the full article. Read More | | | | Dr. Andrea Bundon on Gender Bias in the Beijing Paralympic Games A gaping gender gap in Winter Paralympic Games continues with Canada's team reflecting that imbalance. KIN professor Dr. Andrea Bundon speaks on the continuing gender disparity at the Paralympic Games: "Introducing mixed-gender events ... doesn't necessarily increase the number of women participating. ... They create balance in the number of medals available to men and women, but they don't create any more spots on the team... [so] it doesn't create [an] incentive for the nations to develop more pathways for women." Click below to read the full article. For further reading, see her commentary with UBC News here, titled "Paralympic Games left behind in the race towards gender equality." Read More | | | Facilitation and Habituation of Cortical and Subcortical Control of Standing Balance Following Repeated Exposure to a Height-related Postural Threat Congratulations to KIN professors Dr. Romeo Chua, Dr. Tim Inglis, and Dr. Mark Carpenter for their newly published article, "Facilitation and Habituation of Cortical and Subcortical Control of Standing Balance Following Repeated Exposure to a Height-related Postural Threat". Their study investigated how neural correlates of cortical and subcortical control of balance were affected by initial and repeated exposure to a height-related postural threat. Read the Full Study Here! | | | Exploring emotional-modulation of visually evoked postural responses through virtual reality Congratulations to past cluster trainee Emma Nielsen and cluster researchers Drs. Taylor Cleworth and Mark Carpenter on their recent publication, "Exploring emotional-modulation of visually evoked postural responses through virtual reality". This study aims to assess the feasibility of eliciting visual evoked postural responses (VEPRs) using head-mounted virtual reality (VR) and use this method to examine the potential influence of virtual postural threat on the visual control of balance. Read More | | | | Purpose After Service Through Sport (PASS) Trial Principal Investigator Dr. Mark Beauchamp and his research team are seeking military veterans and serving men who would like to take part in weekly ball hockey and to connect. Please help to get the word out and distribute widely. There are 9 locations across the country for this trial. If you have questions, contact: pass.trial@ubc.ca. For more information, please click below. Click Here | | | Moving ON!
UBC KIN Staff Departures | | | Retiring: Fran Harrison, Undergraduate Program Director Fran Harrison, KIN's Undergraduate Program Administrator and Advisor will retire from her position on June 30th, 2022. She has advised and guided thousands of undergraduate students through their academic careers, and many of our alumni will have had contact with her at some point during their studies. Please join us in thanking her for her 24½ years of service to the School of Kinesiology. We wish her much happiness and health in the next chapter of her life. | | | | Departing: Kate Castelo, Communications Manager Thank you to Kate Castelo for her valuable service to the School of Kinesiology during her 4-year tenure. Kate began by revitalizing alumni engagement for the School as the Alumni Manager, then taking on the role of Communications and Public Relations Manager, continuing to illuminate the School, its research, and KIN community to the UBC campus and broader world. She will be leaving the School as of March 31st, 2022. Join us in wishing her every success in the next chapter of her career. | | | | | Lynda Li Lynda Li is a 4th-year Kinesiology student in the interdisciplinary stream. We are very happy to announce that on March 20, 2022, Lynda won 2nd place at the illustrious UBC Multidisciplinary Undergraduate Research Conference (MURC) for her virtual presentation titled From Victims to Visionaries: Representations of Older Asian Adults in Canadian News Media during COVID-19. Read More | | | | Maya Sato-Klemm Maya Sato-Klemm is a 5th-year Kinesiology student in the interdisciplinary sciences stream, minoring in biology with a focus in neurobiology and serves as a research assistant under Dr. Tania Lam in the Human Locomotion Laboratory, which is situated in UBC’s spinal cord injury research centre, known as the International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries (ICORD). Read More | | | Congratulations to KIN Ph.D. Candidate, Lead Author of an Upcoming Publication! Congratulations to KIN Ph.D. candidate Deana Kanagasingam on being lead author of her study with co-supervisors, Dr. Moss Norman and Dr. Laura Hurd, titled “It's not just to treat everybody the same: A social justice framework for caring for larger patients in healthcare practice". On March 24, 2022, the article was accepted for upcoming publication in the Sociology of Health and Illness journal. Her study is based on her Ph.D. research, which aims to present an alternative to the dominant model of obesity treatment and investigate how social justice is understood, enacted, and experienced in clinical interventions related to weight. Click below to read her profile! Read More | | | | Active Kids: Register for Spring Term Classes and Full-Day Summer Camps! Registration opens Monday, April 4, 2022 Active Kids is back with Spring Term classes and full-day summer camps, starting Monday, April 4, 2022! Registration opens at 7:00 am PDT online and 9:30 am PDT in-person or by phone. To view the Spring Term (May - June) program schedule, click here to access the PDF version. To view the Summer Camp and Class (July - August) schedule, click here to visit the online calendar and directly register. Please note that half-day summer camps will open for registration on Tuesday, April 19, 2022 at 7:00 am PDT. To be prepared to register online, click below to learn more. If you have questions, please contact Active Kids at kin.outreach@ubc.ca or by phone at 604-822-0207.
Learn More | | | | UBC Exercise, Kinesiology and Health Seminar: Elements Affecting Athletes Over Time Wednesday, April 6, 2022 | 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm PDT Dr. Jean Côté presents at this month's UBC Exercise, Kinesiology and Health seminar! He is a Professor at Queen’s University and is a Fellow of the Canadian Society for Psychomotor Learning and Sport Psychology (SCAPPS) and the International Society of Sport Psychology (ISSP). This in-person seminar will incorporate his research interests on the examination of the interaction between youth, their social dynamics (coaches, parents, peers), the environment for the development of personal assets and excellence in sport, and the factors that affect personal development, participation, and performance in sport. The seminar will take place in-person at the Chan Gunn Pavillion, Rm. 200. For more information about the event and how to register, click below.
Learn More | | | Webinar: Considerations and Contributions in Female Identified Athletes In honour of International Women’s Day on March 8th, UBC Athletics held a panel discussion on Female Athlete Health titled “Considerations and Contributions in Female Identified Athletes”. If you work with female athletes this should offer some valuable insights. Panelists included KIN professors, Drs. Maria Gallo and Emma McCrudden. | Maria commented, “Coaching is a beautiful career path [and] there are lots of positives to it, ... but women need to be at the table when it comes to being on boards and making policies and ... having a systematic influence on what's happening in sport ... in Canada." Emma commented, “Positive role models in sports, celebrating different sizes and shapes, and what the human body can do would be hugely advantageous to our female sporting environment." Watch the Webinar Here! | | | | Activate Your Entrepreneurial Mindset: Powered by PechaKucha Hear Ebba Einarsson, KIN undergrad student & para-rower present as a panelist Thursday, April 7, 2022 | 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm PDT The event will kick off with UBC Alum Shahrzad Rafati (BSc’07), Chairperson and CEO of BroadbandTV (BBTV). Following her conversation with a moderator, six speakers will present their stories - including challenges they’ve overcome and lessons learned, accompanied by visuals - in a PechaKucha format. In these talks, one of the speakers is KIN 2nd year student and para-rower Ebba Einarsson who will share her experience as an elite para rower. Learn More and Register! | | | | Land Acknowledgements – Why Do We Do Them? Tuesday, April 12, 2022 | 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm PDT Although many UBC events begin with land acknowledgments, not everyone may understand the significance of these formalities. At this inclusive and bridge-building webinar, everyone is invited to deepen their understanding by listening to panelists from different Indigenous nations/bands who will discuss the purpose and meaning of these important customary statements. A short Q&A session will also be held, so bring in your questions! Click below to register and learn more about the panelists here. Register Here | | | | | Think Like an Entrepreneur Wednesday, April 27, 2022 | 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm PDT We all have entrepreneurial elements within us. But whether you’re starting up a business, working at a corporation, or addressing issues in other capacities, using these skills in numerous situations can help us overcome challenges and learn from setbacks with an innovator’s eye and a founder’s grit. Further exploring what was introduced by Activate your entrepreneurial mindset, this webinar will zero in on the specific skills and qualities that embody this innovative way of thinking. In this lively and interactive session, entrepreneurship@UBC practitioners Andrea Lloyd (MA) and Pranav Menon (BASc’19) will examine some of the eight skills of an entrepreneurial mindset, highlight practical techniques to develop these skills, and share how you can put them into practice in your ever-changing workplace, communities, and life. Register Here | | | | Ethics in Health Wednesday, April 27, 2022 | 12:00 pm - 1:15 pm PDT Ethics in Health is the fourth installation of Ethics for UBC, a five-part speaker series that will explore the current landscape of ethics scholarship and education across the Vancouver and Okanagan campuses of our university. In attending this interactive 75-min panel discussion, you will have the opportunity to learn about the current ethics-related endeavors taking place at UBC, pressing ethical issues that exist across a wide range of disciplines, and the ways in which you can become more involved. This panel discussion will focus on ethics spanning kinesiology and the exercise sciences, medicine, and neuroethics. The event will be held virtually on Zoom and is free for all KIN alumni to attend. Click below to learn more about the speakers and register! Learn More | | | | | Dishing Up #Sociable Recipes Wednesday, April 13, 2022 | 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm EST With spring and summer on the way, it’s time to spruce up your recipe repertoire. In this online masterclass, UBC alum Martin Aller-Stead (BA’76), who was once voted Ontario’s Best Teacher, and his cast of student sous-chefs will teach you how to prepare lemon-inspired, party-worthy dishes. With Chef Gillian Anderson from ChefTorial keeping things #Sociable, everyone will have the opportunity to interact. You can discover who is also in Toronto from UBC at this cooking event, so inspire your fellow Toronto UBC friends to join the fun! Register Here | | | | Acclaimed Canadian son, singer Rufus Wainright performs live at the Chan Centre Tuesday, April 26, 2022 | 8:00 pm PDT For the first time in 7 years, Rufus Wainwright has released a new studio album titled “Unfollow the Rules”. Produced by Mitchell Froom, this album is the bookend to his debut album that garnered him Best New Artist by American Rolling Stone Magazine in 1998 and can be seen as a summary and climax of all his previous albums. It was nominated for a Grammy and Juno and has been met with great critical acclaim.
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