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The McGill Kinesiology & Physical Education Department congratulates Dr. Dennis Jensen for winning the Heather Reisman and Gerald Schwartz Award for Excellence in Teaching.

Published on: 7 May 2019

Professor Julie Côté will be re-appointed as Chair of the Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education. Professor Côté has served as Chair of the Department since 2016 and will be serving her second three-year term, effective June 1, 2019.

Dr. Côté received her PhD in Biomedical Engineering from the Physiology Department with the Université de Montréal, and her Master's in Science with the University of Wisconsin's Kinesiology Department.

Classified as: Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education
Published on: 17 Apr 2019

On January 24, Dilson Rassier, Dean of the Faculty of Education, spoke at the United Nations’ headquarters in New York as part of the UN’s inaugural International Day of Education, telling delegates that knowledge is the key to a better world.

Classified as: IHDW
Published on: 15 Feb 2019

The McGill Kinesiology & Physical Education Department congratulates Dr. Churchward-Venne, who has been selected to receive the .Ìý°ä´Ç²Ô²µ°ù²¹³Ù³Ü±ô²¹³Ù¾±´Ç²Ô²õ!

Published on: 31 Jan 2019

Do you want to adopt a healthier lifestyle in 2019? Would you like to be more active physically?

Make those 2018 wishes a 2019 reality!

Reach your goal at the new Kinesiology Clinic of McGill’s Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education (Currie Gym, 475 Pine Avenue West). Let the students from kinesiology help you, and you will help them get experience through their practicums. Special fees for McGill community members.

Here are some of the services that the Clinic is offering:

Classified as: path
Published on: 6 Dec 2018

When a young athlete suddenly dies of a heart attack, chances are high that they suffer from familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). Itis the most common genetic heart disease in the US and affects an estimated 1 in 500 people around the world. A protein called myosin acts as the molecular motor which makes the muscles in the heart contract. Researchers had suspected for some time that the R403Q mutation in some of the myosin genes is among those that play a role in causing HCM. But experiments using mice models failed to show that this was indeed the case.

Classified as: Research, path
Published on: 16 Oct 2018

Inhaled vaporized cannabis does not appear to improve or worsen exercise performance and activity-related breathlessness in patients with advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to a randomized controlled trial

Classified as: path, Research
Published on: 31 Jul 2018

Led by Co-Directors Shane Sweet and Lindsay Duncan, of our Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education (KPE), the TIE Laboratory was founded to understand the psychosocial determinants of physical activity adoption and maintenance, and to promote this health behaviour through interventions.

Classified as: path
Published on: 7 Jun 2018

The ATTSVE project is pleased to announce their interns for the summer of 2018. For the first time each of the Faculty of Education's three departments are represented by the interns in the cohort.

Classified as: IHDW
Published on: 5 Jun 2018

Tyler Churchward-Venne, Assistant Professor with our Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education (KPE), has been named as a William Dawson Scholar by Ï㽶ÊÓƵ.

Classified as: Awards, path, Research
Published on: 1 Jun 2018

The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) has announced that Shannon Herrick, master's student with the Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education, has been named as a finalist for the 2018 SSHRC Storytellers contest.

Classified as: SSHRC Storytellers, Awards, Shannon Herrick, education, LGBTQ, physical activity, phys ed
Published on: 1 May 2018

Vanessa Smith, Internships and Student Affairs Officer with our Office of Internships and Student Affairs (ISA), has been nominated for McGill's Dean of Students Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Academic Advising.

Published on: 9 Apr 2018

David Pearsall, Associate Professor in our Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education,  this week on the topic of avoid falls on the city's icy sidewalks.

Classified as: path
Published on: 6 Feb 2018

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